Description artist.to (Ithaka's Facebook music page) www.myspace.com (Ithaka's Myspace page) www.ithaka.cc (ithaka's home page) ________________________________________________ All licensing inquiries for the song ESCAPE FROM THE CITY OF ANGELS by Ithaka should be directed to: Scion Four Music (New York). This is a clip from Antoine Fuqua's feature film directorial debut, "The Replacement Killers"(1998) starring Academy Award nominees Chow Yun Fat and Mira Sorvino (Oscar winner for Might Aphrodite). And also starred Clifton Collins Jr. (Capote) and Michael Rooker. Executive producer: John Woo. The film soundtrack featured Ithaka's underground hip hop classic "Escape From The City of Angles" (featuring chorus vocals by Marta Dias) from his first album, FLOWERS AND THE COLOR OF PAINT, recorded in Lisbon. Only 1500 copies of the record were ever manufactured. Antoine Fuqua has since directed: Training Day (Best Actor Oscar went to Denzel Washington), Tears of the Sun (with Bruce Willis), King Arthur (Clive Owen and Keira Knightley) and Bait (Jaime Foxx), with major upcoming films such as "Brooklyn's Finest" and "Escobar" on the way. This scene featured was shot on location at the legendary (now defunct) Belmont Tunnel near downtown Los Angeles, an internationally recognized graffiti hotspot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . The album FLOWERS AND THE COLOR OF PAINT (produced by Pedro Passos and Joe Fossard) was considered by the respected Jornal Publico as one of the most important records of <b>...</b>
