THE FOUNTAIN makes its splash at the Toronto International Film Festival

BURBANK, CA, August 14, 2006 – The Fountain, from Warner Bros. Pictures, will make its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.  Visionary director Darren Aronofsky’s (π, Requiem for a Dream) sci-fi fantasy film will be screened as a special presentation on Tuesday, September, 12, 2006. 

The Fountain stars Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman (the X-Men franchise, Broadway’s The Boy From Oz), and Academy Award winners Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener, The Mummy films) and Ellen Burstyn (Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Requiem for a Dream) in an odyssey about one man’s eternal struggle to save the woman he loves.  His epic journey begins in 16th-century Spain, where conquistador Tomas commences his search for the Fountain of Youth, the legendary entity believed to grant immortality.  As modern-day scientist Tommy Creo, he desperately struggles to find a cure for the cancer that is killing his beloved wife, Isabel.  Traveling through deep space as a 26th-century astronaut, Tom begins to grasp the mysteries that have consumed him for a millennium.  The three stories converge into one truth, as the Thomas of all periods—warrior, scientist, and explorer—comes to terms with life, love, death and rebirth.

Warner Bros. Pictures and Regency Enterprises Present, a Protozoa Pictures / New Regency Production of a film by Darren Aronofsky; The Fountain, starring Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz and Ellen Burstyn.

The film is written and directed by Darren Aronofsky, from a story by Aronofsky & Ari Handel.  It is produced by Eric Watson, Arnon Milchan, Iain Smith, and is executive produced by Nick Wechsler.

Behind-the-scenes talent includes director of photography Matthew Libatique, production designer James Chinlund, editor Jay Rabinowitz, costume designer Renée April, and composer Clint Mansell.

The Fountain will be released domestically by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company on November 22, 2006.