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22 January 2009 // IN Our Movies

The Missing Person's Michael Shannon nominated for an Academy Award

He's a long shot to win. It's pretty clear the late Heath Ledger's going to win. But Michael Shannon—former longtime Chicagoan and current Brooklynite, as is his partner, actress Kate Arrington, and their daughter, Sylvie—woke up Thursday to the news he'd been nominated for a supporting actor Academy Award, for his performance as the excoriating, electroshocked mathematician in 'Revolutionary Road.'

'I couldn't be happier,' Shannon said Thursday, speaking by phone from a hotel in Park City, Utah. The actor's attending the Sundance Film Festival this year. He is there with two pictures. One was screened in competition: 'The Greatest,' starring Pierce Brosnan and Susan Sarandon, with Shannon in a supporting role. The other, 'The Missing Person,' filled an out-of-competition slot and showcases Shannon in a leading part, that of an alcoholic private eye. He was surprised, he said.

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7 January 2009 // IN Our Movies

Visit Films acquires Sundance title The Missing Person

Ryan Kampe and Sylvain Tron's Visit Films has boarded worldwide rights to Noah Buschel's The Missing Person, set to premiere at Sundance and receive its market premiere in Berlin.

Michael Shannon, red hot following his stand-out turn in Revolutionary Road, stars alongside Amy Ryan, and Tony Award winner Frank Wood as an alcoholic private eye hired to follow a man presumed missing after the 9/11 attacks.

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FESTIVALS
Here's a list of some Visit titles coming soon to a festival near you. Please check the fest websites for dates, times and venues. See you there!

THE WAIT by M Blash at SXSW FILM FESTIVAL

Sunday, March 10 at 4pm at the Stateside Theatre
Monday, March 11 at 6pm at the Violet Crown 1&2

UPSTREAM COLOR by Shane Carruth at HKIFF

Tuesday, March 19 at 4:30pm at the Meeting Room N201A (HK Convention and Exhibition Center)

WATCHTOWER by Pelin Esmer at HKIFF

Wednesday, March 20 at 12:30pm at the UA I Square Cinema
Sunday, March 24 at 9:00pm at the UA I Square Cinema

FLEX IS KINGS by Deidre Schoo and Michael Beach Nichols at the TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL

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