January 17, 2002
FINE LINE FEATURES SAYS "CHERISH*" IS THE WORD
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(ParkCity, UT) - Fine Line Features President Mark Ordesky announced today that Fine Line had acquired U.S. rights to Finn Taylor's Cherish*. Starring Robin Tunney and Tim Blake Nelson, Cherish* is a clever thriller featuring lost characters who are twisted out of proportion by romantic obsession. Fine Line will release the film in the U.S. in the summer.
Zoe Adler (Tunney) is a 20-something love-starved animator who spends countless hours listening to KXCH "Cherish*" radio, losing herself in a syrupy romantic fantasy of 1970s and 80s pop songs. After a mysterious car accident in which a policeman is hit and killed, Zoe is unfairly charged with the crime. Incarcerated in the electronic bracelet program Zoe repeatedly tries to escape her apartment. Each attempt brings another visit from her parole officer Daly (Nelson). Ironically, this relationship allows both of them to grow as they fall in love. Zoe sheds her rose colored glasses and becomes her own superhero after she discovers the real cause of the accident. Finn Taylor plays against genre conventions, using the sentimental tunes of Hall and Oates, Human League and Soft Cell to imbue fantasy and crime scenes with humor and irony. The film also stars Nora Dunn, Jason Priestley, Brad Hunt, Lindsay Crouse and Liz Phair. Taylor’s Dream with the Fishes was a critical success at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival.
*Title pending