Altitude has announced that the thrilling fantasy adventure film THE SKELETON’S COMPASS is being released on Altitude.film and other digital platforms this half-term, from 13 February 2023.

Time travel, excitement, friendship and laughs - it’s all in THE SKELETON’S COMPASS! Luke Loveless (The Highwaymen) portrays Champ Brown, a 13-year-old whose discovery in the woods - of an old prospector's journal and compass - leads to an incredible, time-travelling adventure. The cast also includes Maurice Johnson (The Vampire Diaries), Reagan Shumate (The Black Phone) and Chris Cleveland (Gasoline Alley).

Directed by Sanda L Martin (Finding Love in San Antonio), THE SKELETON’S COMPASS is a thrill-packed fun-for-all-the-family treat, recalling adventure classics National Treasure, Stand By Me, and Goonies. So make sure you join Champ and his pals this half-term for the treasure hunt of a lifetime!

SYNOPSIS: A group of middle school friends go on the hunt for treasure after finding a skeleton in the woods.

THE SKELETON’S COMPASS is available on Altitude.film and other digital platforms including Amazon, iTunes, Sky and Google from 13 February

For further information, please contact;
Fetch Publicity:
Josh Stevens josh@fetch.fm

Altitude:
Mark Jones, Head of Publicity at Altitude
markjones@altitudefilment.com

NOTES TO EDITORS

ABOUT ALTITUDE
Altitude Media Group is the independent UK based studio launched in 2012 by chairman Will Clarke and joint-CEO Andy Mayson. The group comprises of Altitude Film Production, Altitude Film Sales with Managing Director Mike Runagall, Altitude Film Distribution with Managing Director Lia Devlin, Altitude Factual and Altitude Television. Since 2020, US based investment group 30WEST have held a significant minority stake in the group.

Since launching in 2013 Altitude Film Distribution have proudly supported talented filmmakers and given their films the dynamic and bold releases they deserve.

To date Altitude have championed over 170 films, ranging from the Academy and BAFTA award-winners, MOONLIGHT, ROCKS, MINARI, 20 FEET FROM STARDOM, AMY, I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO through to critically acclaimed THE FLORIDA PROJECT, DIEGO MARADONA, LADY MACBETH, BEAST, THE RIDER, LES MISÉRABLES, WHITNEY and more.

Altitude’s recent releases include BAFTA and Academy Award-nominee and Venice Golden Lion winner ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED from Academy Award-winning director Laura Poitras, KURT VONNEGUT: UNSTUCK IN TIME from acclaimed director Bob Weide, Clio Barnard’s BIFA award-winning ALI & AVA, Blerta Basholli’s triple Sundance Film Festival-winner HIVE, Palme D’Or winner TITANE from writer and director Julia Ducournau, HORRIBLE HISTORIES: THE MOVIE – ROTTEN ROMANS, Jonah Hill’s MID90S and Brian Welsh’s BEATS. In 2020 Altitude partnered with the WWF on the global event release of DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: A LIFE ON OUR PLANET, which became the widest ever released documentary in the UK and Ireland.

Forthcoming releases include, Georgia Oakley’s acclaimed and powerful BIFA-winning and BAFTA nominated debutBLUE JEAN, BUTCHER’S CROSSING starring Nicolas Cage and Fred Hechinger, TALK TO ME, the debut feature and Sundance horror hit from film-making duo RackaRacka, MAD ABOUT THE BOY – THE NOËL COWARD STORYfrom writer and director Barnaby Thompson, and the yet to be titled feature documentary on iconic British filmmaking duo Powell & Pressburger narrated by Martin Scorsese and directed by David Hinton.

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