RAI Picks Up 100+ Films from ITV Studios

March 25, 2010 World Screen
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ROME/LONDON: ITV Studios Global Entertainment has sold more than 100 films to RAI Cinema, including restored and re-mastered HD offerings.

The deal includes Henry V, starring Laurence Olivier. Also included are Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes, starring Margaret Lockwood; Brief Encounter, starring Trevor Howard; Sophie’s Choice, starring Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline; and Black Narcissus, starring Deborah Kerr and Jean Simmons.  

ITV Studios Global Entertainment confirmed that the company has restored and re-mastered the cinematic classic This Sporting Life. The film will be unveiled to TV, VOD and home-entertainment buyers in high definition at MIPTV on Monday, April 12.
 
Andre Renaud, the senior sales executive for Italian-speaking Europe at ITV Studios Global Entertainment, said, “These acquired films are each shimmering jewels that have rightfully found their home in Italy with RAI. The films will perfectly complement previous high-quality acquisitions by RAI from ITV Studios, such as Agatha Christie’s Marple and Murdoch Mysteries.”
 
Fiona Maxwell, the director of operations at ITV Studios Global Entertainment, added, “ITV Studios Global Entertainment proudly represents the Rank, Rohauer, Romulus, Korda and ITC film catalogues, which collectively are acknowledged as the world’s largest classic British film archive. ITV Studios incorporates a dedicated restoration unit. Over the past two years this specialist team has overseen restoring many important classic films re-mastering them to high definition, including The Ipcress File, The 39 Steps and The Red Shoes—in partnership with The Film Foundation, the UCLA Archive and the BFI.”


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