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Good Dick Available on VOD Platforms Across North America

Posted on: Thursday, 9 April 2009, 12:19 CDT

- Sundance film Good Dick to Reach Approximately 50 Million VOD Households and All Major Internet VOD Platforms -

LOS ANGELES, April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Gravitas Ventures, a licensor and programmer of content across Video On Demand (VOD) platforms, today announced Good Dick, produced and distributed by Present Pictures & Morning Knight, is available to consumers across North American cable, telco, satellite, and Internet VOD platforms including Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Cable, Charter Communications, Cablevision, Verizon FiOS, AT&T U-Verse, Amazon VOD and Apple iTunes. Good Dick, an official selection at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival stars Jason Ritter, Tom Arnold and Marianna Palka who also wrote and directed the film.

Good Dick is an unusual fairy tale about a troubled, solitary young woman and the persistent video clerk who draws her out of her claustrophobic world by pursuing a courtship with her. As they become closer, her sexual antipathy is met with his unflinching optimism, until finally her aggressive defenses overwhelm them both. Profoundly affected by his presence in her life, she finds the courage to face her past.

"Good Dick is a thoughtful examination of modern love and we are excited that audiences across North America will have the opportunity to enjoy it," said Nolan Gallagher, founder and CEO, Gravitas Ventures. "Gravitas is pleased to offer filmmakers who are producing high quality independent movies additional visibility and revenue opportunities by helping to distribute movies into up to 50 million VOD homes."

"After a lot of due diligence, we turned to Nolan and the Gravitas team because we know they truly understand the potential of VOD distribution, and also have the relationships in place to best serve the film," commented Cora Olson, Producer at Present Pictures.

In 2008 Gravitas Ventures released more than 200 films to the cable VOD industry, and is on target to release 250 films in 2009. The company currently aggregates quality independent films specifically for VOD platforms on behalf of more than 50 directors, producers and distributors.

About Gravitas Ventures

Gravitas specializes in the aggregation of entertainment content for worldwide distribution via established and evolving platforms in the Video On Demand (VOD), broadband, mobile and airline/hospitality viewing windows. The company, founded in 2006, programs thousands of hours of quality entertainment content including feature films, documentaries, animation, alternative sports, wrestling/mixed martial arts, comedy, poker and music concert presentations. The Gravitas Ventures mission is to "deliver your ideas to the digital market" by bridging the gap between independent producers and cable, satellite, telco, and internet operators.

About Present Pictures

Present Pictures is a Los Angeles-based production company formed by Jennifer Dubin and Cora Olson in 2006. We strive to develop, finance and produce high-quality entertainment from emerging filmmakers with unique and powerful stories.

Dubin and Olson's first feature film, The Babysitters, was written and directed by David Ross, stars John Leguizamo, Cynthia Nixon and Katherine Waterston and premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, where it sold to Peace Arch Entertainment. The film was released theatrically in May 2008, is available on DVD, and currently running on Showtime Networks.

Their most recent film, Good Dick, was written and directed by Marianna Palka and stars an eclectic, up-and-coming cast that includes Palka, Jason Ritter, Mark Webber, Martin Starr, Eric Edlestein and Tom Arnold and features appearances by Bryce Dallas Howard, Jesse Garcia, Katherine and Elisabeth Waterston, and Charles Durning. The film premiered in Dramatic Competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and was awarded the Skillset New Director Award at the 2008 Edinburgh International Film Festival. Together with Palka and Ritter, Olson and Dubin distributed Good Dick in the US, across all platforms, including theatrical, VOD, cable, internet, and a college tour & lecture series for the film. Their work on this project has become a model for other indie filmmakers looking to do self-releases, and has been written about in Variety.

About Morning Knight

Morning Knight is a production company/distribution entity owned and operated by Jason Ritter (actor/producer) and Marianna Palka (actor/writer/director/producer). Formed in 2004 with the intent to change lives through film, Morning Knight has inspired and continues to inspire a large group of working artists from Los Angeles to New York City; from London to Glasgow. The feature film Good Dick, which was co-produced with Present Pictures (Cora Olson and Jen Dubin), was in dramatic competition at The Sundance Film Festival 2008, and won Palka a directing award at The Edinburgh Film Festival the same year. The Good Dick self distribution business model is a force that Morning Knight is proud to be a part of. Morning Knight's motto is "Further, Higher, Be Kind" believing and setting the example that by holding onto their rights, artists can actually make money while realizing their creative dreams in the process.

Contacts: Sallie Olmsted/Jason Magner Rogers & Cowan for Gravitas Ventures (310) 854-8124/8128

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