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Sundance 2013: The biggest storylines out of this year's festival

Sundance
feedproxy.google.com – With the U.S. film world’s most high-profile and most snow-blanketed event behind us, it's time for some score-carding. Which movies won big and which missed their moment at the Sundance Film Festival? Which trends took hold and which will be gone with the first spring thaw? Also, is Sam Rockwell being replaced by Josh Radnor as the actor contractually obligated to be in every third Sundance film? 16 weeks 1 day ago via jackiechan
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'Linsanity' Clips Give Glimpse Inside The Life Of NBA Star Jeremy Lin

moviesblog.mtv.com – Every year, we get excited to send a team out to Park City, Utah to cover the biggest festival in indie film, but this year's Sundance was especially sweet thanks to one premiere from a former member of the MTV News family. "Linsanity," the new documentary chronicling the rise of NBA star Jeremy Lin, comes from director Evan Jackson Leong, a former producer for MTV News.

16 weeks 2 days ago via jackiechan
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'Fruitvale' Takes Grand Jury & Audience Award Prizes At Sundance Film Festival

Fruitvale
fb.indiewire.com – ...and just like that, the Sundance Film Festival has closed for another year, and tonight at Park City, the awards were handed out, with one hotly buzzed title taking two major titles. Ryan Coogler's "Fruitvale" took the Grand Jury Prize and Dramatic Audience Award, which is great news for The Weinstein Company who made the picture their first buy of the festival earlier in the week. 16 weeks 4 days ago via donnieyen
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Sundance: IFC Acquiring 'Ain't Them Bodies Saints

Ain't Them Bodies Saints
deadline.com – EXCLUSIVE: After a protracted auction involving numerous distributors, IFC is near the home stretch to acquire North American rights to Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, the David Lowery-directed drama that stars Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Nate Parker and Keith Carradine. The film premiered Sunday in the U.S. Dramatic Competition category, at the Eccles Theatre.

16 weeks 6 days ago via jackiechan
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Sundance Closer 'jOBS,' with Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs, Sets Release Date

fb.indiewire.com – While Park City audiences will have to wait just a bit more to see the World Premiere of the Steve Jobs biopic as the closing film for the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, Open Road Films have announced that they will release the film on April 19, 2013. "jOBS" follows the Apple founder from 1971 (the year he met Steve Wozniak) through 2001 (the year the iPod was released). 17 weeks 11 hours ago via donnieyen
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Sundance: The Weinstein Co Buys 'Inequality For All'

deadline.com – EXCLUSIVE: The Weinstein Company has acquired Inequality For All, which is playing in the U.S. Competition at Sundance. In the film, noted economic policy director Robert Reich distills the topic of widening income inequality and addresses the question of what effects this increasing gap has on our economy and our democracy. 17 weeks 13 hours ago via brucelee
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Sundance 2013: Amanda Seyfried's 'Lovelace' Acquired by RADiUS-TWC

fb.indiewire.com – Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s “Lovelace” has found a home with expected speed, as RADiUS-TWC purchased U.S. rights to the fact-based drama late Tuesday night. The company, which also acquired “Twenty Feet From Stardom” and “Concussion” out of the Sundance Film Festival program this week, plans a fall release. 17 weeks 16 hours ago via brucelee
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Sundance 2013: eOne Nears Deal for 'We Are What We Are' (Exclusive)

feedproxy.google.com – The distributor is taking U.S. rights with a platform release commitment. Sources peg the deal as low seven figures. 17 weeks 1 day ago via donnieyen
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Sundance: Sony Pictures Classics Acquires 'Kill Your Darlings'

Kill Your Darlings
deadline.com – EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Classics is closing a deal for multiple territories on Kill Your Darlings, the John Krokidas-directed drama that stars Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Ben Foster, Michael C. Hall, Jack Huston and last year’s Sundance festival darling, Elizabeth Olsen. Scripted by Austin Bunn and Krokidas, the drama is an untold story of murder that brought together a young Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs at Columbia University in 1944, providing the spark that led to the birth of the Beat generation. 17 weeks 1 day ago via donnieyen
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Sundance 2013: CBS Films Picks Up Competition Drama 'Toy's House'

fb.indiewire.com – CBS Films has acquired North American rights to U.S. dramatic competition film “Toy’s House,” from writer Chris Galletta and director Jordan Vogt-Roberts. The drama first screened Saturday at the Library Theatre. Nick Robinson, Gabriel Basso, Moises Arias, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Alison Brie, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Erin Moriarty, Marc Evan Jackson, Thomas Middleditch and Tony Hale star in the story of three teenage boys who try to make a life in the wilderness. 17 weeks 1 day ago via jetli
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