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'I.O.U.S.A.' Doc Feature UK Distribution Announced
September 16, 2008
MercuryMedia announces today that it will be handling UK distribution of the critically acclaimed film 'IOUSA' following its theatrical release last month in the United States.
The Sundance-selected 85' feature, from Patrick Creadon ('WordPlay'), will have its European Premiere at Sheffield Doc/Fest, the week of November 5th. It will then screen theatrically across the UK starting 15th November in Picturehouse Cinemas as part of the joiningthedots season of documentaries supported by The Independent Newspaper and Sheffield International Documentary Festival.
'I.O.U.S.A.' boldly examines America’s rapidly growing national debt and its consequences for the nation and its citizens. Weaving together a nonpartisan tapestry of archival footage, compelling graphics, and candid interviews with average tax-payers and prominent leaders in American finance, Creadon follows former US Comptroller General David Walker as he criss-crosses the country explaining its unsustainable fiscal policies.
Tim Sparke MD of MercuryMedia commented: 'This timely film, whilst focusing on the US national debt, has a message that will resonate with both British citizens struggling to cope in these challenging times, and our leaders and opinion-formers who have the responsibility for solving the global financial problems we face. Mercury is very proud to be offering this film and is confident that I.O.U.S.A. will strike a chord with all who choose to see it.’
"Many countries share a number of the deficit challenges addressed in the film," said Walker, who is now president of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, which owns 'I.O.U.S.A.' 'British citizens will be particularly interested in the portion of the film that covers how the US used the threat of financial warfare against Britain in connection with the 1956 Suez crisis.'
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For more information, go to: www.iousathemovie.com and www.mercurymedia.org.
Contacts:
Elizabeth Wilner
Peter G. Peterson Foundation
712 Fifth Avenue, 48th Floor
New York
NY 10019
T: 001 212 542-9200
E: ewilner@pgpf.org
Contacts:
Tim Sparke
MercuryMedia
6 Baseline Studios
Whitchurch Road
London W11 4AT
England
T: 020 7221 7221
M: 07801 520991
E: Tim@mercurymedia.org
About MercuryMedia
MercuryMedia International was set up by former Walt Disney/ABC, Thames Television, WTN and ITEL executive Tim Sparke in April 2000. Tim launched MercuryMedia to develop and distribute documentary programming for the international theatrical, television and DVD market. In nine years it has become a noted supplier of exceptional films and is now the owner of the documentary portal, www.joiningthedots.tv. For more information please visit www.mercurymedia.org
About The Peter G Peterson Foundation
'I.O.U.S.A.' is owned by the Peter G Peterson Foundation, which is dedicated to increasing public awareness of the nature and urgency of several key challenges threatening America’s future, and to accelerating action on them. To address these challenges successfully, the Foundation works to bring Americans together by finding sensible long-term solutions that transcend age, party lines and ideological divides. For more information, please visit www.PGPF.org.
