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TRACK WRITTEN BY DIANE WARREN RECORDED FOR FEATURE FILM UNFINISHED SONG
The Weinstein Company (TWC) announced today that a special sneak preview of the title track from their recent release, UNFINISHED SONG, is now available for fans exclusively on CelineDion.com. The song will become available in its entirety on the site in coming weeks. Titled “Unfinished Songs,” the track is performed by multiplatinum recording artist Celine Dion, with music and lyrics by iconic songwriter Diane Warren. Dion and Warren have teamed up in the past on such acclaimed songs as the Grammy winning “Because You Loved Me” from the film UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL and number one Adult Contemporary Hit “If You Asked Me To.” The release of Dion’s song comes on the heels of UNFINISHED SONG’s U.S. theatrical debut. Released in New York and Los Angeles on June 21st, the film will continue a nationwide rollout in the next several weeks.
“This movie proves that music exists in everybody’s lives,” said Dion. “It proves that there’s still room for true things, connected things, grounded things. There aren’t enough movies like this.”
Commented Warren: “This song’s about how we are all unfinished songs, waiting for the best part to come along. It’s never too late to be whatever you want to be. I really thought Celine was the perfect person for it.”
Dion has been a nominee and winner of multiple Grammys over the course of her music career, and has performed a number of Academy Award® and Golden Globe winning songs. Warren’s songs have been featured in more than 100 motion pictures resulting in six Academy Award® nominations. Additionally, she has been nominated for nine Grammys, (winning for the song “Because You Loved Me”), nominated for five Golden Globes, and has been named ASCAP’s Songwriter of the Year six times.
To listen to the sneak preview of “Unfinished Songs” visit:
http://www.celinedion.com/ca/home
See Celine Dion and Diane Warren discuss “Unfinished Songs” in this special featurette:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APJrftBzSeA&feature=youtu.be
A feel-good, heartwarming story about how music can inspire you, UNFINISHED SONG stars Academy Award® nominee Terence Stamp as Arthur, a grumpy pensioner who can’t understand why his wife Marion (Academy Award® winner Vanessa Redgrave) would want to embarrass herself singing silly songs with her unconventional local choir. But choir director Elizabeth (Gemma Arterton) sees something special in the reluctant Arthur and refuses to give up on him. As she coaxes him out of his shell, Arthur realizes that it is never too late to change and, aged 70, Arthur finally dares to unlock his emotions and reach out to his estranged son, James (Christopher Eccleston).
ABOUT THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY
The Weinstein Company (TWC) is a multimedia production and distribution company launched in October 2005 by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, the brothers who founded Miramax Films in 1979. TWC also encompasses Dimension Films, the genre label founded in 1993 by Bob Weinstein, which has released such popular franchises as SCREAM, SPY KIDS and SCARY MOVIE. Together TWC and Dimension Films have released a broad range of mainstream, genre and specialty films that have been commercial and critical successes. TWC releases took home eight 2012 Academy Awards®, the most wins in the studio’s history. The tally included Best Picture for Michel Hazanavicius’s THE ARTIST and Best Documentary Feature for TJ Martin and Dan Lindsay’s UNDEFEATED. THE ARTIST brought TWC its second consecutive Best Picture statuette following the 2011 win for Tom Hooper’s THE KING’S SPEECH.
Since 2005, TWC and Dimension Films have released such films as GRINDHOUSE; 1408; I’M NOT THERE; THE GREAT DEBATERS; VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA; THE READER; THE ROAD; HALLOWEEN; THE PAT TILLMAN STORY; PIRANHA 3D; INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS; A SINGLE MAN; BLUE VALENTINE; THE COMPANY MEN; MIRAL; SCRE4M; SUBMARINE; DIRTY GIRL; APOLLO 18; OUR IDIOT BROTHER; I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT; SARAH’S KEY; SPY KIDS: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD IN 4D; MY WEEK WITH MARILYN; THE IRON LADY; W.E.; CORIOLANUS; UNDEFEATED; THE ARTIST; BULLY; THE INTOUCHABLES; LAWLESS; and KILLING THEM SOFTLY. Currently in release are THE MASTER, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK, DJANGO UNCHAINED, QUARTET, ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH, DARK SKIES THE SAPPHIRES, SCARY MOVIE 5, KON-TIKI and UNFINISHED SONG. Upcoming releases include FRUITVALE STATION, THE BUTLER and THE GRANDMASTER.
TWC is active in television production, led by former Miramax Films President of Production Meryl Poster. TWC is the studio behind such hit television series as the Emmy® nominated and Peabody Award winning reality series PROJECT RUNWAY and its spin-off series PROJECT RUNWAY ALL STARS and PROJECT ACCESSORY; the VH1 reality series MOB WIVES and its spin-off series MOB WIVES CHICAGO and BIG ANG; and the critically acclaimed scripted HBO comedy/crime series THE NO. 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY which also received a Peabody Award. The company is in production on the upcoming TLC series WELCOME TO MYRTLE MANOR, the A&E series RODEO QUEENS, and the Lifetime reality competition show SUPERMARKET SUPERSTAR hosted by Stacy Keibler. Among TWC’s other projects in development for television are the martial-arts epic MARCO POLO for Starz, an untitled private eye procedural for FX, and THE NANNY DIARIES developed by ABC with a pilot by Amy Sherman Palladino.
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