LOS ANGELES, Aug 19, 1999 (ENTERTAINMENT WIRE via COMTEX) --
FirstMiracle Group Inc. (OTC BB:MVEE) announced today that it has
acquired the rights to "When Nietzsche Wept," authored by Irvin D.
Yalom, M.D., a nationally best-selling novel and winner of the coveted
Commonwealth Award for Best Fiction.
"When Nietzsche Wept" will be produced by Academy Award(TM) and Golden
Globe(TM) nominee Pincus Perry ("Gaby: A True Story"), and First
Miracle's CEO Tony Cataldo.
Cataldo commented: "Pincus Perry, co-producer of the highly
sought-after screenplay 'Alicia's Book,' has once again delivered to
the company a high-profile project which will appeal to the A-list
group of talent in Hollywood and will likely be a major studio release,
making it another strong asset for the company's shareholders. This
acquisition exemplifies our commitment tobuilding a leading
entertainment company."
As summarized by Harper Perennial, a Division of Harper Collins
Publishers:
"'When Nietzsche Wept' is a riveting blend of fact and fiction, a
drama of love, fate, and will, played out against the
intellectual ferment of nineteenth-century Vienna on the eve of
the birth of psychoanalysis. Friedrich Nietzsche, Europe's
greatest philosopher ... Josef Breuer, one of the founding
fathers of psychoanalysis ... a secret pact ... a young medical
intern named Sigmund Freud: These are the elements that combine
to create the unforgettable saga of an imagined relationship
between an extraordinary patient and a gifted healer."
The best-selling novel has received national acclaim from well-known
fiction reviewers, including: Colin Walther, Washington Times, who
called it "Absolutely gripping," and Ron Hansen, Los Angeles Times Book
Review, who characterized it as "Fascinating ... A shrewd intellectual
thriller."
Author Yalom is a leading existential psychotherapist and author of a
best-selling textbook on psychotherapy, "Theory and Practice of Group
Psychotherapy."
First Miracle Group is an independent and diversified film company with
a unique corporate structure based on strategic and exclusive alliances
with high-quality content producers, including Long Road Films and
Emmett/Furla Films. First Miracle Group recently acquired the rights to
"Alicia's Book," an original screenplay by Stanford Whitmore, and has
secured $12.5 million in financing for the motion picture from
Millennium Films.
Additionally, First Miracle Group has numerous other projects in
various stages, including the much-anticipated "After Sex," starring
Brooke Shields, Virginia Madsen, DB Sweeney and Dan Cortese and
"Speedway Junky," starring Darryl Hannah and Jonathon Taylor Thomas,
with executive producer Gus Van Sant, Academy Award nominated director
of "Good Will Hunting," Academy Award winner for Best Original
Screenplay and nominee for Best Picture.
This statement includes forward-looking information as that term is
defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and,
therefore, is subject to certain risks and uncertainties. There can be
no assurance that the actual results, business conditions, business
developments, losses and contingencies, and local and foreign factors
will not differ materially from those suggested in the forward-looking
statements as a result of various factors, including market conditions,
competition, advances in technology and other factors.
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