Elton Brand’s “Rescue Dawn”

I had remembered reading somewhere — perhaps Chris Palmer’s The Sixth Man? — about Elton Brand’s hopes of expanding his business ventures to include film production. Apparently, he did. And well:

During the Toronto International Film Festival’s frenetic first weekend, MGM preemptively nabbed all rights to Werner Herzog’s much-anticipated Vietnam War drama “Rescue Dawn,” starring Christian Bale. Many distributors did not even get a shot at the film, which MGM claimed as its own before the movie’s Saturday world premiere.

This must be huge news for co-producers Brand and Steve Marlton; especially considering the struggles the film went through near the beginning of production:

Initially, Marlton said, he and Brand planned to invest $2 million of the then-$11 million budget, but after filming began in Thailand all of the other investors dropped out, leaving them holding the bag. “We liquidated properties, made bridge loans and made personal sacrifices,” Marlton said.

Damn. I hope one of Brand’s “personal sacrifices” didn’t include pimping out his wife. (I kid, I kid.)

Anyway, the film looks pretty interesting I guess. You know, if you’re into that sort of Thin Red Line, my-mind-is-the-real-war type of thing.

MGM To The ‘Rescue’ At Toronto Fest [The ShowBuzz]

(Update: There’s a video over at ESPN’s NBA front page called: Brand Makes Movie Debut In Toronto. If you look closely — and well, you know what you’re looking for — you can see a part of my alma mater, Ryerson University. Yeah, apparently the world premiere of “Rescue Dawn” was held in the same auditorium I graduated in. Hilarious.)

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By J.E. Skeets at 7:32 pm on 09.15.2006 — Tags: Elton Brand, Clippers, Media

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6 Responses to “Elton Brand’s “Rescue Dawn””

  1. Howie aka Hype at 11:06 pm on 09.15.2006

    What a teaser, not even a reveal of the new Batman suit! I’m suing.

  2. Martha at 5:36 am on 09.16.2006

    Calling it “Elton Brand’s Rescue Dawn” is pretty hilarious — Werner Herzog was probably just sitting there under a tree, fanning himself while Elton put Bale through his paces. So maybe we can blame Elton for Werner Herzog making the most dismally by-the-numbers movie of his life? Either way, it’s too bad the movie isn’t very good.

  3. MattO at 10:40 am on 09.16.2006

    Wow. That shot of Steve Zahn with his arm outstrectched is probably worth the price of admission alone.

  4. Chris Clarke at 10:51 am on 09.18.2006

    Like we need another “Christian Bale grossly thin” movie, or another “Steve Zahn tries to be serious” movie.

  5. MattB at 11:00 am on 09.18.2006

    I thought who shot Mambo was about a snake?

    Which one was mambos?

  6. Casey at 4:52 pm on 07.12.2007

    It would have been nice if Elton could have paid the film crew who worked on the film in Thailand. The US crew were paid only after taking the jerk to court.

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