But now, it's been bumped from August (originally April) to November, when it will receive a LIMITED release, followed by a January DVD release. WTF, Lionsgate? And this is exactly what they're doing with Midnight Meat Train, another gr8 movie being denied the release it deserves simply because of internal politics.
For those who don't know, it "is a rock musical movie directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. Originally planned for an April 25 release date, it has since been reported that it will instead be set for a limited theatrical release starting November 7, 2008. The film is based on a play written and composed by Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich.", quoting Wikipedia.
The plot (quoting again from Wikipedia) is this:
An epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet. Panic erupts and scientists feverishly make plans for a massive organ harvest. Out of the tragedy, GeneCo, a multi-billion dollar biotech company, emerges. GeneCo provides organ transplantation for a profit. In addition to financing options, GeneCo reserves the right to implement default remedies, including repossession. For those who can't keep up with their organ payments, collection is the responsibility of "organ repo men", skilled assassins contracted by GeneCo, ordered to recover GeneCo's property by any means necessary.
At the heart of the story is Shilo Wallace (Alexa Vega), a 17 year-old girl with a rare blood disease. She has been kept locked up and protected in her house, where she is guarded from the outside world by her father, Nathan Wallace (Anthony Head). While Shilo struggles with her wish to leave the house and experience the outside world, Nathan struggles with his secret job as the Repo Man, and more specifically, his next target, a woman named Blind Mag (Sarah Brightman). Blind Mag, an opera singer, was a friend of Nathan's now-deceased wife, and is Shilo's godmother.
The Largo family, consisting of GeneCo president Rotti (Paul Sorvino), his daughter Amber (Paris Hilton), and his two sons Luigi and Pavi (Bill Moseley and Nivek Ogre, respectively), have their own plans. Rotti is dying, and the three siblings bicker and fight about who is to take the role as head of GeneCo. But, disappointed with his own children, Rotti takes an interest in Shilo.
The stories intertwine and merge at the GeneCo opera.
The cast includes:
* Alexa Vega as Shilo Wallace, a young woman condemned to her room due to the blood disorder she inherited from her mother.
* Paul Sorvino as Rotti Largo, the dying president of GeneCo.
* Paris Hilton as Amber Sweet, the surgery-addicted daughter of Rotti.
* Bill Moseley as Luigi Largo, the eldest son of Rotti, described as being angry.
* Anthony Head as Nathan Wallace, a father to Shilo and a widower, having lost his wife Marni. He doubles as a legal assassin known as the Repo Man.
* Sarah Brightman as Blind Mag, born blind but given the ability to see by GeneCo at the price of having to sing for the GeneCo Opera. She is marked for repossession and she is set to deliver her final performance for the company.
* Nivek Ogre as Pavi Largo, the younger son of Rotti, described as vain, dim-witted, and effeminate. He wears women's faces as masks.
* Terrance Zdunich as the Grave-Robber, a Zydrate-peddler with connections to Amber.
You can find some trailers, info, et cetera right here, on the movie's main site.
And if you go here and type in the secret password "geneco" (lowercase, no quotes), you can listen to and download a "Pre-Surgery Sampler", which is 7 tracks from the soundtrack due to be released at the end of September. The tracks are:
1 - A New World Organ (a simple intro, lasting only a few seconds)
2 - At the Opera Tonight (the same song, albeit longer, that played in the earliest trailer, back when its release date was back in April)
3 - Zydrate Anatomy (sung by Grave-Robber, about the drug Zydrate taken by people prior to surgery)
4 - Night Surgeon (sung by the Largo men, a female chorus, and mysel... I mean Nathan Wallace)
5 - Chase the Morning (a Shilo/Blind Mag duet)
6 - Seventeen (a short punk rock song sung by Shiloh about her rebelling against her father)
7 - Genetic Emanipation (another song sung by Shiloh)
You could at least not make this your first post.
