Greenwich Entertainment has acquired select North American distribution rights to Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid directed by Matt Tyrnauer (Where’s My Roy Cohn?, Valentino: The Last Emperor). The documentary premiered to rave reviews at the Telluride Film Festival and CNN Films will broadcast Carville on Saturday, October 5 on CNN. Greenwich, which previously released Tyrnauer’s Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood, will release Carville in theaters across the country starting in New York on October 11, and in Los Angeles on October 25, among other cities.
Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid, about famed Democratic political consultant James Carville, chronicles an 18-month period in which Carville spearheaded efforts to persuade President Joe Biden not to run for re-election in 2024. Carville, famously known for coining the phrase “It’s the economy, stupid” during Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign, is portrayed not only in his political element, but also in his personal life–spending time at his New Orleans home with his wife, Republican strategist Mary Matalin, and traveling across the nation. The documentary features interviews with prominent political figures such as Bill Clinton, Al Hunt, Donna Brazile, George Stephanopoulos, Paul Begala, Mandy Grunwald, Rev. Al Sharpton, Mitch Landrieu, and Sidney Blumenthal.
“I’m thrilled to be working with Greenwich again and bringing my film to theaters in the weeks leading up to the election. James Carville played a big role in influencing the unprecedented campaign of 2024, and the film captures his bold insurgency to persuade President Biden to step aside,” said Tyrnauer.
Carville: Winning is Everything, Stupid was produced by Susan McCue, Ryan Rothmaier, Graham High, Corey Reeser, and Tyrnauer. Greenwich’s Andy Bohn negotiated the acquisition with WME on behalf of the filmmakers. CNN Films holds television and SVOD rights for the U.S. and Canada.
Harvey Weinstein hit with new sex crime charge in New York
Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a new sex crime charge in New York, as he awaits retrial in his landmark #MeToo case.
Details of the new allegations were not immediately available. He was charged with committing a criminal sex act.
The jailed ex-movie mogul has long maintained that any sexual activity was consensual.
Prosecutors revealed last week that Weinstein had been indicted on additional sex crime charges that weren't part of the case that led to his now-overturned 2020 conviction. But the new indictment was sealed until his arraignment.
Prosecutors have said that the grand jury heard evidence of up to three alleged assaults — two in hotels in the Tribeca neighborhood and one at a lower Manhattan residential building. The purported incidents took place from the mid-2000s to 2016, prosecutors said.
But it's not clear whether any of those allegations underlie the new indictment.
While bracing for the new charges, Weinstein also is awaiting retrial after New York state's highest court this spring overturned his 2020 conviction on rape and sexual assault charges involving two women. The high court, called the Court of Appeals, ordered a new trial, which is tentatively scheduled to begin Nov. 12.
The Court of Appeals ruled that the then-trial judge unfairly allowed testimony against him based on allegations that were not part of the case. That judge's term expired in 2022, and he is no longer on the bench.
Prosecutors have said they'll seek to fold the new charges into the retrial, but Weinstein's lawyers say it should be a separate case.
Weinstein, who also was convicted in 2022 in a Los Angeles rape case, remains behind bars while awaiting his New York retrial.
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