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06-12-06, 01:08 PM
From Reuters:
NASCAR, CMT Revving Up Earnhardt Documentary
By Tatiana Siegel
Reuters
Sunday, June 11, 2006; 7:41 PM
LOS ANGELES - NASCAR Images and CMT Films are teaming up to produce "Dale," the first authorized documentary about the late racing icon Dale Earnhardt, to be released theatrically early next year.
Narrated by Paul Newman, the film will enjoy a unique rollout, opening in select cities on the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series circuit beginning in February, which coincides with the start of the 2007 Nextel Cup season."Dale" will then air on cable channel Country Music Television in the third quarter of 2007 and will be released on DVD following the CMT premiere.
The film will include archival race footage, rare outtakes, never-before-seen home videos and interviews with Earnhardt's friends, family, competitors and fans.
"This film provides an incredible opportunity to reach the very audience that Dale's life and legacy mean so much to," said Jeff Yapp, executive vice president for program enterprises at CMT parent MTV Networks. "We'll create large event screenings in Nextel Cup Series markets preceding a race weekend, with the goal of creating an event atmosphere more like a live concert than a traditional movie screening."
"Dale" marks the second film produced under the CMT Films banner. The first, Toby Keith's "Broken Bridges," will debut in theaters in the fall, with a fourth-quarter release on CMT and DVD.
"When NASCAR Images set out to create the definitive film about Dale Earnhardt's life and racing history, we knew it was crucial to be the first to have the explicit approval of the Earnhardt family," NASCAR Images president and CEO Jay Abraham said. " 'Dale' will be the first film of its kind to tell the real story of Dale Earnhardt through his own words and images."
Earnhardt won seven NASCAR championships and nearly every major NASCAR event. He died in a crash on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
NASCAR, CMT Revving Up Earnhardt Documentary
By Tatiana Siegel
Reuters
Sunday, June 11, 2006; 7:41 PM
LOS ANGELES - NASCAR Images and CMT Films are teaming up to produce "Dale," the first authorized documentary about the late racing icon Dale Earnhardt, to be released theatrically early next year.
Narrated by Paul Newman, the film will enjoy a unique rollout, opening in select cities on the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series circuit beginning in February, which coincides with the start of the 2007 Nextel Cup season."Dale" will then air on cable channel Country Music Television in the third quarter of 2007 and will be released on DVD following the CMT premiere.
The film will include archival race footage, rare outtakes, never-before-seen home videos and interviews with Earnhardt's friends, family, competitors and fans.
"This film provides an incredible opportunity to reach the very audience that Dale's life and legacy mean so much to," said Jeff Yapp, executive vice president for program enterprises at CMT parent MTV Networks. "We'll create large event screenings in Nextel Cup Series markets preceding a race weekend, with the goal of creating an event atmosphere more like a live concert than a traditional movie screening."
"Dale" marks the second film produced under the CMT Films banner. The first, Toby Keith's "Broken Bridges," will debut in theaters in the fall, with a fourth-quarter release on CMT and DVD.
"When NASCAR Images set out to create the definitive film about Dale Earnhardt's life and racing history, we knew it was crucial to be the first to have the explicit approval of the Earnhardt family," NASCAR Images president and CEO Jay Abraham said. " 'Dale' will be the first film of its kind to tell the real story of Dale Earnhardt through his own words and images."
Earnhardt won seven NASCAR championships and nearly every major NASCAR event. He died in a crash on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter