The Special Edition DVD of The Corporal’s Diary is now available in stores nationwide and with online retailers including Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.  Recently featured on an episode of ABC’s Good Morning America, this insightful and moving film is an affecting document of a mother’s journey through the pain and reconciliation of the death of her son, while also serving as an expository glimpse into the life of a US soldier in Iraq. The Corporal’s Diary was greeted with overwhelmingly positive press and acclaim throughout its 2008 theatrical run.

The Corporal’s Diary Special Edition DVD includes a 20-page booklet with Corporal Jonathan Santos’ complete diary entries from Iraq.  Additional special features include The Corporal’s Boots documentary short, additional interviews and featurettes, classroom guides for teachers and more.

Typecast Releasing is pleased to announce a North American retrospective tour of works by world-renowned Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine, who passed away earlier this year at the age of 82. The jewel of this commemorative series is a restored 35mm film print of Chahine’s 1958 classic, Cairo Station, which is celebrating its 50^th anniversary this year. A steamy film noir masterpiece of repressed sexuality, madness and violence set in the city’s central train depot, Cairo Station earned Chahine international recognition and acclaim when it screened at the Berlin Film Festival.

Other 35mm film prints available for the series include The Land, Chahine’s sprawling epic from 1969 which was hailed by critics as the “best Egyptian film of all time” and The Sparrow, which was considered one of Chahine’s most complex and controversial films when it was released in 1972. A pristine new 35mm print of the insightful and lovingly-crafted short documentary, Cairo As Seen By Chahine, is also available for the series. Several of the director’s more popular films will be available in non-35mm formats, such as the riveting musical tragedy The Return of the Prodigal Son (1976) and An Egyptian Story (1982), the wonderfully bizarre centerpiece in Chahine’s autobiographical Alexandria Trilogy.

A prolific, creative and hard-working director, Youssef Chahine will be remembered not only for his imaginative, music-filled works that entertain audiences even as they examine the social and political issues of Egypt, but also for his role in bringing Egyptian cinema to the attention of appreciative movie-goers all around the world.

The Youssef Chahine Retrospective Tour:

* Cleveland, OH . Cairo Station at the Cleveland Cinematheque . Oct. 4, 2008
* New York, NY . Cairo Station at the Museum of Modern Art . Nov. 12 & 15, 2008
* Dearborn, MI . Cairo Station at the Arab American National Museum . Nov. 16, 2008
* Chicago, IL . Chahine Retrospective at the Gene Siskel Film Center . Jan. 2-Feb. 9, 2009
* Boston, MA . Chahine Retrospective at the Harvard Film Archive . Jan. 16-19, 2009
* Durham, NC . Chahine Retrospective at the Duke U. Screen Society . Feb. 2 & 9, 2009
* Berkeley, CA . Cairo Station at the Pacific Film Archive . Feb. 8, 2009
* Fort Worth, TX . Cairo Station at the Modern Art Museum . March 20-22, 2009
* Rochester, NY . Chahine Retrospective at the George Eastman House . April 1-29, 2009
* Brooklyn, NY . Chahine Retrospective at BAM . May 29-June 9, 2009
* Tucson, AZ . Cairo Station at The Loft Cinema . July 12 & 14, 2009
* Columbus, OH . Cairo Station at Wexner Center for the Arts . Oct. 15, 2009
* New York, NY . Chahine Retrospective at the Film Society of Lincoln Center . Nov. 15, 2009
* New Orleans, LA . Cairo Station at the Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center . Nov. 21, 2009
* Austin, TX . Chahine Retrospective at the Austin Film Society . Jan. 12 & 19, 2010
* Madison, WI . Chahine Retrospective at the UW Cinematheque . Jan. 23-Feb. 27, 2010

Typecast Releasing is pleased to announce that two of our documentary films have been nominated for Emmy Awards! LIBBY, MONTANA, which was broadcast nationally in 2007 on the PBS Series POV/The American Documentary, has received a News & Documentary Emmy nomination in the category of “Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story–Long Form.”

IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS, which was shown on Cinemax in their Reel Life series, has been nominated for “Outstanding Individual Achievement In a Craft: Cinematography” in the News Coverage/Documentaries category.

The nominees were announced on July 15 by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). You can find the full list of this year’s News & Documentary Emmy nominees here.

Typecast Releasing is excited to announce the upcoming release of the 2008 documentary, The Corporal’s Diary. This eye-opening documentary is centered on the video and written diary of a young US soldier’s 38 days spent in Iraq before his unfortunate death.

Jonathan Santos, 22, documented his 37 days in Iraq on video and in writing; never knowing that day 38 would be his last. From high explosives to clandestine home brew, his video footage and witty narrative combine personal musings on life, death, and the future he imagined but would never see. His charming buddy, Matthew, who barely survived, brings the war home. Through Jonathan’s handwritten words and videotape, the film tells a personal and profound story. [thecorporalsdiary.com]

The film will be premiering at the Seattle Truly Independent Film Festival on June 10th, and then have a limited theatrical run before a widespread home video release. More details on the theatrical and home video specifics soon to follow.

The Corporal’s Diary – official website