Award-Winning Film THE SONG OF SWAY LAKE from Ari Gold to be Released On Demand in the UK & Ireland from January 21

AWARD-WINNING FILM ‘THE SONG OF SWAY LAKE’ TO BE RELEASED ON DEMAND IN THE UK & IRELAND FROM JANUARY 21

"A stunning film" Independent Magazine

"A rare joy” Ain’t It Cool News

Grack Films and Kew Media are thrilled to announce that THE SONG OF SWAY LAKE will be available On Demand across the UK and Ireland from 21st January following its 22 prize wins at over 50 international film festivals, and successful US theatrical release. The film’s star-studded cast includes: Spirit Award-Winner Rory Culkin (Signs, Scream 4), BAFTA-nominated Robert Sheehan (Misfits, The Umbrella Academy), Golden Globe Winner Brian Dennehy (First Blood, Cocoon) and features the vocal talents of Brit-award nominated John Grant, who has previously collaborated with artists such as Elton John, Sinead O’Connor and Kylie Minogue, as well as home-grown British indie folk trio, The Staves.

Directed by Ari Gold (Adventures of Power), THE SONG OF SWAY LAKE takes place one summer on Sway Lake, former playground of the jazz-age New York aristocracy. Young music collector Ollie Sway (Rory Culkin) recruits his only friend, a homeless Russian drifter (Robert Sheehan), to help him steal a one-of-a-kind vintage record from his own family's glamorous estate. Ollie believes the secret recording of the WW2-era hit, "Sway Lake," will redeem his father, who committed suicide there.

But the arrival of Ollie's aristocratic grandmother, Charlie Sway (Mary Beth Peil), changes everything. The matriarch transfixes the class-conscious young Russian, while she sees in him the glory of her youth. And the mysterious song, which hasn’t been heard in half a century, may answer the deepest riddles about love and death, for whichever lost soul is first to find it.

Featuring a sparkling soundtrack of classic and original songs, THE SONG OF SWAY LAKE also stars Tony-nominated Mary Beth Peil (The Good Wife, Collateral Beauty), Isabelle McNally (Bates Motel, Flirting with Love), Elizabeth Peña (Rush Hour, The Incredibles) and Jack Falahee (How to Get Away with Murder, Mercy Street). The New York Times called THE SONG OF SWAY LAKE “Offbeat, continually intriguing.”

Director Ari Gold said "I wanted to make a movie about America's secret class struggle, and how our nostalgia for the past can be both intoxicating and toxic. There's nothing more potent than music to trigger longing - for our own past, as well as for the seemingly perfect lives of others. I was thrilled to work with performers and musicians from both side of the pond, who understood that we have to taste the romantic dream - at least once! - in order to wake into the sway of real life."

The Song of Sway Lake Film Page

The Song of Sway Lake will be released on the following platforms on Monday January 21st in UK and Ireland: iTunes, Xbox, Sony PlayStation, Google Play, YouTube Movies, Amazon, BT Store, Sky Store, Virgin Movies & Chili TV

Run Time
93 Mins

Cert
15

Cast & Crew

RORY CULKIN as Ollie Sway
ROBERT SHEEHAN as Nikolai
ISABELLE MCNALLY as Isadora
MARY BETH PEIL as Charlie Sway
ELIZABETH PEÑA as Marlena
JACK FALAHEE as Jimmy
With Voice Performances by
BRIAN DENNEHY as Hal Sway
JOHN GRANT as Tweed McKay
THE STAVES as The Eden Sisters

Directed by ARI GOLD
Written by ARI GOLD & ELIZABETH BULL
Produced by MICHAEL BEDERMAN, ZAK KILBERG, ALLISON ROSE CARTER, ARI GOLD
Executive Producers ANNE BERNSTEIN, GARRETT FENNELLY
Co-Producers ELIZABETH BULL, BRAD PAYNE
Cinematography by ERIC LIN
Original Music and Songs by ETHAN GOLD
Production Designer ADA SMITH
Costume Designer STACEY BERMAN
Edited by TODD HOLMES, GABRIEL WRYE
Sound Design ELI COHN
Casting JESSICA KELLY, SUZANNE SMITH CROWLEY

Ari Gold Biography
Ari Gold is an award-winning writer, director, installation artist and musician whose films are linked by themes of music and nature. His new film, The Song of Sway Lake featuring Rory Culkin, Robert Sheehan, Mary Beth Peil, Elizabeth Peña, Isabelle McNally, Jack Falahee, Brian Dennehy, John Grant, and The Staves, was selected as Opening Night Film at seven international film festivals and has played 50 film festivals and counting.

Previously, Ari directed the cult comedy Adventures of Power ("One of the funniest films in recent years" - NY Magazine), presented at Sundance and Karlovy-Vary. His Student-Oscar-winning short Helicopter, about his mother’s death in the helicopter crash that killed rock music promoter Bill Graham, is expanding into a feature film with psychomagic advice from Alejandro Jodorowsky.

About Kew Media Group
Kew Media Group produces and acquires more than 1,000 hours of new multi-genre content every year and distributes Kew’s catalogue of film, television and digital assets to more than 150 countries worldwide on almost every available viewing platform. Kew Media Group distributes a library approaching 10,000 hours of TV and digital content including major drama series, non-fiction entertainment, special event programming, kids’ series, TV movies and mini-series. Kew Media Group formerly traded as Content Media Corporation.