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5 June 2009 11:00 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

Korean director Chan-wook Park’s latest film entitled Thirst has finally been given a U.S. release date by Focus Features, the studio which owns the U.S. distribution rights. The vampire horror-drama will open on July 31st, 2009, starting off its U.S. screenings in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York, before moving onto a wider release.

Thirst recently won the prestigious Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival (tied with Fish Tank), and since its initial late April/early May release at home in Korea, it has been seen by over two million people and has since been sold to 20 countries across Asia, Europe and South America.

Thirst tells the story of a priest who accidentally becomes infected (read: turns into a vampire) when a medical experiment goes horribly wrong. The movie sounds suitably dark for director Chan-wook Park, the man behind Oldboy, Lady Vengeance and Sympathy for Mr. »

- Ross Miller

1 article from 2009