Arthur Newman Movie Updates

Wed., Jun. 5, 2013

from Amazon

Amazon

• added the U.S. Blu-ray release date of September 3, 2013

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Wed., Apr. 24, 2013

from Film|Ratings

Film Ratings

• set the MPAA rating to R for sexual content, language and brief drug use

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Fri., Mar. 29, 2013

from Amazon

Amazon

• added the US DVD release date of August 20, 2013

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Fri., Mar. 29, 2013

from cinedigm.com

Cinedigm

• added a link from facebook.com
• added a synopsis

• Wallace Avery (Colin Firth) is tired of his existence. Divorced, disconnected from his young son, dissatisfied with his love life, depressed and in the doldrums of middle age, he decides to make a radical change by walking away from his old life. He ... show all buys a new identity and hits the road as Arthur Newman to begin life anew, bound for Terre Haute, Indiana, where he dreams of reinventing himself as a golf pro at a tiny country club.
  
  But his road trip is derailed by the entrance of Michaela “Mike” Fitzgerald (Emily Blunt), whom Arthur discovers passed out poolside at a seedy roadside motel. Mike sees through Arthur’s identity scam, and soon enough Arthur sees through hers — she’s a kleptomaniac fleeing from domestic turmoil of her own. Soon romance blossoms on the road to Indiana as the unexpected couple infiltrates the lives of random strangers as a way of better grasping the essence of their own waylaid lives. Painful secrets unfold; new lives take shape. But is it possible to truly start all over again?

• added the tagline: "If you don't have a live, get someone else's."
• added a poster to the gallery
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• added photos to the gallery
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• added a running time of 101 minutes
• changed the US film release date from TBA 2013 to April 26, 2013

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Fri., Dec. 28, 2012

from businesswire.com

Cinedigm Acquires U.S. Distribution Rights to 'Arthur Newman'

Cinedigm Entertainment Group has acquired all U.S. distribution rights to Arthur Newman, one of most highly anticipated films at this year's Toronto Film Festival.

• added a synopsis

• Follows the mid-life travails of sad sack Wallace Avery (Colin Firth). He hates his job, his ex-wife and son hate him, and he's blown his one shot at living his dream. Not wanting to face all this, he stages his own death and buys himself a new ident... show all ity as Arthur Newman. However, Arthur's road trip towards a new life is interrupted by the arrival of the beautiful but fragile Mike (Emily Blunt), who is also trying to leave her past behind. Drawn to one another, these two damaged souls begin to connect as they break into empty homes and take on the identities of the absent owners: elderly newlyweds, a high-roller and his Russian lady, among others. Through this process, Arthur and Mike discover that what they love most about each other are the identities they left at home, and their real journey, that of healing, begins.

• added Kristin Lehman as Actor to the credits
• added Nicole LaLiberte as Actor to the credits
• added Anne Heche as Mina Crawley to the credits
• added Emily Blunt as Mike to the credits
• added comedy as genre
• added Cross Creek Pictures as a production company
• changed the US film release date from TBA to TBA 2013
• added Colin Firth as Wallace Avery to the credits
• added Dante Ariola as Director to the credits
• added Becky Johnston as Screenwriter to the credits
• added Cinedigm as a distributor
• added IMDb link
• changed the production status to Complete
• created the movie profile