Sterling Productions
As we head into the last gasps of Summer, there are a remarkable number of films released this week across nine decades, some noteworthy and quite a few that are forgettable or have been forgotten with one or two cult films in the mix. 1932 saw the film debut of Lon Chaney Jr. billed under his real name. 1942 produced an Oscar nominated war film that was in production while the title skirmish was still on-going. 1952 saw Abbott & Costello lost in Alaska, while 1962 gave us a talking, disembodied head, and pitted two classic film monsters against one another. 1982 put a masked killer in the third dimension, and gave Sean Penn one of his signature roles. 1992 had Peter Jackson unleashing the gore while Bridget Fonda was having roommate issues, and John Ritter and Pam Dawber were stuck in a bizarre TV landscape. 2012 had a Jason Bourne-less Jason Bourne movie, while Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis waged a political war. Read about these and more, and tell us if any of your favorites are celebrating anniversaries this week.
1922
- No new films were released this week in 1922.
1932
August 12 – Bird of Paradise (USA)
- Cast: Dolores del Río, Joel McCrea, John Halliday, Richard “Skeets” Gallagher, Bert Roach, Lon Chaney Jr., Wade Boteler, Reginald Simpson
- Director: King Vidor
- Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures
- Trivia: The film opened in London on October 13, 1932, with a general UK release on January 23, 1933. Based on the 1912 play of the same name by Richard Walton Tully. The film entered into the public domain in 1960 after the owners of the film failed to renew the copyright. Lon Chaney Jr. was credited under his given name of Creighton Chaney in his film debut. The native dance sequences were directed by an uncredited Busby Berkeley. In this pre-Code production, Dolores del Río can be seen nude from the back and side in the underwater love scene. Catholic bishops objected to the scene, and the film is cited as a reason for the formation of the Catholic Legion of Decency in 1933. A sequel titled Green Mansions was planned but scrapped after the poor box office of the film. This was the first non-musical film to feature a full symphonic score.
August 12 – Devil and the Deep (USA)
- Cast: Tallulah Bankhead, Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, Cary Grant, Paul Porcasi, Juliette Compton, Henry Kolker, Dorothy Christy, Arthur Hoyt, Gordon Westcott, James Dugan
- Director: Marion Gering
- Production Company: Paramount Pictures
- Trivia: The film opened in London on August 29, 1932, with a general UK release on Feb 20, 1933. Based on Maurice Larrouy’s novel, Sirenes et Tritons. It is never noted which navy is depicted in the film, with its mix of American and British officers, no flags or emblems, and uniforms that belong to no known navy on the planet.
August 13 – Jewel Robbery (USA)
- Cast: William Powell, Kay Francis, Helen Vinson, Hardie Albright, Alan Mowbray, Andre Luguet, Henry Kolker, Spencer Charters, Lee Kohlmar, Clarence Wilson
- Director: William Dieterle
- Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures
- Trivia: The film first opened in London on July 8, 1932, followed by a New York City engagement on July 23. The film received a general UK release on January 2, 1933. Based on the 1931 Hungarian play Ékszerrablás a Váci-utcában by Ladislas Fodor and its subsequent English adaptation, Jewel Robbery by Bertram Bloch. Fifth of seven films pairing William Powell and Kay Francis. Powell did not want to do the film but eventually took the role because he found it amusing.
August 13 – Speak Easily (USA)
- Cast: Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, Ruth Selwyn, Thelma Todd, Hedda Hopper, William Pawley, Sidney Toler, Lawrence Grant, Henry Armetta, Edward Brophy
- Director: Edward Sedgwick
- Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Trivia: The film opened in London on September 7, 1932 with a general UK release on September 26. Based on the novel Speak Easily by Clarence Budington Kelland, which was serialized in The Saturday Evening Post. The film has fallen into the public domain.
August 15 – American Madness (USA)
- Cast: Walter Huston, Pat O’Brien, Kay Johnson, Constance Cummings, Gavin Gordon, Arthur Hoyt, Robert Emmett O’Connor
- Director: Frank Capra
- Production Company: Columbia Pictures
- Trivia: The film premiered in New York City on August 4, 1932. It opened in London on September 14, with a general UK release on March 23, 1933. The film contains one zoom shot, which is notable for its use of the new three-element Cooke-Varo lens. The film was originally entitled Bank Story and was intended to quell American discontent over the alleged misbehavior of banks during the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Bankers claimed the film did more to improve the image of banks than a thousand news stories could.
