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SUNSHINE CLEANING LIGHTS UP

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Overture Films’ specialty release earns best per-theater average

to-date of all films in 2009

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - (March 15, 2009) – Overture Films’ Amy Adams and Emily Blunt starrer Sunshine Cleaning earned a forecasted $216,000 between four theaters in Los Angeles and New York in its opening weekend, good for an estimated $54,000 per-theater average – the best performance of any limited or wide release thus far in 2009. This initial box office performance for the Big Beach Films production, generated at the Pacific Arclight 15 and The Landmark 12 in Los Angeles and the AMC Lincoln Square 12 and the Landmark Sunshine 5 in New York City, places Sunshine Cleaning in company with some of the most successful specialty titles in recent times.

“We are delighted that our aggressive word of mouth campaign, paired with favorable reactions from audiences and critics, have paid off in such a big way,” said Overture’s executive vice president of theatrical distribution, Kyle Davies. “We now have great momentum as we expand into more markets next weekend.”

In addition to greater expansion in the Los Angeles market, which includes Orange County and the New York City market, which includes all five boroughs, the film’s release pattern will grow to 15 markets on Friday, March 20. Cities represented in those markets include San Diego; Phoenix; San Francisco; Seattle; Portland; Denver; Minneapolis; Chicago; Detroit; Washington, D.C; Boston; Philadelphia; Atlanta; Dallas; and Houston. The film will then expand to a minimum of an additional 25 markets on Friday, March 27

In the film – an off-beat dramatic comedy, Oscar nominee^® Adams (Doubt) and Golden Globe^® winner Blunt (The Devil Wears Prada) play sisters Rose and Norah Lorkowski who find an unexpected way to turn their lives around when they dive headfirst into the crime scene cleanup business. Oscar winner^® Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine), Mary Lynn Rajskub (“24”),Steve Zahn (Rescue Dawn), Clifton Collins, Jr. (Capote) and Jason Spevack (Hollywoodland) round out the cast. The film is directed by Christine Jeffs (Sylvia) and written by Megan Holley. The producers are Peter Saraf and Marc Turtletaub of Big Beach Films, Jeb Brody of Vendome Pictures and Glenn Williamson. Overture acquired the film following its successful debut at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

The estimated $54,000 per-theater average also represents an all-time high for Overture Films’ releases. The Visitor, Overture’s 2008 spring release, found both critical and box office success as a platform release and culminated in a Best Actor Oscar^® nomination for Richard Jenkins.

ABOUT OVERTURE FILMS

Overture Films (www.overturefilms.net) develops, produces, acquires, and distributes feature length, theatrical motion pictures worldwide. The studio is a wholly owned unit of Starz Media, a controlled subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation attributed to the Liberty Capital Group. Its affiliated companies, Anchor Bay Entertainment and Starz Entertainment, make the films available domestically to viewers via home video, premium television, Internet and other outlets.