'The Aryan Couple' to Hold World Premiere December 7th at The Simon Wiesenthal Center's Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles


HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Nov. 17, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Celebration International Pictures, a division of Film and Music Entertainment, Inc. (Pink Sheets:FLME), is pleased to announce that the December 7th world premiere of its new feature film, The Aryan Couple, will be hosted at the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles. The Museum, the educational arm of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, was founded to challenge visitors to confront bigotry and racism, and to understand the Holocaust -- the ultimate example of man's inhumanity to man -- in both historic and contemporary contexts.

Directed, produced and co-written by John Daly, The Aryan Couple features Academy Award winner Martin Landau ("Ed Wood") and classical British actress Judy Parfitt and co-stars Kenny Doughty and Caroline Carver as the Aryan couple.

Set in Nazi-occupied Hungary in 1944, The Aryan Couple is the story of a wealthy industrialist (Landau) who has to negotiate safe passage out of the country for himself, his wife (Parfitt) and his extended family. They finalize the contract with two of Hitler's top mass killers and believe their troubles are over. But they have a frightening surprise waiting.

Filmed on location in Warsaw, Lubin, Krakow and the infamous Auschwitz in Poland, The Aryan Couple is powerful.

Commenting on the Los Angeles premiere, the film's director John Daly noted, ". . . we are honored that the Wiesenthal Center's Museum of Tolerance has chosen to host our world premiere. The Aryan Couple is more than a compelling story based, in large part, on actual persons and events that occurred in 1944. Its message resonates with the need for tolerance across racial, religious, cultural and social lines. And because we live in a world where racism and prejudice still prevail, that message has particular relevance to us today."

John Daly is a former founder of Hemdale Film Corporation, a company that garnered 21 Academy Award nominations, winning 13 Oscars, including unprecedented back-to-back Best Picture Oscars for "Platoon" and "The Last Emperor."

The Aryan Couple's December bi-coastal showings will qualify the film for consideration in the 77th Annual Academy Awards, and all members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and all Guilds are able to view the film at any showing with the presentation of their membership card.

The Museum of Tolerance is located at Simon Wiesenthal Plaza, 9786 West Pico Boulevard, in Los Angeles.

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