Like the ultimate antihero Ivanhoe Martin, Perry Henzell’s cult classic film The Harder They Come is now everywhere – available to fans worldwide online via iTunes US, iTunes Canada and VHX.
ABOUT THE FILM:
For more than 40 years, critics and audiences from all walks of life have sung the praises of Perry Henzell’s gritty, groundbreaking masterpiece that brought reggae music to the international stage, helped make Jimmy Cliff a worldwide star, and demonstrated that music and art can change the world.
This homegrown Jamaican film, co-written with award-winning playwright, Trevor Rhone, has gone on to become one of the best regarded independent features of all time. The 1973 U.S. launch of The Harder They Come led to four decades of smoke filled late night-screenings around the world. When Bob Marley and the Wailers first toured America later that year, they appeared in many of the same theaters that were screeningThe Harder They Come.
ABOUT THE SOUNDTRACK:
The San Francisco Chronicle called The Harder They Come original soundtrack album “one of reggae’s cornerstones” – along with the Marley catalog. Rolling Stone ranks The Harder They Come the third greatest soundtrack of all time (behind only behind Prince’s Purple Rain and The Beatles’ Help!).
Written and performed by Jimmy Cliff, Desmond Dekker, the Melodians, Scotty, The Slickers and Toots and The Maytals, the twelve tracks span a wide range of Jamaican music styles popular at the time the film was shot in the early 1970s. It is little known that the soundtrack consists entirely of songs (1) written and/or performed brilliantly by Jimmy Cliff – or (2) hand-selected for the film by Perry Henzell from his personal record collection.
ABOUT INTERNATIONAL FILMS MANAGEMENT:
International Films Management is the producer of and retains all rights in The Harder They Come and various other intellectual property created by Perry Henzell or otherwise related to the film. IFM is an active production partner in a number of Harder They Come-related live and digital film and music projects now in the works. The company is owned by Jason and Justine Henzell.
ABOUT SYNDCTD ENTERTAINMENT:
Syndctd Entertainment (http://syndctd-entertainment.com) is a film marketing and distribution company, offering filmmakers and content owners a multi-platform release strategy with their vast network of exhibitor, VOD/digital, and home entertainment partners. SE also has a full service creative agency that operates under the same name.