1942
August 10 – Alibi (UK)
- Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Hugh Sinclair, James Mason, Raymond Lovell, Enid Stamp-Taylor, Hartley Power, Jane Carr, Edana Romney, Rodney Ackland, Elisabeth Welch, Olga Lindo, Muriel George, George Merritt, Judy Gray, Philip Leaver as Dodo
- Director: Brian Desmond Hurst
- Production Company: Corona Films, Renown Pictures Corporation, Gainsborough Studios, distributed by British Lion Film Corporation (UK)
- Trivia: The film was not released in the US until March 24, 1943. Based on the novel L’Alibi by Marcel Achard. James Mason was unhappy that he didn’t receive star billing, but when the film was re-released in 1945, the credits were redone with his name above the credits with Margaret Lockwood to cash in on their new popularity after 1943’s The Man in Grey.
August 11 – Wake Island (USA)
- Cast: Brian Donlevy, Macdonald Carey, Robert Preston, William Bendix, Albert Dekker, Walter Abel, Mikhail Rasumny, Rod Cameron, Bill Goodwin, Damian O’Flynn, Frank Albertson, Philip Van Zandt
- Director: John Farrow
- Production Company: Paramount Pictures
- Trivia: Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actor (Bendix) and Original Screenplay. The film was based on official Marine records and a copy of the script by W. R. Burnett and Frank Butler was sent to the marines for approval prior to filming. Most of the Japanese were played by Filipinos. MacDonald Carey was so inspired by working on the film he went and joined the United States Marine Corps after filming ended. Work on the film began before the real battle for Wake Island had ended. Three endings were allegedly filmed, and the one used depended on the state of the war at its time of release.
1952
August 13 – Lost in Alaska (USA)
Universal Pictures
- Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Mitzi Green, Tom Ewell, Bruce Cabot, Emory Parnell, Jack Ingram, Rex Lease
- Director: Jean Yarbrough
- Production Company: Universal Pictures
- Trivia: The film was released in the UK on October 6, 1952. Filmed under the working title The Sourdoughs. First film for composer Henry Mancini, although he is uncredited.
August 14 – Les Misérables (USA)
- Cast: Michael Rennie, Debra Paget, Patsy Weil, Robert Newton, Edmund Gwenn, Sylvia Sidney, Cameron Mitchell, Elsa Lanchester, June Hillman, Bobby Hyatt, James Robertson Justice, Joseph Wiseman, Rhys Williams, Florence Bates, Merry Anders, John Rogers as Bonnet
- Director: Lewis Milestone
- Production Company: 20th Century Fox
- Trivia: The film was released in the UK on October 6, 1952. Adapted from the 1862 novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. Louis Jourdan was originally announced for the role of Marius, which went to Cameron Mitchell. Fox head Darryl F. Zanuck wanted Jeff Chandler and James Mason for the roles of Valjean and Javert. Orson Welles was also considered for Javert.
August 15 – Toxi (West Germany)
- Cast: Elfie Fiegert, Paul Bildt, Johanna Hofer, Ingeborg Körner, Carola Höhn, Wilfried Seyferth, Elisabeth Flickenschildt, Rainer Penkert, Ernst Waldow, Erika von Thellmann, Willy Maertens
- Director: Robert A. Stemmle
- Production Company: Fono Film, distributed by Allianz Filmverleih
- Trivia: The film’s release came as the first wave of children born to black Allied servicemen and white German mothers entered school. Elfie Fiegert was selected to play Toxi after a mass audition held in Munich. Publicity for the film emphasised the similarities between her own story and that of Toxi. The name Toxi became widely used as shorthand in the German media when referring to Afro-Germans and their social circumstances.
1962
August 10 – The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (USA)
- Cast: Jason Evers, Virginia Leith, Bruce Brighton, Anthony La Penna (credited as Leslie Daniel), Adele Lamont, Bonnie Sharie, Paula Maurice, Marilyn Hanold, Arny Freeman, Fred Martin, Lola Mason, Doris Brent, Bruce Kerr, Audrey Devereau, Eddie Carmel, Sammy Petrillo
- Director: Joseph Green
- Production Company: Sterling Productions, distributed by American International Pictures
- Trivia: The film first opened in West Germany on February 25, 1962. It also played at the Arcade Theatre in Fort Myers, Florida from May 11. It was released in Canada on August 17. Also known as The Head That Wouldn’t Die or The Brain That Couldn’t Die. Completed in 1959 under the working title The Black Door. Released as a double feature with Invasion of the Star Creatures. The film was in the public domain from the day of its release due to a flawed copyright notice. The film was featured in episode 513 of Mystery Science Theater 3000, the first episode with Mike Nelson. The nickname ‘Jan in the Pan’ originated with that episode. Virginia Leith hated the film so much she refused to return for post-production. At least a few of her lines were dubbed by Doris Brent, who played a nurse. The film was shot in 13 days.
