September 30, 2004
FINE LINE ACQUIRES THE YEAR OF THE YAO
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New York, New York (September 30, 2004) - Fine Line has acquired the worldwide rights to Jim Stern and Adam Del Deo’s The Year of the Yao, a documentary chronicling the story of Chinese basketball phenomenon and Houston Rockets center Yao Ming that recently screened at the Toronto Film Festival.
The Year of the Yao follows the 7’6” Ming during his first year in the NBA and reveals how he coped with the pressures of being a rookie while knowing that he represented the hopes of 1.2 billion people in his homeland. It was produced by Endgame Entertainment and NBA Entertainment.
Fine Line Features currently has Maria Full of Grace in release in partnership with HBO Films. Also in release currently is John Waters’ comedy A Dirty Shame starring Tracey Ullman, Johnny Knoxville, Chris Isaak and Selma Blair. Upcoming releases include Academy Award® nominee Mike Leigh’s drama Vera Drake starring Imelda Staunton; Jonathan Glazer’s Birth starring Academy Award® winner Nicole Kidman; and The Sea Inside, Alejandro Amenábar’s new movie starring Academy Award® nominee Javier Bardem. Fine Line Features is a division of New Line Cinema.
About New Line Cinema Corporation
New Line Cinema is the oldest and most successful independent film company in the world. In addition to the production, marketing and distribution of theatrical motion pictures, the fully-integrated studio has divisions devoted to home entertainment, television, music, theater, licensing, merchandising and international marketing and distribution. New Line is a pioneer in franchise filmmaking and its Oscar-winning The Lord of the Rings trilogy is the most successful film franchise in history. Together with its subsidiary, Fine Line Features, New Line is a unit of Time Warner.