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PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MORE2SCREEN APPOINTED BY EAGLE ROCK TO DISTRIBUTE QUEEN CONCERT MOVIE TO DIGITAL CINEMAS WORLDWIDE Issued London, UK – 10am Wednesday 27 June 2012 More2Screen has been appointed by Eagle Rock Entertainment to distribute momentous concert movie Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live In Budapest ’86 to digital cinemas worldwide (ex– Canada and Japan) from 20 September 2012. Remastered in high definition and 5.1 surround sound, this special cinema event includes 25 minutes of never–before–seen footage following legends of rock, Queen, from just after their legendary performance at Live Aid through the year leading up to the concert in Budapest. This will be Queen gold dust for the band’s millions of fans across the world: they can dress up, sing along and be part of this celebration of Queen’s enduring global appeal. On 27 July 1986 Queen performed the largest concert ever staged at the Nepstadium, Budapest, in front of 80,000 ecstatic fans. With three years to go before the fall of the Berlin Wall and Hungary still in effect ‘behind the Iron Curtain’, the concert was of such significance to the Hungarian authorities that a group of Hungary’s top film cameramen and technicians were brought together to record it. The resulting concert film features many of Queen’s favourite tracks including Bohemian Rhapsody, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, I Want To Break Free and We Are The Champions. The concert was part of the hugely successful Magic Tour that, poignantly, was Freddie Mercury’s last tour with the band. Christine Costello, Managing Director, More2Screen comments: “We’re delighted to be working with Eagle Rock Entertainment again, and to have the opportunity to bring this fantastic Queen concert movie to digital cinemas worldwide. No one needs to be told that Queen is one of the all time greatest live bands ever and of course we all know that magnificent catalogue of songs. But fans are in for even more of a treat with the additional, never–before–seen documentary footage of the band after their show–stealing performance at Live Aid in 1985. “ Andrew Winter of Eagle Rock Entertainment, says of the collaboration with More2Screen: Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live In Budapest ’86 showcases one of the world’s most successful

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PRESS  RELEASE  

FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE    

MORE2SCREEN  APPOINTED  BY  EAGLE  ROCK  TO  DISTRIBUTE    QUEEN  CONCERT  MOVIE  TO  DIGITAL  CINEMAS  WORLDWIDE  

 

Issued  London,  UK  –  10am  Wednesday  27  June  2012    More2Screen  has  been  appointed  by  Eagle  Rock  Entertainment  to  distribute  momentous  concert  

movie  Hungarian  Rhapsody:  Queen  Live  In  Budapest  ’86  to  digital  cinemas  worldwide  (ex–

Canada  and  Japan)  from  20  September  2012.    Remastered  in  high  definition  and  5.1  surround  

sound,  this  special  cinema  event  includes  25  minutes  of  never–before–seen  footage  following  

legends  of  rock,  Queen,  from  just  after  their  legendary  performance  at  Live  Aid  through  the  year  

leading  up  to  the  concert  in  Budapest.  This  will  be  Queen  gold  dust  for  the  band’s  millions  of  fans  

across  the  world:  they  can  dress  up,  sing  along  and  be  part  of  this  celebration  of  Queen’s  

enduring  global  appeal.  

 

On  27  July  1986  Queen  performed  the  largest  concert  ever  staged  at  the  Nepstadium,  Budapest,  

in  front  of  80,000  ecstatic  fans.  With  three  years  to  go  before  the  fall  of  the  Berlin  Wall  and  

Hungary  still  in  effect  ‘behind  the  Iron  Curtain’,  the  concert  was  of  such  significance  to  the  

Hungarian  authorities  that  a  group  of  Hungary’s  top  film  cameramen  and  technicians  were  

brought  together  to  record  it.  

 

The  resulting  concert  film  features  many  of  Queen’s  favourite  tracks  including  Bohemian  

Rhapsody,  Crazy  Little  Thing  Called  Love,  I  Want  To  Break  Free  and  We  Are  The  Champions.  The  

concert  was  part  of  the  hugely  successful  Magic  Tour  that,  poignantly,  was  Freddie  Mercury’s  last  

tour  with  the  band.      

