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Nepenthe Productions, Inc, is a production company with activities in Motion Pictures, Theater, and Television.
Inquires regarding rights should be addressed to Nepenthe at
martinrosen@comcast.net
or PO Box 1412, Ross, Ca. 94957.
Nepenthe can also be reached at 415 456 1414. Fax 415 453-8206.
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Richard Adams's remarkable debut novel of a band of rabbits in the English countryside fleeing their warren to escape its destruction was published in Britain in 1973 and in the United States and the rest of the world shortly thereafter. It immediately went to the top of The New York Times best seller list, remaining there for thirteen weeks. An animated film based on the novel was released in 1978.
A Nepenthe Production
Written, Produced and Directed by Martin Rosen
Motion Picture and all Ancillary Rights Available
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The Plague Dogs, Richard Adams's follow up novel to Watership Down, tracks Rowf, a black Labrador, born in a secret experimental government lab in the North of England, and Snitter, a fox terrier placed in the lab after the accidental death of his master on their escape from the institution. The rumor that they were being used study Plague causes an uproar, followed by a nationwide pursuit by the military to "eliminate the problem".
A Nepenthe Production
Written, Produced and Directed by Martin Rosen
Motion Picture and all Ancillary Rights Available
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Thirty-nine half hour segments of an animated children's television series derived from Richard Adams's novel.
United States television rights available.
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An original screenplay written by Austrian Filmmaker Fritz Lehner. portrays Frederick the Great as a young boy corresponding with Voltaire to the visionary who transformed a sandy strip of land in the north of Europe into a military, economic and political power. Originally regarded with contempt and dismissed as irrelevant by most of Europe, he quietly raised a force of over one hundred thousand men, unleashing a fire that changed the face of the world forever.
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Maxine Hong Kingston's debut novel and winner of the National Book Critic's Circle Award for Non-Fiction, is a complex portrayal of the 20th century experience of Chinese-Americans living in the U.S. through the eyes of a young girl growing up in the central valley of California. First published in 1975, cited by The London Times as its "Book of the Year", it was developed, along with China Men, as a play produced in 1994 by Nepenthe Productions, The Berkeley Rep, Boston's Huntington Theater and the Doolittle Theater of Hollywood and was acclaimed by USA Today as "The Best New Play of the Year".
Written by Deborah Rogin
Directed by Sharon Ott
Play and all Ancillary Rights
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Maxine Hong Kingston's second novel, China Men, was the recipient of the National Book Award. It is a journey into the hearts and minds of men leaving their homes in China, sailing to America and all they endured in a strange new land. Published in 1976, it was developed, with The Woman Warrior into a play that enjoyed success and critical acclaim in 1994.
Play and all Ancillary Rights
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Based on an original screenplay developed at Sundance by Victoria Jenkins, Stacking stars Megan Follows as a Montana teenager struggling to keep her family's farm together. The time is the 1950s, when rural 14-year-olds were supposed to be seen and not heard. But Follows intends to be seen and heard, and in so doing finds several strong adult allies with powerful performances by Frederic Forrest, Christine Lahti, Peter Coyote and James Gammon.
Released in 1987.
Available on DVD.
Starring Christine Lahti, Frederic Forrest, Peter Coyote and Megen Fellows.
Written by Victoria Jenkens
Produced and directed by Martin Rosen
Motion Picture and all Ancillary Rights
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Released in 1985, Smooth Talk won the Best Dramatic Film award at the United States/Sundance Film Festival in 1986. Smooth Talk is based on Joyce Carol Oates' short novel, Where Have You Been, Where are You Going? and explores a long week of a restless 15-year old and her complex relations with her family. When a seductive and dangerous stranger enters her life, her life is changed in a single day.
A Nepenthe Production
Starring Laura Dern, Treat Williams, Mary Kay Place and Levon Helm.
Produced by Martin Rosen
Written by Tom Cole
Directed by Joyce Chopra
Motion Picture and all Ancillary Rights
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Published in 2008, Hallam's War (Unbridled Books and Berkeley Books) is a sweeping story of passion and loyalty set against the turbulent backdrop of the Civil War. Here one man struggles to defend his family and honor, one woman fights for her home, and around them a country ignites...
"...(Rosen) draws plantation live in rich, colorful detail…big themes are richly developed in the lives of interesting, engaging characters" – The Washington Post
"...The American Civil War remains this nation’s epic moment... Rosen's story beautifully draws us into those times.." – Robert Hicks, author of The Widow of the South
By Elisabeth Payne Rosen
Published by Unbridled Books and Berkeley Books
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