Bitter Feast Officially Arrives On DVD This January
These Days, Everyone Loves To Read Food And Restaurant Reviews – Except One Crazed Chef Who’s Just Been Panned – Bitter Feast.
Acclaimed Indie Director Joe Maggio and Master Fright-Flick Producer Larry Fessenden Unite for the Tastiest Shocker of the Year. Co-starring Celebrity Chef Mario Batali, It Comes to DVD and Video on Demand on January 4, 2011
A food critic can dish it out, but can he take it? Pain is on the menu for a writer when his nasty review pushes a chef over the edge in BITTER FEAST, a gut-churning thriller from the creators of the indie sensations Virgil Bliss and Wendy and Lucy. The movie, featuring a performance by superstar chef Mario Batali, will be served up on DVD from Dark Sky Films and MPI Media Group, with an SRP of $24.98, on January 4, 2011. It will also be available the same date on Video on Demand.
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Writer-director Joe Maggio (Paper Covers Rock, Virgil Bliss) takes the current media and Internet obsession with chefs-as-stars and puts a darkly comic and scary spin on it. Notorious and influential food blogger J.T. Franks (Joshua Leonard, Humpday, The Blair Witch Project, Hatchet) writes a particularly vicious review that doesn’t sit well at all with its subject, Peter Grey (James LeGros of Zodiac, TV’s Mercy and HBO’s upcoming Mildred Pierce), a chef whose career is already on a down slide and may not survive this latest blow.
So the temperamental, egotistical chef concocts an elaborate and deadly revenge scheme. Grey kidnaps Franks and chains him in a remote cabin in the woods, where he forces him to prepare deceptively simple dishes – from eggs over easy to medium-rare steak – then tortures him sadistically for anything less than perfection. A tense thrill-ride prepared with wicked wit and culinary flare, BITTER FEAST is an exploration of the creative impulse gone tragically and ferociously awry.
BITTER FEAST, which had its world premiere at the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival, was produced by acclaimed director-producer Larry Fessenden (The Last Winter, House of the Devil, Wendy and Lucy) along with producing partners Peter Phok and Brent Kunkle through their production outfit Glass Eye Pix. Fessenden also co-stars in this tense shocker, along with Mario Batali of “Iron Chef” fame.
Critics have found BITTER FEAST much to their liking. Variety’s John Anderson called the movie “gore for the gourmet” and praised its “first-rate performances.” “Zesty fun for its actors … at once a sly parody of the celebrity-chef culture … and a creepy little chamber piece,” wrote Mark Olsen in L.A. Weekly. HorrorSquad.com called it “Absolutely gripping … [a] highly satisfying chef versus critic showdown.”
BITTER FEAST
Format: DVD
Street Date: January 4, 2011
Pre-Order: November 29, 2010
Running time: 113 minutes
Rating: Not Rated
Genre: Thriller / Arthouse
DVD SRP: $24.98Bonus Features
Feature-length commentary with writer-director Joe Maggio along with producers Larry Fessenden, Peter Phok, Brent Kunkle, and sound designer Graham Reznick.
Making Bitter Feast (making of)
Joe Maggio Interviews Mario Batali
Deleted Scene & Alternate Ending
Teaser
Trailer
Feast Portraits
About Dark Sky Films
Dark Sky Films is dedicated to the discovery, preservation and production of new and classic horror, sci-fi and cult films from around the world. Based in Chicago, Dark Sky Films is a wholly owned subsidiary of The MPI Media Group — one of the largest independent entertainment companies producing and distributing a compelling slate of the world’s most respected cinema, documentaries, performances and television programs. www.darkskyfilms.com / twitter: @darkskyfilms
About MPI Media Group
The MPI Media Group is a leading producer, distributor and licensor of films, home entertainment, historical footage and more. Founded in 1976, Chicago-based MPI Media Group remains one of the largest independent entertainment companies producing and distributing a compelling slate of the world’s most respected cinema, documentaries, performances and television programs. MPI’s wholly owned subsidiaries include MPI Home Entertainment, Dark Sky Films, and the WPA Film Library. www.mpimediagroup.com
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