EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American rights to In the Company of Rose, a feature documentary about poet Rose Styron, widow of Sophie’s Choice novelist William Styron.
The distributor plans a June 30 theatrical release for the film directed by James Lapine, the three-time Tony winner celebrated for writing the book for musicals including Into the Woods, Sunday in the Park with George, Passion, and Falsettos.
In the Company of Rose premiered last November at DOC NYC and also screened in March at the Cleveland International Film Festival.
In the film, “Rose shares the fascinating story of her complex life as a poet, journalist, human rights activist, life partner to the mercurial William, and friend of the Kennedys, James Baldwin, Dylan Thomas, the Clintons and so many others from every walk of life,” according to a release from Greenwich.
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