August 11 – King Kong vs. Godzilla (Japan)
- Cast: Tadao Takashima, Kenji Sahara, Yū Fujiki, Ichirō Arishima, Mie Hama, Jun Tazaki, Akiko Wakabayashi, Akihiko Hirata, Somesho Matsumoto[e], Akemi Negishi, Senkichi Omura, Sachio Sakai, Haruya Kato, Yoshio Kosugi, Yoshifumi Tajima, Harold S. Conway, Osman Yusuf, Shoichi Hirose, Haruo Nakajima, Katsumi Tezuka
- Director: Ishirō Honda
- Production Company: Toho
- Trivia: An edited version for the US premiered on June 3, 1963 followed by a general release on June 26. Les Tremayne narrated the American version. Third film in the Godzilla and King Kong franchises, and the first Toho film to feature Kong. Also the the first time each character appeared on film in color and widescreen. The story was originally conceived by original King Kong stop motion animator Willis O’Brien and featured Kong fighting a giant Frankenstein monster. Producer John Beck went behind Willis’ back and sold the story to Toho which replaced the Frankenstein monster with Godzilla. The first film in seven years to feature Godzilla. King Kong’s suit actor Shôichi Hirose had to be sewn in every time he entered the suit. When the suit once caught fire Hirose was helpless since he could not be extracted with ease. A rule imposed by RKO on Toho was that their Kong could not resemble the original. However, they did require that Kong snatch a human woman and scale atop a building.
August 16 – Term of Trial (UK)
- Cast: Laurence Olivier, Simone Signoret, Sarah Miles, Terence Stamp, Hugh Griffith, Roland Culver, Dudley Foster, Frank Pettingell, Thora Hird, Norman Bird, Allan Cuthbertson, Barbara Ferris, Rosamund Greenwood, Nicholas Hannen, Derren Nesbitt
- Director: Peter Glenville
- Production Company: Romulus Films, distributed by Warner-Pathé (UK), Warner Bros. Pictures (US)
- Trivia: The film was screened at the Venice Film Festival in August 1962. It opened in the US on January 30, 1963. Based on the 1961 novel of the same name by James Barlow. Debut of actress Sarah Miles. Terence Stamp’s second film, but the first to be released.
1972
August 16 – Pope Joan (USA)
- Cast: Liv Ullmann, Olivia de Havilland, Lesley-Anne Down, Trevor Howard, Jeremy Kemp, Patrick Magee, Franco Nero, Maximilian Schell, Martin Benson, Terrence Hardiman, André Morell, Derek Farr, Richard Pearson, Margareta Pogonat, Richard Bebb, John Shrapnel, Natasha Nicolescu, Sharon Winter
- Director: Michael Anderson
- Production Company: Columbia-Warner Distributors (UK), Columbia Pictures (US)
- Trivia: The film was released in the UK on October 25, 1972. The film was originally set in contemporary times with flashbacks and flash-forward sequences about a modern preacher whose life parallels Pope Joan’s. Attempts are made to establish if she is the reincarnated Joan. The distributor removed all of the modern day footage and released the film as a straight historical drama. The film’s missing scenes were edited back into the film in 2009 and it was re-released as She… Who Would Be Pope.
August 16 – Pulp (UK)
- Cast: Michael Caine, Mickey Rooney, Lionel Stander, Lizabeth Scott, Nadia Cassini, Dennis Price, Al Lettieri, Leopoldo Trieste, Amerigo Tot, Robert Sacchi, Ave Ninchi
- Director: Mike Hodges
- Production Company: Three Michaels Film Productions, distributed by United Artists
- Trivia: The film received a limited US release in November 1972, and had a New York City engagement from February 8, 1973. Final film of Lizabeth Scott. The original title was Memoirs of a Ghostwriter.
