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Magnolia Pictures' 'The Host' Gets New Date, Synopsis
Tuesday, November 14, 2006


By: MrDisgusting
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This morning we have just learned that Magnolia Pictures will now release Bong Joon-ho's (interview) Korean monster film The Host (review) in theaters January 26, one week than originally announced. In addition to the several clips that can be found here, we also have a new synopsis for you, which can be read inside. The story concerns a carnivorous mutant in Seoul's Han River that attacks city folk. The monster itself was created by Weta, Orphanage, and Creature Workshop

The talk of the 2006 Cannes International Film Festival, 2006 Toronto International Film Festival, 2006 New York Film Festival and the 2006 AFI Festival, THE HOST, the latest from the critically acclaimed visionary director Bong Joon-ho, has already garnered a substantial amount of international buzz. Utilizing state-of-the-art special effects courtesy of a creative partnership between Weta Workshops (King Kong, The Lord of the Rings) and The Orphanage (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Sin City), THE HOST is equal parts creature-feature thrill ride and poignant human drama.

Gang-du (SONG Kang-ho) works at a food-stand on the banks of the Han River. Dozing on the job, he is awakened by his daughter, Hyun-seo (KO A-sung), who is angry with him for missing a teacher-parent meeting at school. As Gang-du walks out to the riverbank with a delivery, he notices that a large crowd of people has gathered, taking pictures and talking about something hanging from the Han River Bridge. The otherwise idyllic landscape turns suddenly to bedlam when a terrifying creature climbs up onto the riverbank and begins to crush and eat people. Gang-du and his daughter run for their lives but suddenly the thing grabs Hyun-seo and disappears back into the river. The government announces that the thing apparently is the Host of an unidentified virus. Having feared the worst, Gang-du receives a phone call from his daughter who is frightened, but very much alive. Gang-du makes plans to infiltrate the forbidden zone near the Han River to rescue his daughter from the clutches of the horrifying Host…

Magnolia Pictures will release THE HOST on January 26, 2007. The film is 119 minutes and is not yet rated by the MPAA.

Source: Magnolia Pictures

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The Host (KR) (limited)

STARRING: Song Gang-ho Byeon Heui-bong Park Hae-il Bae Doo-na Ko A-sung
DIRECTOR: Bong Joon-ho
WRITER: Bong Joon-ho


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