November 6, 2007

“TAILOR MADE” DOCUMENTARY TO PREMIERE AT WHISTLER FILM FESTIVAL

VANCOUVER, BC: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Realize Entertainment (formerly Mars Entertainment) is delighted to announce that their one hour documentary “Tailor Made: Chinatown’s Last Tailors” will make its world premiere at the 7th Annual Whistler Film Festival.

Commissioned for the CBC Newsworld strand, The Lens,  the film follows 80-something brothers Bill & Jack Wong for one year as they face the reality that they’re getting too old to run the little tailor shop their father opened in 1913…and letting go isn’t easy. With tailoring being a dying trade, finding someone to take over the family business has proved impossible, but Bill refuses to give up. From taking on a fashion journalist as an apprentice, to selling the shop to a young hot-shot corporate tailor, Bill becomes especially determined and pulls out all the stops.

Director Len Lee says “The story of Modernize Tailors has always meant something to me, but I was really touched by Bill and his  personal journey in the film.” Producer and co-director Marsha Newbery adds “This isn’t just a story about a tailor shop.  Bill’s story is a reminder to us all to live life to the fullest and to do what you love doing every day”.

CBC Newsworld’s Andrew Johnson believes Tailor Made will have universal appeal.  “The themes in this beautiful film are those everyone can identify with and it will touch audiences everywhere, including those who have never stepped through the gates of Vancouver’s Chinatown”.

“Tailor Made: Chinatown’s Last Tailors” will be shown on December 1, 2007 at 3pm at the Rainbow Theatre in Whistler.  The festival runs from November 29th – December 2nd.   Tailor Made will have its broadcast premiere on CBC: The Lens in 2008.  For media inquiries, please contact Gillian Hrankowski at Realize Entertainment – 604-764-6372.

TAILOR MADE is presented by Realize Entertainment and produced in association with CBC Newsworld. TAILOR MADE was produced in association with  Knowledge Network, and with the participation of The Canadian Television Fund: License Fee Program and Equity Investment Program, The Rogers Documentary Fund, Canadian Film & Television Tax Credit, British Columbia Film Incentive and developed with the participation of CBC British Columbia, Telefilm, and British Columbia Film.