Sony stops at 'Station,' Strand takes 'Rabe'

October 02, 2009 Sony Pictures Classics has grabbed North and Latin American rights to Michael Hoffmann's historical drama "The Last Station," starring Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer, James McAvoy and Paul Giamatti from Robbie Little's The Little Film Company. The drama, based on the 1990 novel by Jay Parini, premiered at Teluride and is the story of a young intellectual (McAvoy) who visits the aging Russian author Leo Tolstoy (Plummer) only to become entangled in a battle over his literary legacy. In a separate domestic deal, Strand Releasing has acquired U.S. rights to German Film Award winner "John Rabe," from Beta Cinema.

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