ATLAS MEDIA CORP.’S THEATRICAL DOCUMENTARY DIVISION’S ‘ROBERT BLECKER WANTS ME DEAD’ TO BEGIN NATIONAL RELEASE
NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 23, 2009 – Atlas Media Corp.’s theatrical documentary division will begin the national release of its controversial Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead with a New York premiere on February 27th at Cinema Village. The documentary will receive a national theatrical rollout that also includes Washington, D.C., beginning March 13 at the E Street Cinema, with additional cities and dates to be announced shortly. The announcement was made today by Atlas Media Corp.’s President and Executive Producer, Bruce David Klein.
The release of the documentary comes on the heels of the company’s critically acclaimed Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise, which was released in over 50 markets, and was also distributed on DVD by Universal DVD.
Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead documents one of the most unusual crusaders on the American scene: impassioned, pro-death penalty campaigner Robert Blecker, and his friendship with death row inmate Daryl Holton, confessed murderer of his own four children.
Blecker believes that “some people deserve to die and it’s our obligation to kill them.” Yet when he meets up with Holton, Blecker is shocked to find not only that Holton possesses a sharp legal mind and a wry wit, but also that Holton has not filed any of his permitted appeals. Is Holton himself an advocate of the death penalty? During the next 18 months these two men begin a puzzling yet engrossing friendship as the clock ticks towards an execution. The Atlas Media Corp. film is directed by Ted Schillinger and produced by Bruce David Klein. Executive producers are Kaki Kirby, Richard Abramawitz and Bruce David Klein.
Remarked Mr. Klein, “Beginning with ‘Meat Loaf,’ the theatrical documentary arena is providing yet another platform for Atlas Media to monetize our story-telling skills and ability to connect with audiences.”
On the festival circuit, Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead was screened at The 38th Annual USA Film Festival in Dallas, Texas, at Dallas’ Angelika Theater as part of the Festival’s eight day curated program featuring the best new American and foreign films, the Academy-qualified 30th Annual National Short Film and Video Competition, and special tributes. The film also screened at festivals in Rhode Island, Honolulu and Cork.
About Atlas Media Corp. Established in 1989 by filmmaker Bruce David Klein, Atlas Media Corp. ranks among the world’s leading independent producers of award-winning, non-fiction content. As part of a major strategic expansion plan, the company launched a theatrical documentary division and a digital and emerging media division in 2007. In 2006, 2007 and 2008 Atlas Media was noted on the RealScreen Global 100 list as one of the largest and most influential non-fiction production companies in the world, and its award-winning productions have become staple programming for such prestigious distribution channels as Google, History, RTL, FEARnet, GSN, National Geographic Channel, Discovery Health, A&E, PBS, The Travel Channel, Fuse, The Disney Channel, TLC, USA Network, Food Network, Planet Green and WE tv. More information can be found at http://www.atlasmediacorp.com.
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