German filmmaker Cyril Tuschi ("SommerHundeSöhne," "Turn") is looking to make "Three Dates With Harry Harrison", a project that's being described as an English language rom-com about Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
Producer Jan Krüger tells Screen Daily that "Cyril came up with the fact that Assange had been involved in internet dating using the screen name of Harry Harrison. So, the film recounts three dates with Harry Harrison taking place in 2010."
They've even broken down the dates themselves - "One date is in Iceland when he was establishing a organisation that would change journalism, democracy and the Internet. Then we jump to the second date with a fan in Sweden where he is the man of the moment and feted like a popstar… Finally, there is an internet date in a manor house in London, with ‘Harrison’ all by himself wearing an electronic tag, third date being with a woman journalist...
Producer Jan Krüger tells Screen Daily that "Cyril came up with the fact that Assange had been involved in internet dating using the screen name of Harry Harrison. So, the film recounts three dates with Harry Harrison taking place in 2010."
They've even broken down the dates themselves - "One date is in Iceland when he was establishing a organisation that would change journalism, democracy and the Internet. Then we jump to the second date with a fan in Sweden where he is the man of the moment and feted like a popstar… Finally, there is an internet date in a manor house in London, with ‘Harrison’ all by himself wearing an electronic tag, third date being with a woman journalist...
- 6/25/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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