The Queen of Versailles News
'Queen of Versailles' Filmmaker Beats Westgate's Defamation Claim (Exclusive)
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Time-share baron David Siegel claimed he was defamed by a description of the movie as a "rags-to-riches-to-rags story" even though he used those words in the acclaimed documentary.
7 years 4 weeks ago via jackiechan
Specialty Box Office: 'New York' and 'Red Hook' Lead Debuts; 'Sparks' Stumbles In Expansion
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Two very different films set in New York -- Julie Delpy's "2 Days in New York" and Spike Lee's "Red Hook Summer" -- led the limited debuts this weekend, each finding averages just north of $10,000.
8 years 35 weeks ago via theothersenhman
Specialty Box Office: 'The Queen Of Versailles,' 'The Well-Digger's Daughter'
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This weekend’s box office is clearly going to be all about The Dark Knight Rises, and perhaps that accounts for the minimal number of rollouts in the specialty space. But a pair of new titles are among the limited releases that are braving the Batman trilogy finale onslaught. Sundance debut The Queen Of Versailles has picked up a good amount of attention from morning TV and other shows.
8 years 38 weeks ago via donnieyen
The Queen of Versailles
Posted June 20th, 2012 by Binh Ngo
Directed by lauded filmmaker and photographer Lauren Greenfield, who won the U.S. Directing Award for Documentary Film at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival for this film, The Queen of Versailles is a character-driven documentary about a billionaire family and their financial challenges in the wake of the economic crisis.
'The Queen of Versailles' Trailer – Hit Sundance Doc Tells a Riches-to-Rags Tale
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At a time when the economic recession is making it difficult for many families to even put food on the table, it’s a challenge to muster up much sympathy for a billionaire couple who find they can no longer afford their 90,000 foot square home — complete with two tennis courts, thirty bathrooms, ten kitchens, an ice-skating rink, and a full-sized baseball field.
8 years 43 weeks ago via donnieyen
Magnolia Buys 'The Queen of Versailles'
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Magnolia Pictures has acquired "The Queen of Versailles." It's the second theatrical distribution purchase that's been announced in as many hours during the first full day of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. TV and international are in discussion for Lauren Greenfield's documentary, which Magnolia plans to release this summer.
9 years 12 weeks ago via donnieyen