U.S. HELMER TO DIRECT FILM ON TURKISH INTERFERENCE IN “40 DAYS OF MUSA DAGH” PRODUCTION
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 4, 2012 – 20:07 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – American director Edwin Avaness is set to launch a
documentary film project about the interference of Turkish state in
the United States to impede the production of the film, based on the
book by Franz Werfel, The 40 Days of Musa Dagh, independent French
journalist Jean Eckian told PanARMENIAN.Net
In 2006, actor Sylvester Stallone had expressed a desire to direct
a film based on the novel. But following a campaign by the powerful
Turkish association ASIMED, Stallone had to give up, as did Mel Gibson
in 2009. In France, Henri Verneuil himself had tried to edit the film.
For this exceptional project of universal historic significance, the
designer and director Edwin Avaness needs the financial support of the
community to complete the project which is the first demonstration
of the Turkish state denial. The names of generous donors will be
credited to the screen. The funds will be collected by the association,
nonprofit, Friends of Armenian Cultural Treasures.
From: Baghdasarian
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