Gangs of New York' has been acquired by Nippon Herald jointly with Shochiku for Japan. We Fall to Daiei in Japan and Cineopen in Korea. U.S. theatrical release by Sony Pictures Classics is slated for June 2001. Benelux rights licensed to Paradiso for The White Oleander , Company Man , Welcome to Collinwood and A Walk to Remember . Bonnie Darko has been picked up for U.S. by Newmarket.
Deals are also pending with distributors in Germany, Brazil, Brazil and Mexico.
Suzhou River has been licensed to Greece s Ama Films and Portugal s Fantasporto. Songs From the Second Floor has been licensed to Amanda Film for Spain and Monkol Cinema for Thailand. Audition was picked up by Amanda Films for Spain, Orler for Argentina, Fantasporto for Portugal and Xenix for Switzerland.