FEATURE FILM PROJECTS
MAN ON WIRE a film by James Marsh
Academy Award Winner 2009

On August 7th, 1974, a young Frenchman named Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between New York's twin towers, then the world's tallest buildings. After nearly an hour dancing on the wire, he was arrested, taken for psychological evaluation, and brought to jail before he was finally released.

Matlin Recording is proud to have been a part of the making of this amazing documentary. Check out www.manonwire.com for more information on this film.

Killing Kasztner - a film by Gaylen Ross

The Jew Rezso Kasztner who faced down Eichmann, saved thousands – and paid with his life. True stories rarely contain a historic mystery, a courtroom drama, a political murder, and a family saga, but all can be found in the contentious story of Rezso Kasztner. In Nazi occupied Hungary, Kasztner, a Jew, dared to negotiate face to face with the architect of the Final Solution, Adolf Eichmann. While the Nazi killing machine was at its peak, Kasztner secured a rescue train for 1684 Jews from Budapest, and bargained for tens of thousands of more lives. It may have been the largest rescue of its kind during the Holocaust, more than were saved by Oskar Schindler. Yet Kasztner was condemned as a traitor in his adopted country of Israel; accused as a collaborator in a trial and verdict that divided a nation and forever stamped him as the “man who sold his soul to the devil.” He was ultimately assassinated by Jewish right wing extremists in Tel Aviv in 1957. After receiving critical acclaim at the Toronto International Film Festival and playing to sold out houses in Israel, American director Gaylen Ross’s Killing Kasztner - eight years in the making - now poses the question to U.S. audiences: Was Rezso Kasztner a heroic rescuer of Jews or a villain colluding with the Nazis? Through accounts of the inflammatory political trial, startling revelations after 50 years by Kasztner’s assassin, Ze’ev Eckstein, and a chilling meeting between the killer and Kasztner’s daughter, Zsuzsi, audiences finally can decide the legacy of this forgotten man.

EVIL WEED a film by David Wexler

Emily and her sister Danielle play host to friends at their parents’ country house in the Hamptons. The weekend is poised for success. Murph, Emily’s boyfriend, has chosen this occasion to propose, their respective best friends seem to be hitting it off, and Danielle’s alienated boyfriend scores in the clutch by supplying the drugs. But when his bag of unicorn weed livens up the party, some of the group begin to suffer from a weird reaction. Inexplicable violence abruptly brings down their high. This October, a certain few friends are going to wish they hadn’t inhaled.
FRAME OF MIND a film by Carl T. Evans

When Detective Seca's wife finds a single frame of film in an antique jewelry box, a whole chain of events is triggered that gives us new insight to the JFK assassination.

Starring Christopher Noth, Tony Lo Bianco and Barbara Barrie
PERESTROIKA a film by Slav Tsukerman

When Sasha returns to Moscow after many years of immigrating to the US, he finds out that more has changed than just his homeland.

Starring F. Murray Abraham, Sam Robards, Ally Sheedy

From the same filmmaker that brought you LIQUID SKY, Slava Tsukerman. This is the second film that Slava has posted with Matlin Recording.
MISS WONTON a film by Meng Ong

Ah Na, a young Chinese woman, flees to America after she has been nearly put to death by her neighbors. In America, she dreams of the American Dream while struggling with the ghosts of her terrible secret. "Miss Wonton" is a magic realist tale that draws on old Chinese beliefs and customs, turning traditional New York landmarks into new Chinese mythical figures.

Using a style that reminisces the romanticism of old Chinese films and music. It is basically about the search for identity, the fight from society's oppression and the never ending quest for happiness.
THE OTHER BROTHER a film by Mandel Holland

One brother's a player and the other...well, who best to guide the Other Brother on his quest to meet women.

Starring Mekhi Phifer and Andre Blake, this first feature length film by Mandel Holland is a fast, fun and very entertaining lesson about brotherly love. Now at Netflix.
THE PERSONALS a film by Keiko Ibi
Academy Award Winner 1999

We are extremely proud to have been a part of the success for "THE PERSONALS". A film about growing old and staying young.

Matlin Recording sound designed and mixed the feature length version of this academy award winning film.
CHISOLM '72 - UNBOUGHT & UNBOSSED a film by Shola Lynch

In 1972, when Shirley Chisholm, a brilliant black congresswoman from Brooklyn, boldly bid for the presidency, women had barely made it out of the kitchen, and the Civil Rights Act was still new. But here was eloquent, composed, audacious Shirley Chisholm - not only the first black woman in Congress, but the first woman to run for the nation's highest office - demanding that the body politic actually represent all the American people.

Shola Lynch's powerful and inspiring documentary celebrates a remarkable woman, but also raises stinging questions - more potent these days - about the social implications of her campaign. If the country wasn't ready for Chisholm 30 years ago, under what conditions would a black or a woman be considered electable today? In other words, has anything changed?

 

 

 

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