August 16 – Slaughter (USA)
- Cast: Jim Brown, Stella Stevens, Rip Torn, Cameron Mitchell, Don Gordon, Marlene Clark, Robert Phillips, Marion Brash
- Director: Jack Starrett
- Production Company: American International Pictures
- Trivia: The film was shot in Mexico City, but the film’s location had to be changed to a non-specified country at the request of the Mexican censorship board.
1982
August 12 – Manhattan Baby (Italy)
- Cast: Christopher Connelly, Laura Lenzi, Giovanni Frezza, Brigitta Boccoli, Cinzia De Ponti, Cosimo Cinieri, Andrea Bosic, Carlo De Mejo
- Director: Lucio Fulci
- Production Company: Fulvia Films
- Trivia: The film did not make its way to the US until July 27, 1984. The film’s budget was cut in half during production.
August 13 – Friday the 13th Part III (USA)
Paramount Pictures
- Cast: Dana Kimmell, Paul Kratka, Tracie Savage, Jeffrey Rogers, Catherine Parks, Larry Zerner, Richard Brooker, David Katims, Rachel Howard, Nick Savage, Gloria Charles, Kevin O’Brien, Cheri Maugans, Steve Susskind, Perla Walter, David Wiley
- Director: Steve Miner
- Production Company: Jason Inc., distributed by Paramount Pictures
- Trivia: The film was released in Canada on August 20, 1982, and in the UK on May 13, 1983. The film was re-released in the US on May 13, 1983. Marks the first appearance of Jason’s hockey mask. Amy Steel was supposed to return from the second film, but either a money or script issue kept her out of the film. The film was originally intended to be the last of a trilogy. The first Paramount film shot in 3D since 1954. Due to the new 3D technology, it often took hours to set up a shot, and the actors’ performances were secondary to getting the shot just right. The first 3D film to receive a wide release on 1,079 screens. of those 813 were 3D capable while the rest were drive-ins that could not accommodate the technology. It took seven weeks and $2 million to produce a non-3D version of the film for those venues, a cost that was equal to the film’s production budget. To prevent the film’s plot from being leaked, it was shot under the title Crystal Japan. It was the first film of the series to be shot on the West Coast so production would be closer to the experts needed for the 3D process. This is the only installment of the series where no one knows Jason’s name as it picks up just moments after the events of Part II.
August 13 – Tempest (USA)
- Cast: John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon, Vittorio Gassman, Raúl Juliá, Molly Ringwald, Sam Robards, Paul Stewart, Jackie Gayle, Anthony Holland, Jerry Hardin, Paul Mazursky, Cookie Mueller
- Director: Paul Mazursky
- Production Company: Columbia Pictures
- Trivia: The film was screened at the Venice Film Festival on September 3, 1982, and at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 15. Loosely based, modern-day adaptation of the William Shakespeare play The Tempest. Molly Ringwald’s and Sam Robards’ feature debut. Susan Sarandon’s character’s last name is Tomalin, which is Sarandon’s actual last name.
August 13 – Fast Times at Ridgemont High (USA)
- Cast: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus, Brian Backer, Phoebe Cates, Ray Walston, Scott Thomson, Vincent Schiavelli, Amanda Wyss, D.W. Brown, Forest Whitaker, Kelli Maroney, Tom Nolan, Blair Ashleigh, Eric Stoltz, Stanley Davis, Jr., James Russo, James Bershad, Nicolas Cage (credited as Nicolas Coppola), Reginald H. Farmer
- Director: Amy Heckerling
- Production Company: Refugee Films, distributed by Universal Pictures
- Trivia: The film also opened in Canada on August 13, 1982. It was released in the UK on December 3. Martin Brest, Taylor Negron, Pamela Springsteen, Lana Clarkson, Anthony Edwards, and Nancy Wilson have minor roles. Amy Heckerling’s feature directorial debut. Screenplay by Cameron Crowe, based on his 1981 book Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A True Story. Forest Whitaker’s and Anthony Edwards’ film debuts. The film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 2005. Universal was planning to only open the film on the West Coast then send it to cable, but the strong reaction lead to a wide release three weeks later and a huge opening on the East Coast. Fred Gwynne was offered the role of Mr. Hand but turned it down due to the film’s sexual content.
