NEWS ON KLOC
'Mambo Cafe' Wraps Principle
Photography; Kushner-Locke to Distribute
Internationally
PR Newswire - January 22, 1999 15:18
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The Kushner-Locke Co.
(Nasdaq: KLOC) announced today that the romantic comedy "Mambo
Cafe," starring Latin superstar Thalia, wrapped principal photography. The
theatrical feature was written and directed by Reuben Gonzalez. The film
was produced by Brad Wyman and Ross Mark. A-Pix is set to distribute
the film in the U.S. Phoenix World Investments (PWI), a Kushner-Locke
affiliate, will distribute the film throughout Latin America and K-L will
distribute to the balance of the international territories. K-L will be showing
a promo of the film at the NATPE market next week in New Orleans.
"Mambo Cafe" is the story of the Benitez family, Puerto Rican immigrants, in
Spanish Harlem. The family has fallen on hard times and may have to close
down their once popular restaurant. The family's spoiled daughter Nydia
(Thalia) comes home for summer break from Boston University to find her
family in near ruin. At the urging of her father and street-smart brother,
Nydia agrees to participate in an offbeat scheme to make the restaurant
"hot" once more, even make it the most popular eatery in New York. The
novel plan mixed with the mob and a blue blooded Boston Brahmin
boyfriend, who thinks Nydia is from a wealthy family, causes a wildly comic
sequence of events ending in near disaster. In the process Nydia reconnects
with her ethnic roots, gaining a new appreciation for her family and drops
her high-class socialite act.
The cast includes Latin superstar Thalia in her theatrical debut, Danny Aiello
("Moonstruck;" "2 Days in the Valley;" "The Godfather II;" "Jacob's
Ladder"), Robert Costanzo ("City Slickers II;" "Total Recall;" "Honeymoon
in Vegas"), Rosana De Soto ("La Bamba;" "Star Trek VI, Face of the
Enemy"), Paul Rodriguez ("Made in America;" "Born in East LA;" "Melting
Pot"), and Kamar De Los Reyes ("In Search of a Dream;" "Fatherhood;"
"Street Knight;" "Nixon")
The Kushner-Locke Company is a leading independent producer and
distributor of feature films, direct to video films, television series, made for
television movies, mini-series, and animated programming for theaters,
network, and cable television. Visit Kushner-Locke's Web site at
www.kushner-locke.com.
SOURCE The Kushner-Locke Company
/CONTACT: Los Angeles: Maili Bergman, 310-481-2000, or Santiago,
Chile:
Carmen Luz Castro, 562-331-0088, both of The Kushner-Locke Co./
/Web site: kushner-locke.com
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