Leonidas Films Inc. Options the Screenplay ''Durante''
LEONIDAS FILMS INC. (Pink Sheets:LFMI) announced today that they have optioned the script "DURANTE," a film about the life and times of legendary entertainer Jimmy Durante. The screenplay was written by Kathy Messick and James Durante Romano; the latter's father is Durante's eldest nephew.
"DURANTE" will be directed by Andrzej Sekula, the cinematographer for VACANCY, PULP FICTION, AMERICAN PSYCHO and RESERVOIR DOGS. Produced by Timothy Patrick Cavanaugh and Executive Producers Angela M. Raidl and James Mancuso. The movie is a biography of Jimmy's gripping odyssey, through downfalls and success in the early years of the entertainment industry. Jimmy's life is illustrated throughout the years that took America from the early 1900's when ragtime reigned through the jazz years, prohibition and two World Wars. The big-nosed kid from the lower east side of New York set the precedent for nightclub comedy and became an icon across the nation for his acclaimed ballads.