1992
August 13 – Braindead (New Zealand)
- Cast: Timothy Balme, Diana Peñalver, Elizabeth Moody, Elizabeth Brimilcombe, Ian Watkin, Brenda Kendall, Stuart Devenie, Stephen Papps, Jed Brophy, Harry Sinclair, Davina Whitehouse, Bill Ralston, Brian Sergent, Forrest J Ackerman, Peter Vere-Jones
- Director: Peter Jackson
- Production Company: WingNut Films, Avalon Studios Limited, The New Zealand Film Commission, distributed by ORO Films (New Zealand), Trimark Pictures (United States)
- Trivia: The film screened at TIFF on September 17, 1992. It did not open in Canada and the US until February 12, 1993, under the title Dead Alive, followed by the UK on May 14. Peter Jackson makes a cameo appearance as the Undertaker’s assistant. Shot on 16mm film instead of 35mm so more of the budget could be spent on special effects. It is regarded as one of the goriest films ever. Several different versions of the film were released in different countries due to the amount of gore, including a full 104-minute version, an unrated 97-minute version and an R-rated 85 minute version that removed most of the gore. 300 liters of fake blood were used in the film’s final scene.
August 14 – Single White Female (USA)
- Cast: Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Steven Weber, Peter Friedman, Stephen Tobolowsky, Frances Bay, Jessica Lundy, Ken Tobey
- Director: Barbet Schroeder
- Production Company: Columbia Pictures
- Trivia: The film opened in the UK on November 20, 1992. Based on John Lutz’s 1990 novel SWF Seeks Same. Following a poor test screening, the ending was re-shot. Bridget Fonda was given the choice to play either lead role. She chose Allison because she thought it was the harder role.
August 14 – Stay Tuned (USA)
- Cast: John Ritter, Pam Dawber, Jeffrey Jones, David Tom, Heather McComb, Bob Dishy, Eugene Levy, Erik King, Don Calfa, Susan Blommaert, George Gray, Faith Minton, Don Pardo, Lou Albano, Salt-N-Pepa
- Director: Peter Hyams
- Production Company: Morgan Creek Productions, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
- Trivia: The film also opened in Canada on August 14, 1992, but did not get a UK release until February 12, 1993. The script was written under the title Terrorvision, not to be confused with TerrorVision (1986). Tim Burton was the original director but left to do Batman Returns. The animated sequences had been in production for six months before live-action production started. Richard Dreyfuss and Tracey Ullman were originally set to star but their salaries would have added $500,000 to the budget. Pam Dawber was five months pregnant during production and her wardrobe was designed to hide the baby bump.
2002
August 16 – The Crime of Padre Amaro (Mexico)
- Cast: Gael García Bernal, Ana Claudia Talancón, Sancho Gracia, Luisa Huertas, Andrés Montiel, Damián Alcázar, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Gastón Melo, Angélica Aragón
- Director: Carlos Carrera
- Production Company: Almeda Films, Blu Films, Wanda Films, distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films
- Trivia: The film screened at TIFF on September 11, 2002. It received a limited US release on November 15 followed by a general release on December 13. It did not open in the UK until June 20, 2003. Known as The Crime of Father Amaro in Australia. Very loosely based on the novel O Crime do Padre Amaro (1875) by 19th-century Portuguese writer José Maria de Eça de Queiroz. Nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.
August 16 – The Kid Stays in the Picture (USA, documentary)
- Narrator: Robert Evans
- Director: Nanette Burstein, Brett Morgen
- Production Company: Highway Films, Ministry of Propaganda Films, Robert Evans Company, Woodland Pictures LLC, distributed by USA Films (United States), StudioCanal (International)[
- Trivia: The film was screened at the Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2002, and at Cannes on May 18. It received a UK release on February 7, 2003. Adapted from the 1994 print autobiography by film producer Robert Evans.
2012
August 10 – In the Dark Half (UK)
- Cast: Jessica Barden, Alfie Hepper, Tony Curran, Lyndsey Marshal, Georgia Henshaw, Simon Armstrong
- Director: Alastair Siddons
- Production Company: BBC Films, Cinema Six, Matador Pictures, Regent Capital, distributed by, Verve Pictures, ContentFilm International
- Trivia: The film was screened at the Raindance Film Festival on October 3, 2011.
