BoxOffice® Pro - November 2011

ON THE HORIZON
BY SARA VIZCARRONDO
MAN ON A LEDGE
It’s a bird! It’s a plan! Look over here!
> Very few documentarians transition
into fiction films. Exceptions like
James Marsh (Man On Wire, Red Riding
Hood) exist, but they’re rare. Director
Asgar Leth comes from filmmaking
stock: his father, Jørgen Leth, (director
of The Five Obstructions) was one of
the Dogme 95 filmmakers in Denmark
and if it weren’t for his father’s time
spent in Haiti, Asgar might never have
been exposed to the strife that resulted
in his debut doc, Ghosts of Cité Soleil.
That film tracked two brothers in
Port-au-Prince who led the local gangs
through a political coup and a war in
the streets. Turning his camera to a
first world contest of wills and appearances,
the younger Leth is making his
narrative feature debut with Man on
a Ledge, another crime saga about two
badass brothers. Sam Worthington is a
cop wrongly accused of stealing a diamond
worth tens of millions. Framed
by the diamond’s owner (a smarmy Ed
Harris), Worthington breaks out of jail
and plans a heist to prove that Harris
was never actually liberated from his
multi-carat burden. But to do it, he
DISTRIBUTOR Summit Entertainment CAST Jamie Bell, Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks,
Edward Burns, Ed Harris, Kyra Sedgwick, Anthony Mackie DIRECTOR Asger Leth SCREEN-
WRITER Pablo F. Fenjves PRODUCERS Mark Vahradian, Lorenzo di Bonaventura GENRE Suspense
RATING PG-13 for violence and brief strong language RUNNING TIME TBD RELEASE
DATE January 27, 2012
has to create a diversion. Worthington
performs a veritable song and dance
for the streetwalkers of Manhattan.
From the avenue, Kyra Sedgewick
leads the gawkers with her TV cameras
and from the ledge Elizabeth Banks
negotiates for Worthington’s life.
Meanwhile, Jamie Bell breaks into the
diamond vaults with his girl friend
and lets his bro play Man On Wire to
the public. It’s January, Hollywood’s
coldest month, so let’s hope this Man
can keep our attentions.
(more On the Horizon on page 64)
DON’T LOOK DOWN
LUCKILY, SAM WORTHINGTON ISN’T AFRAID
OF HEIGHTS
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