Chapter 27 will cost Peace Arch dearly.. shareholders of PAE beware

We have been contacted by many of the loyal reader of our Boycott Chapter 27 blog regarding the recent announcement by John Flock of Peace Arch Entertainment, that Chapter 27 will be released in US theaters. The recent press release claims that Chapter 27 (the film that glorifies the killer of John Lennon) will be released in March of 2008, a full 2 years after it had been completed. Many of our readers are of course very disturbed by this news and initially so were we. After reviewing the situation, we have decided that this will most likely only to serve as a huge financial catastrophe for Peace Arch. Keep in mind, just because the company has made the heartless decision to attempt to have Chapter 27 shown in theaters, it does not mean people will decide to spend their hard earned dollars to see this piece of Jared Leto and Lindsey Lohan crap. It only means that Peace Arch will spend its shareholders money attempting to convince theater owners to show the Chapter 27 trailers in hopes of generating interest. This move with undoubtedly destroy this company. The curse of Chapter 27 will go beyond Schaefer, Leto, and Lohan, it will extend to Peace Arch management and eventually the shareholders of PAE. After all these are the people ultimately responsible for the desecration of John Lennons grave.

We have included the press release below in order to show the crap being old to the shareholders and entertainment media regarding Chapter 27 and the entire Peace Arch Entertainment organization.

Peace Arch Entertainment Group Inc. (AMEX: PAE) (TSX: PAE), an integrated global entertainment company creating and acquiring critically acclaimed film and television programming, announced today that the Company's controversial feature film "Chapter 27" earned the Debut Feature Prize at its European premiere at the Zurich Film Festival. The prize, which was awarded to first-time director Jarrett Schaeffer, is the latest in a series of awards that the Company's feature films and television programs received during 2007.

The controversial film, a psychological drama about Mark Chapman's gradual breakdown during the days leading up to his murder of Beatle John Lennon, will begin its international theatrical release in Japan in December 2007. Peace Arch will release the Picture theatrically in the United States beginning in March 2008.

"Chapter 27" stars Jared Leto ("Requiem For A Dream," "Panic Room," "Fight Club"), Judah Friedlander ("Zoolander," "Meet The Parents") and Lindsay Lohan ("Mean Girls," "Freaky Friday," "Herbie Fully Loaded"). The film was written and directed by Jarrett Schaefer, and produced by Robert Salerno, Naomi Despres and Alexandra Milchan. "Chapter 27" had its world premiere at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival to sold-out theaters and great controversy over its subject matter. The Zurich Film Festival marked the picture's European festival premiere.

"With the much anticipated theatrical release of 'Chapter 27,' Peace Arch continues to implement its strategic initiative to become a leading theatrical distributor of critically acclaimed and commercially desirable independent films," said John Flock, President and Chief Operating Officer of Peace Arch Entertainment Group. "As we continue to grow our North American distribution operations through accretive acquisitions like Trinity Home Entertainment, expand our television operations with major events like the second season of 'The Tudors,' and build our international theatrical and television sales business with a deep lineup of new programming and library content at events like this week's MIPCOM sales market, our North American theatrical releasing component becomes a key aspect of our plan to build a fully integrated, industry-leading global entertainment company."

Peace Arch acquired Westlake Village, California-based DVD distributor Trinity Home Entertainment, one of the leading independent distributors of budget and first-run feature films in the United States, in July 2007.

Enjoy your short term financial gains made on John Lennons blood, the gains will not last long....

INSTANT KARMAS GONNA GET YA

Peace

Shameless promotion - We got hold of the Chapter 27 Sundance "press kit"

Tell me the image (above) from this film, doesn't make you sick to your stomach.
A fat Jared Leto practicing pointing a gun at John..... very cool JERK OFF!!!!

THIS IS THE OFFICIAL CHAPTER 27 PRESS KIT FOR SUNDANCE!!!!

