Suzanne Blech This is Me

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1. 1. www.HomeMediaMagazine.com

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   Published on: 5/28/2008   Last Visited: 5/28/2008

   (L-R): Billy Northup, VP of sales for Screen Media Films; David Ingram, CEO of Ingram Entertainment; actor Danny Glover; and Suzanne Blech, SVP of sales for Screen Media Films, attended the Ingram National Sales Conference held April 24-26 in Atlanta, Ga., to promote the upcoming DVD release of Honeydripper, which hits stores June 24.

2. 2. www.prnewswire.com

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   Published on: 4/8/2008   Last Visited: 4/8/2008

   Suzanne Blech, Senior Vice President of Sales & Acquisitions for Screen Media Films.

3. 3. www.theglobeandmail.com

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   Published on: 1/26/2008   Last Visited: 1/26/2008

   "It all depends on how the film is received in the opening weeks," said Suzanne Blech, Screen Media's vice-president of sales and marketing.
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   "What struck a chord with me with the picture was the heart," Blech recalled. "You've got three numb-nuts … going from one zany scene to another, but they endeared themselves to you, and I believe that's why they're so successful in Canada: You end up caring what happens to these silly characters."
   
   Blech said she "fell in love with the picture," but at that time Screen Media was focused on distributing movies to home-video outlets, TV stations and cable networks. It was only last year that the company decided to dip into theatrical distribution and to go after TPB: The Movie in earnest, eventually securing all U.S. distribution rights, including DVD.
   
   Unsurprisingly, the posters and trailers for the U.S. market rely heavily on Reitman's credentials, touting: "From the Producer of Animal House and O ld School Comes the Trashiest Comedy of the Year." Explained Blech: "Well, he's the only really known entity; the three boys are not known." In fact, in the trailers, none of the lads is identified by his real name.
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   "Jimmy Kimmel, Howard Stern - they're great friends and fans of Ivan Reitman," noted Blech, "and they all expressed interest in having Ivan, as the godfather of comedy, introducing America to some newcomers.