August 10 – The Bourne Legacy (USA)
Universal Pictures
- Cast: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Stacey Keach, Dennis Boutsikaris, Oscar Isaac, Joan Allen, Albert Finney, David Strathairn, Scott Glenn, Donna Murphy, Michael Chernus, Corey Stoll, Željko Ivanek, Shane Jacobson, Elizabeth Marvel, John Douglas Thompson
- Director: Tony Gilroy
- Production Company: Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Kennedy/Marshall, Captivate Entertainment, distributed by Universal Pictures
- Trivia: The film premiered in New York City on July 30, 2012. It was also released in Canada on August 10, and in the UK on August 13. Fourth installment of the ‘Jason Bourne’ series, although Jason Bourne does not appear in this film. Universal had intended for this to be the final film of the series. Though set in Washington DC, most of the film was shot at a studio in New York. Overseas shots were filmed in the Philippines and South Korea. The Alaska scenes were shot in Alberta, Canada.
August 10 – The Campaign (USA)
- Cast: Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis, Dylan McDermott, Katherine LaNasa, Sarah Baker, John Lithgow, Dan Aykroyd, Brian Cox, Billy Slaughter, Taryn Terrell, Josh Lawson, P. J. Byrne, Thomas Middleditch, Steve Tom, John Goodman
- Director: Jay Roach
- Production Company: Gary Sanchez Productions, Everyman Pictures, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
- Trivia: The film was screened at the Traverse City Film Festival on August 4, 2012, and opened in New Zealand and Australia on August 9. It was released in Canada on August 10, and in the UK on September 28. The film’s working title was Dog Fight. Mike ‘The Miz’ Mizanin had filmed a scene but it was cut from the final film, however he can still be seen in the background of a later scene.
August 10 – The Dinosaur Project (UK)
- Cast: Richard Dillane, Peter Brooke, Matthew Kane, Natasha Loring, Stephen Jennings, Andre Weideman, Abena Ayivor, Sivu Nobogonza
- Director: Sid Bennett
- Production Company: Moonlighting Films, Kent Films, LoveFilm, Anton Capital Entertainment, Dinosaur Productions, distributed by StudioCanal
August 14 – Storm Surfers 3D (Australia, documentary)
- Cast: Ross Clarke-Jones, Tom Carroll, Toni Collette (narrator)
- Director: Justin McMillan, Christopher Nelius
- Production Company: 6ixty Foot Films, Firelight Productions, Red Bull Films
- Trivia: The film screened at TIFF on September 9, 2012. It was released in the US on June 14, 2013.
August 15 – Ek Tha Tiger (UK)
- Cast: Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Ranvir Shorey, Gavie Chahal, Girish Karnad, Roshan Seth
- Director: Kabir Khan
- Production Company: Yash Raj Films
- Trivia: The film also opened in India on August 15, 2012, and it received a limited US release on August 17. The title translates to Once There Was a Tiger. First installment of the ‘Tiger’ franchises. Filming took nearly a year due to delays, rewrites and several cast members being replaced.
August 15 – The Odd Life of Timothy Green (USA)
- Cast: CJ Adams, Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton, Odeya Rush, David Morse, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ron Livingston, Dianne Wiest, Common, Shohreh Aghdashloo, M. Emmet Walsh, Lois Smith, Tim Guinee, Lin-Manuel Miranda, James Rebhorn, Michael Arden, Rhoda Griffis
- Director: Peter Hedges
- Production Company: Walt Disney Pictures, Scott Sanders Productions, distributed by Walt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures - Trivia: The film also opened in Canada on August 15, 2012, but did not get a UK release until April 5, 2013. Filmed in the same house as 2009’s Halloween II. James Rebhorn’s last movie. First movie of Lin-Manuel Miranda. Sandra Bullock turned down the role of Cindy.
August 16 – Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (New Zealand)
- Cast: Felicity Jones, Luke Treadaway, Elizabeth McGovern, Mackenzie Crook, Fenella Woolgar, Eva Traynor, Zoe Tapper, Paola Dionisotti, James Norton, Sophie Stanton, Elizabeth Webster, Kenneth Collard, Ellie Kendrick, Ben Greaves-Neil, Luke Ward-Wilkinson, Olly Alexander, Joanna Hole, John Standing
- Director: Donald Rice
- Production Company: Working Title Films, BBC Films, distributed by Universal Pictures
- Trivia: The film was screened at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 20, 2012. It received a limited US release on December 7, 2012. Adapted from the 1932 novella Cheerful Weather for the Wedding by Julia Strachey. During the shoot there were three days of heavy snowfall which meant the camera could not be pointed at a window in the room where filming was taking place.
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