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Last of the Mohicans, by James Feinmore Cooper, is a great American classic. My parents had a Book-of-the-Month copy in their bookcase with illustrations by Newell Wyeth, Andrew’s father, and I first read it at about age 8. Today (Sunday), I watched the 1992 Last of the Mohicans, the one starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeline Stowe, and Wes Studi. Great, great movie, also a favorite of my buddy and fellow columnist Johnny O’s; in fact, it was John and Kim who turned me on to this particular cinema adaption, oh, those so many years ago at their home in Norfolk, Connecticut. I was familiar with the 1936 version, which starred Randolph Scott, Bruce Cabot, and Binnie Barnes, which was pretty good, but director Michael Mann’s adaptation is a gothic work of art, boasting beautiful cinematography and a romantic and haunting soundtrack.

I’ve also been blissfully gorging on Season 2 of Outlander,...

Plus: The Orchard acquires Rainbow Time; FilmRise takes My Father Die; and more…

Open Road will open Bleed For This, the Miles Teller starrer about boxing champion Vinny ‘The Pazmanian Devil’ Pazienza, in limited release on November 4 and expand wide on November 23.

Pazienza famously recovered from a near-fatal car accident to reclaim his world title belt. Aaron Eckhart also stars. Ben Younger directs.

Open Road paid $4m for Us rights after watching the promo last year in Cannes, when the Solution Entertainment Group cut a multiple-territory del with Sony.

The Orchard has acquired worldwide rights to Linas Phillips’ SXSW comedy Rainbow Time starring Phillips, Melanie Lynskey, Timm Sharp, Artemis Pebdani, Jay Duplass, and Tobin Bell. ICM Partners and Submarine Entertainment represented the film-makers.FilmRise has picked up exclusive worldwide distribution rights from CAA to Sean Brosnan’s debut feature My Father Die. The revenge thriller premiered at SXSW and will receive a theatrical release this winter. Brosnan...