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Eric Bana and Robert Connolly bring Closed Circuit to Australian audiences

Eric Bana’s production company Pick Up Truck Pictures and Robert Connolly’s CinemaPlus have teamed up, acquiring the Australian rights for the Universal Pictures/Focus Features’ international suspense thriller, Closed Circuit.

The announcement:

In an exciting and unprecedented first-time venture, Eric Bana’s production company Pick Up Truck Pictures and Robert Connolly’s CinemaPlus have teamed up, acquiring the Australian rights for Universal Pictures/Focus Features’ international suspense thriller, Closed Circuit.

A passion for innovation and distribution in the screen industry has prompted the long time friends to collaborate in bringing the contemporary legal thriller, starring Eric Bana, to Australia. The pair will release the film, nationally, from Thursday 5 December 2013.

Bana says of the partnership, “ We both feel strongly about our relationship with audiences and exhibitors and this was a unique opportunity at a time we believe innovation is paramount. I also feel that this film is well suited to the Australian cinema goer, who revels in the genre of suspense thriller.”

Connolly agreed, adding, “By acquiring film distribution rights audiences can not only watch content in its intended theatrical environment, but they can also receive direct contact with filmmakers and cast with Eric making personal appearances around the country.”

In 2004, Actor/Director Eric Bana established Pick Up Truck Pictures (PUTP) and since then has been involved in projects both in Australia and Internationally.  The award winning film, Romulus My Father was the first title to come under the company name, as a co-production.  In 2009, PUTP co-produced Eric’s directorial debut, Love The Beast.

Robert Connolly’s CinemaPlus is an Australian distribution company formed in 2012 specialising in event cinema. In 2013 CinemaPlus’s national releases have included special theatrical event seasons for Underground: The Julian Assange Story and a co-venture with Madman Entertainment for Tim Winton’s The Turning.  

Closed Circuit (a Focus Features/Working Title production) is an intelligent conspiracy thriller, rooted in the world of today. A high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two ex-lovers Martin Rose (Eric Bana) and Claudia (Rebecca Hall) on the defense team. As the pieces of the case come together, details of a sinister conspiracy emerge, bringing both defense lawyers dangerously close again, testing the limits of their loyalties and placing their lives in jeopardy.

Source: Kerrie Theobald Publicity media release

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