CHAPTER 27

Written and Directed by Jarrett Schaefer

Starring
Jared Leto
Judah Friedlander
and Lindsay Lohan


International Sales Agent:
PEACE ARCH FILMS
5-11 Mortimer Street
W1T 3JB London, UK
Tel: +44 (0)207 299 3727
Fax: +44 (0)207 299 3728
(Call them and tell them how you feel)

Chapter 27 - movie

FILMMAKERS

Jarrett Schaefer Director
Bob Salerno Producer

KEY CAST

Jared Leto Mark Chapman
Lindsay Lohan Jude
Judah Friedlander Paul

Chapter 27
Long Synopsis

It is a date with destiny that will forever be etched on the tragic history of music. On December 8, 1980, loner Mark Chapman shot John Lennon five times outside The Dakota, the New York apartment Lennon shared with wife Yoko Ono and son Sean.
Why did he do it? What compelled this apparently normal married man to assassinate a music legend and icon of the sixties peace and love movement?
In the weekend leading up to the inevitable tragedy, Chapman’s deteriorating mental state succumbs to exaggerated fantasies about his own mundane life and his increasingly strange behaviour alienates fans assembled outside The Dakota.
But it is his attachment to the classic novel “The Catcher in the Rye” that finally causes him to lose his grip on reality and carry out the infamous murder that continues to shock the world.

Short Synopsis

New York City. December 1980. Mark Chapman arrives in New York with the intent to kill John Lennon. A depressed and unstable soul, Chapman is torn between his love and awe for John Lennon’s persona and his desire to kill Lennon in order to gain notoriety for himself. The story portrays Chapman’s mental collapse, which is played out through his obsession with JD Salinger’s classic novel ‘The Catcher in the Rye’, as Chapman’s demons win over, and persuade him to shoot Lennon on the steps of Lennon’s apartment building, The Dakota.

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Director’s Note

The music of John Lennon and the writing of J.D. Salinger have always had 
a powerful effect on me. They both relate complexities like the pain of love or the confusion of growing up with such openness and accuracy that I  recognize it in myself and feel less alone. They were, and still are, close friends and guides. I imagine I am not the only one. I could never understand how someone who listened to these same songs and read these same books would also want to kill. This film is about that person.

Jarrett Schaefer

Cast Biographies

JARED LETO

Known for his intense and intelligent performances, Jared Leto’s big screen presence was established in his compelling portrayal of a delusional heroin addict in Darren Aronofsky’s dark drama Requiem for a Dream, starring opposite Jennifer Connelly and Ellen Burstyn.

Last seen in Andrew Niccol’s Lord of War opposite Nicholas Cage and Ethan Hawke, Leto recently wrapped production on Jarrett Schaefer’s Chapter 27, where he stars as Mark David Chapman, the man who murdered John Lennon. He also stars in the romantic thriller Lonely Hearts alongside Salma Hayek for director Todd Robinson.
Additional credits include Oliver Stone’s classic epic, Alexander, with Colin Farrell, Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie and Val Kilmer; David Fincher’s Panic Room starring with Jodie Foster and Forrest Whitaker; Girl Interrupted opposite Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie and Brittany Murphy; Fight Club co-starring Ed Norton and Brad Pitt; Terrence Malick’s ensemble World War II action-drama, The Thin Red Line; and Prefontaine – a docudrama that chronicles the tragic life of Steve Prefontaine, an Olympic hopeful in long-distance running. He starred opposite Ed O’Neill in this acclaimed film.

Leto’s television credits include his notorious role as ‘Jordan Catalano,’ the high school heartthrob, in the critically acclaimed realistic teen drama series, My So Called Life. Leto also is the front man for his band, 30 Seconds to Mars. He is currently on tour for the 2005 release of their second album A Beautiful Life.

