Shirley Frimpong-Manso’s, The Perfect Picture, a love story woven around the lives of three friends, broke box office records at the Silver Bird Theatre at the Accra Mall over the holiday weekend.

With new releases, such as Slum Dog Millionaire, which won eight (8) Oscars, Dragonball, 12 Rounds, The International and Marley and Me showing at the theatre, the demand for The Perfect Picture was so overwhelming .

According to Mr. Albert Mensah, General Manager for Silver Birds Theatres, over one thousand five hundred people travelled from across Ghana to watch the movie over the Easter holiday period. The Cinema will continue to show the movie until the middle of May 2009 due to the overwhelming popular demand. According to Mr. Mensah, “this shows that there is a locked up demand for good and quality produced Ghanaian and African movies, which SilverBird and Global Media Alliance (GMA) intend to unlock with the help of quality producers like Shirley Frimpong-Manso”. He further stated that the movie will be shown in Kumasi, Tamale and Sekondi-Takoradi through Silver Bird/GMA mobile screens in the coming weeks.

Mr. Mensah further stated that the movie will also be premiered and shown in their theatres in Kenya and Nigeria and distributed through their film distribution company, Pan-African film distribution to other cinema houses. Global Media Alliance, parent company for Silver Bird Ghana, intends to collaborate with producers like Shirley Frimpng-Manso to develop more Ghanaian and African movies, now that they have managed with the help of their partners, The Silver Bird Group to set up a world class Pan-African Entertainment and Distribution Company.

Silverbird Ghana Limited is a division of the Silverbird Group, a full service media, entertainment and real estate company with holdings in Radio, Television, Retail Malls and Cinemas. Silverbird's market positioning in Nigeria boasts of Rhythm FM, Silverbird Television and Silverbird Cinemas which are the number 1 in Radio, TV and Cinemas. Silverbird Ghana Limited, located at the Accra Mall has five-screen cinemas with Dolby digital surround, excellent seating capacities, excellent offerings of concessions and personalized services. Consumers will expect to find our services impeccable and of international standard. Our lifestyle stores provide a serene shopping experience for both music and book enthusiasts. The widest and deepest selection of books, music, gaming & accessories, iPods, Macbooks & accessories, magazines, stationery, maps etc, is available. Our support for local partnerships in books, music and film will align our goals with the development of the local book, music and film industry.

Silverbird Group also boasts of excellent locations in Kenya including Westgate Shopping Mall, Junction Shopping Mall, Village Market, Prestige Plaza and Mega City Kisumu.

The Silverbird Group is taking a bold step in the African retail entertainment market and can guarantee that all products found in any Lifestyle store and Cinemas are legal and legitimate in terms of copyright and intellectual property. Silverbird's objective to establish a world class Pan African Entertainment Company is well on the way, with fast growing establishments in East and West Africa. The company is set to achieve market dominance across Africa with sustainable Revenue and profits.

The Perfect Picture

In what seems like a perfect life, three beautiful young women make bold attempts to change their lives even when destiny plays its joke on them. With a marriage that seems almost doomed from the beginning, to an affair with an unlikely candidate and the endless pursuit of love, the three friends will learn the harsh lessons of life, the challenges of marriage, the fatality of falling in love and the rewards of having a good laugh in the mist of sorrow. What does a woman do when she finds out after marriage that, she cannot get a sexual reaction from her husband? What does a young woman, who finally decides to settle down with only one man do when she realizes that she is not the only woman in her man’s life?

And what does a successful career woman do when her heart is split between a successful business tycoon and poor air-condition mechanic? The answers to these are carefully woven into the lives of these three friends and they unfold with humorous and unexpected outcomes. ‘The Perfect Picture’ stars Jackie Appiah, Lydia Forson, Naa Ashorkor Mensah-Doku, Adjetey Annang, Nana Kwame Osei Sarpong with Chris Attoh and introducing Kweku Sintim-Misa.

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