They are John Maringouin's documentary Big River Man, about an eccentric Slovenian man who tries to swim the world's longest rivers. Maria Florio, Molly Hassell and Molly Lynch produced for Self Pictures/Earthworks, and Mickey Cottrell executive produced.
'Martin Strel's story just hit us square in the face when we saw someearly footage,' Revolver MD Justin Marciano said. 'If this were afictional feature no one would ever believe this man could reallyexist. We're increasingly amazed every time we watch him in action.'
Revolver has also taken UK rights to John Dahl's You Kill Me, sold by Capitol Films. Ben Kingsley, Tea Leoni and Luke Wilson star in the mob comedy.
Revolver has also come on board for early financing of Jamie Morgan's next documentary about the Burning Man Festival in Nevada. The distributor plans a 2008 release for Morgan's last documentary, Tribeca hit The Workshop.
Finally, Revolver has picked up Tom Kalin's Cannes Directors Fortnight title Savage Grace starring Julianne Moore and Hugh Dancy.
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