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Dec 07, 2011
TARBUT FESTIVAL REVIEW : MICHAEL KING'S RESCUERS: HOW 13 EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS WORKED TO SAVE JEWS IN HOLOCAUST
TARBUT FESTIVAL REVIEW MICHAEL KING S RESCUERS HOW 13 EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS WORKED TO SAVE JEWS IN HOLOCAUST By A Shmuel posted Nov 24 2011 Oneof the highlights of this year s Rady JCC Tarbut festival was the screening of Emmy award winning filmmaker Michael King s film The Rescuers ...
Nov 01, 2011
‘Rescuers’ Doc Ponders ‘Mystery of Goodness’
Published Wednesday October 26 2011 3 00 pm Rescuers Doc Ponders Mystery of Goodness By Ed Rampell Film still courtesy of Menemsha Films The alternately heartwarming and heart wrenching documentary The Rescuers about heroic non Jews who saved Jews during the Holocaust focuses on ...
Nov 01, 2011
Hollywood Reporter THR's awards expert Scott Feinberg offers his latest take on the Oscar race
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM FEATURE Frontrunners The Interrupters The Cinema Guild 7 29 TBA trailer Project Nim Roadside Attractions 7 8 PG 13 trailer Buck IFC Films 6 17 PG trailer Senna Producers Distribution Agency 8 12 PG 13 trailer If a Tree Falls Oscilloscope 6 22 TBA trailer Maj ...
Oct 07, 2011
Oscar Doc Race Does Not Favor Lookalikes
Oscar Doc Race Does Not Favor Lookalikes Thompson on Hollywood In the Oscar documentary feature race usually 80 90 films qualify for a shot at landing on the doc short list of 15 And when several films tackle similar themes and subjects doc branch voters tend to pick one favorite ...
Apr 06, 2011
THE KANSAS CITY STAR
the rescuers 8 45 p m Thursday Israel bestows the title Righteous Among the Nations on statesmen who during World War II defied the Nazis and their own governments to save Jewish lives Among them Raoul Wallenberg of Sweden credited with saving 10 000 Jews Japan s Chiune Sugihara ...
Mar 26, 2011
The Palm Beach Post
The Palm Beach Post ACCENT Culture Editor Larry Aydlette The mystery of goodness Download the full story ...
Feb 22, 2011
The Rescuers: The Past Informs the Present
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Feb 22, 2011
Feature Film Night Reception & Screening
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Jan 17, 2011
Best of the Fest by the Palm Springs International Film Festival 2011
Congrats The Rescuers named to the Best of the Fest by the Palm Springs International Film Festival 2011 33 out of 200 films made the list this year Palm Springs International Film Festival 2011 ...
Jan 16, 2011
Palm Springs International Film Festival ready to roll
10 00 PM PST on Thursday January 6 2011 By FIELDING BUCK The Press Enterprise Special Section 2011 Palm Springs International Film Festival The Palm Springs International Film Festival begins in earnest today after a gala opening Thursday night The event will feature nearly 200 f ...
Jan 16, 2011
NLHS grad uses new film as history lesson
NLHS grad uses new film as history lesson By Kristina Dorsey Publication The Day Published 10 16 2010 12 00 AM Updated 10 16 2010 05 33 AM Michael King says The Rescuers timely despite its WWII setting New London The movie that Michael King has just made is about to borrow a phra ...
Jan 06, 2011
Jewish topics in spotlight at Palm Springs film fest
January 5 2011 Jewish topics in spotlight at Palm Springs film fest By Tom Tugend Among its 193 movies from 68 countries the Palm Springs International Film Festival has included a varied menu of special Jewish interest during its Jan 6 17 run One entry is the world premiere of T ...
Oct 25, 2010
Movie celebrates mystery of goodness amid tyranny
Movie celebrates mystery of goodness amid tyranny Robert Kim Bingham Publication The Day Published 10 24 2010 12 00 AM Updated 10 24 2010 05 05 AM On Saturday Oct 16 acclaimed filmmaker Michael King a native son of southeastern Connecticut and graduate of New London High School a ...
Apr 28, 2009
Fundraising reception and silent auction to support and promote the film The Rescuers: Heroes of the Holocaust
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MONTH Fundraising reception and silent auction to support and promote the film The Rescuers Heroes of the Holocaust DATE April 28 2009 VENUE Embassy of Hungary ADDRESS 2950 Spring of Freedom Street NW Washington DC 20008 TIME 7 00 p m TICKET INFO By invitation ...
Apr 22, 2009
MOVIE INSIDER: Filmmakers Take Amazing Journey
Filmmaker Michael King is on a quest to get to the heart of the mystery of goodness a quest that has already earned the promised help and seal of approval of Britain s Prince Charles The celebrated documentarian who previously shed his light on inner city youth in films such as 2 ...
Mar 23, 2009
PRODUCTION REPORT: “Rescuers”
by Jason Guerrasio In the March edition of indieWIRE s production column Jason Guerrasio profiles five new films in various stages of production Michael King s The Rescuers Heroes of the Holocaust The Rescuers Heroes of the Holocaust Emmy winning doc filmmaker Michael King Bangin ...
Dec 29, 2008
Doc examines 'Heroes of the Holocaust'
By Gregg Kilday LOS ANGELES Hollywood Reporter Filmmaker Michael King is producing and directing the feature length documentary The Rescuers Heroes of the Holocaust which focuses on the efforts of non Jewish diplomats The film will be shot throughout Europe and will retrace the r ...