 

Christine  Costello,  Managing  Director,  More2Screen  comments:  “We’re  delighted  to  be  working  

with  Eagle  Rock  Entertainment  again,  and  to  have  the  opportunity  to  bring  this  fantastic  Queen  

concert  movie  to  digital  cinemas  worldwide.  No  one  needs  to  be  told  that  Queen  is  one  of  the  all-­‐

time  greatest  live  bands  ever  and  of  course  we  all  know  that  magnificent  catalogue  of  songs.  

But  fans  are  in  for  even  more  of  a  treat  with  the  additional,  never–before–seen  documentary  

footage  of  the  band  after  their  show–stealing  performance  at  Live  Aid  in  1985.  “  

 

Andrew  Winter  of  Eagle  Rock  Entertainment,  says  of  the  collaboration  with  More2Screen:  

“Hungarian  Rhapsody:  Queen  Live  In  Budapest  ’86  showcases  one  of  the  world’s  most  successful  

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       bands  staging  one  of  the  biggest  stadium  concerts  ever  held  in  Eastern  Europe  which  will  make  

this  a  truly  special  cinema  event  for  fans.  More2Screen  has  a  proven  track  record  in  taking  

alternative  content  like  this  to  their  digital  cinema  partners  worldwide  and  knows  how  to  make  it  

commercially  viable  for  all  involved.”    

 

More2Screen  is  the  leading  London–based  alternative  content  distributor  with  more  than  5  years  

of  experience  acquiring  and  distributing  world-­‐class  opera,  ballet,  music  concerts,  theatre  and  

special  event  films  to  cinemas  across  the  globe  –  including  23  live  broadcasts,  over  100  different  

recorded  productions  and  3D  live/recorded  content.      

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Notes  To  Editors:  

More2Screen  is  at  the  very  forefront  of  the  fast-­‐building  alternative  content  market  having  established  

itself  as  one  of  the  leading  suppliers  and  distributors  of  world-­‐class  entertainment  programming  in  high  

definition  -­‐  both  live  and  pre-­‐recorded  -­‐  to  local  cinemas  and  other  big  screen  venues  worldwide.  They  

have  supplied  content  to  more  than  3,000  screens  throughout  the  UK  and  Ireland,  the  US,  mainland  

Europe,  Australia  and  New  Zealand,  Japan,  South  Korea,  United  Arab  Emirates,  India,  Latin  America  and  

Africa,  developing  a  strong  customer  base  in  all  of  these  international  territories  and  more.  Their  

repertoire  includes  finest-­‐quality  opera  and  ballet  productions  from  Europe’s  leading  companies,  including  

The  Royal  Opera  House,  the  Mariinsky  Theatre,  Berliner  Philharmoniker  and  The  Dutch  National  Ballet;  

magnificent  music  events  from  The  Rolling  Stones,  Adele  and  The  White  Stripes,  as  well  as  musicals  like  

Sondheim’s  Company  and  Chess  in  Concert.    New  content  is  being  added  to  a  fast-­‐growing  portfolio  on  a  

regular  basis.  

 

Co-­‐founders  Christine  Costello,  former  CEO  of  Pearl  &  Dean  cinema  advertising,  and  Penny  Nagle,  former  

MD  of  igig.tv,  have  over  ten  years’  experience  in  releasing  new  content  into  cinemas  including  five  world-­‐

firsts  –  first  live  3D  opera,  first  3D  ballet,  first  live  high  definition  pop  concert  in  Europe,  first  UK  opera  

company  in  cinemas  and  first  multi-­‐venue  musical  theatre  event.    

 For  more  information  about  booking  Hungarian  Rhapsody:  Queen  Live  In  Budapest  ‘86  contact:    Christine  Costello  at  More2Screen    -­‐    +44  (0)  20  7806  6218  [email protected]