LINDSAY LOHAN

Green-eyed, auburn-haired Lindsay Lohan burst onto the scene playing twins in Nancy Meyers’s Parent Trap co-starring Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson. To rave reviews, she later starred, along with Jamie Lee Curtis, in Freaky Friday and Tina Fey’s cult-hit Mean Girls. Lindsay recently completed production on the dark comedy Georgia Rule, directed by Garry Marshall, in which she will star opposite Jane Fonda and Felicity Huffman. She is currently in production on the thriller I Know Who Killed Me.
This past year, Lindsay has been hitting the Indy-circuit starting with a performance in Robert Altman’s A Prairie Home Companion, in which she played Meryl Streep’s troubled daughter. Lindsay also recently completed Chapter 27, opposite Jared Leto and can currently be seen in Emilio Estevez’s Bobby; a film that centers around the assassination of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
For her performance in Bobby, Lindsay won the “Hollywood Breakthrough Actress” award at the Hollywood Film Festival in October of 2006. Also in 2006, she won the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award for “Favorite Female Movie Actress.” In 2004 Lindsay’s performance in Mean Girls garnered her an MTV Movie award for “Female Breakout Out Star.” The same year, she received Teen Choice awards for “Choice Movie Actress,” as well as “Choice Breakout Movie Star.”
In addition to her acting work, Lindsay followed her music aspirations to Casablanca/Universal Records, which produced her debut album titled, “Speak,” as well as her most recent album “A Little More Personal (Raw).”
Lindsay was born on Long Island, New York and separates her time between Los Angeles and New York.

Filmmaker Biographies


JARRETT SCHAEFER, Writer and Director

Jarrett Schaefer graduated Cum Laude from USC's prestigious Filmic Writing Program (past alumni include Bryan Singer, John Singleton, Robert Zemmicks and John Milius).  Schaefer's thesis script from the program, THE HIDDEN ALICE, about Lewis Carroll's inspiration for the children's story Alice and Wonderland, will be directed by critically acclaimed filmmaker Bronwen Hughes. 

His poems "The Shiftless Devotees" and "October" have both been published in the Library of Congress.

Mr. Schaefer has been the Senior Editor of FADE IN Magazine, an influential Los Angeles-based film magazine which was named film magazine of the year in 2004 by both The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times.

His poems "The Shiftless Devotees" and "October" have both been published in the Library of Congress.

He currently lives in New York City.


BOB SALERNO, Producer

Bob Salerno began his producing career in 1991 in the music industry, working with artists such as Mariah Carey, Bon Jovi, and Sinead O'Connor. He also worked in the commercials industry with clients such as Coca-Cola, Sony and IBM. His list of film credits includes “Chinese Coffee,” directed by and starring Al Pacino. Salerno is a longtime associate of Billy Bob Thornton, having first started working together at The Shooting Gallery, a New York-based independent production and distribution company. They worked together on “Sling Blade,” “All the Pretty Horses,” and “Waking Up in Reno.” He recently completed work on “Delirious”, Tom DiCillo’s new film.

Chapter 27
MAIN CREDITS

PEACE ARCH ENTERTAINMENT
presents an ARTINA FILMS production
“CHAPTER 27”
JARED LETO JUDAH FRIEDLANDER and LINDSAY LOHAN
Casting by AMANDA MACKEY, CSA CATHY SANDRICH GELFOND, CSA SIG DE MIGUEL
Line Producer BRIAN BELL
Costume Designer ANE CRABTREE
Production Designer KALINA IVANOV
Director of Photography TOM RICHMOND
Editors JIM MAKIEJ ANDREW HAFITZ
Music Supervisor TRACY MCKNIGHT
Music by ANTHONY MARINELLI
Executive Producers JARED LETO RICK CHAD GILBERT ALLOUL JOHN FLOCK GARY HOWSAM LEWIN WEBB
Produced by ROBERT SALERNO NAOMI DESPRES ALEXANDRA MILCHAN
Inspired by the book “Let Me Take You Down” by JACK JONES
Written and Directed by J. P. SCHAEFER
F....JAckie and Studdering John
WHAAAA!!!! I'm a heroin addict
F...You FAT ARTIE
Howard, we need your help to stop Chapter 27