FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 31, 2006
Venevision International Acquires
“El Escape De Los Santos” for Nationwide Release
San Antonio, Tx. - - After the World Premiere at the Hollywood DV Festival, Digital Work Studios is proud to announce that the critically acclaimed independent film EL ESCAPE DE LOS SANTOS (The Escape of De Los Santos) has signed with the most important latin cinema distribution company in the United States, Venevision International.
Under the deal, Venevision International will distribute and promote the film, on Pay-per-View, Video on Demand and ultimately on DVD throughout all major retailers, video rental outlets and living rooms accross the United States.
Venevision International is an entertainment company part of the Cisneros Group, with more than 30 years experience, Venevision International distributes television programs throughout the world and is one of the largest producers of independent television programs in Spanish.
The company also distributes films in Spanish for theater, pay-per-view, home video, paid and open television in the United States.
EL ESCAPE DE LOS SANTOS will be released on Pay Per View in April, and subsequently a Summer release on DVD nationwide.
At the time of the DVD release in the Summer, the film will be heavily promoted nationally on Univision (which is also a part of the Cisneros Group).
The Escape of De Los Santos (El Escape De Los Santos) revolves around Andres De Los Santos, a young man who by mistake gets caught with hunting rifles while crossing into Mexico and is sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. The rifles were registered in the United States and more importantly in Mexico.
Andres discovers that the Mexican judicial system is extremely flawed. There are no juries, no testimony and your are guilty until proven innocent.
Andres has one choice. Escape.
San Antonio critic Bob Polunsky proclaims “Their acting and attitude give you reason enough to root for them, and that, in itself, makes the movie worth seeing.”
For theatrical trailer, video clips, photos, film stills, audio, and more please go to:
About Digital Work Studios: Digital Work Studios produces original feature length films and is based in San Antonio, Texas. From writing to filming to post-production, Digital Work Studios has been at the cutting edge of making critically acclaimed motion pictures such as The Escape of De Los Santos.
About Venevision International: Venevision International is an entertainment company part of the Cisneros Group, with more than 30 years in the market and its projects are inserted in the business development strategy designed by Gustavo Cisneros, President of the Board of Directors of the Cisneros Group of Companies. Venevision International distributes television programs throughout the world and is one of the largest producers of independent television programs in Spanish. The company also distributes films in Spanish for theater, pay-per-view, home video, paid and open television in the United States, where it also does business with its own record label Vene Music and markets “audio books” through its company “Fonolibro”. The company also produces theater in Spanish in its own theater house in Miami and is a pioneer in the area of “advertainment” (product integration) through Synapsis International.
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Contact Info:
Digital Work Studios- San Antonio, Tx.
Ricardo Mendoza (Director)
Venevision International- Miami, Fl.
550 Biltmore Way, Suite 1180 Coral Gables, FL.33134
Ph: 1.305.442.3411
Fax: 1.305.448.4762
www.venevisioninternational.com
