Monday, October 10, 2005 — The Premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' ``North Country''

Business Wire, Sept 29, 2005

WHAT:   The premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' "North Country." Warner
        Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Participant
        Productions, a Nick Wechsler Production of a Niki Caro Film:
        Charlize Theron and Frances McDormand star in "North Country,"
        also starring Sean Bean, Richard Jenkins, Jeremy Renner,
        Michelle Monaghan, with Woody Harrelson and Sissy Spacek.
        North Country is directed by Niki Caro and produced by Nick
        Wechsler, from a screenplay by Michael Seitzman, inspired by
        the book titled "Class Action: The Landmark Case That Changed
        Sexual Harassment Law," by Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy
        Gansler. Helen Bartlett, Nana Greenwald, Doug Claybourne and
        Jeff Skoll are executive producers.

WHEN:   Monday, October 10th
        Crew Arrivals: 5:00 PM
        Celebrity Arrivals:  6:00 PM
        Screening: 7:00 PM

WHERE:  Grauman's Chinese Theatre
        6925 Hollywood Blvd.
        Hollywood, CA

WHO:    From the film: Charlize Theron, Sean Bean, Richard Jenkins,
        Jeremy Renner, Thomas Curtis and director, Niki Caro will be
        joined by celebrity guests to be announced ...

        "North Country" stars Academy Award winners Charlize Theron
        ("Monster"), Frances McDormand ("Fargo") and Sissy Spacek ("In
        the Bedroom") in the inspiring story of a single mother who
        rallies her coworkers to rise above the unfair treatment they
        face at a local mining company. In the wake of a failed
        marriage, Josey Aimes (Charlize Theron) returns to her
        hometown in Northern Minnesota hoping to build a better life
        for herself and her two children. Encouraged by her friend
        Glory (Frances McDormand), one of the few female miners in
        town, Josey takes a job at the mine. She's prepared for the
        back-breaking and often dangerous work, but coping with the
        harassment she and the other female miners encounter from
        their male coworkers proves far more challenging. Josey's
        attempts to carve out a better future for her family put her
        at odds with her children, her disapproving parents (Sissy
        Spacek and "Six Feet Under's" Richard Jenkins) and her
        community. It is through this struggle that Josey finds the
        courage to stand up for what she believes in -- even if that
        means standing alone. Inspired by a true story, North Country
        follows Josey's journey on a road that will take her farther
        than she could have ever imagined, ultimately inspiring
        countless others and leading to the nation's first-ever class
        action lawsuit for sexual harassment.

                Your coverage of this event is invited.
            Press Credentials will be issued at the event.

        "North Country" will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros.
        Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company. Soundtrack
        album on Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax.

        This film is rated R by the MPAA for "sequences involving
        sexual harassment including violence and dialogue, and for
        language."

        www.northcountrymovie.com / www.participate.net/standup
           "North Country" opens Nationwide on October 21st