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1. Critic's notebook: Behind a lens, the actors range

   4:00 am 1/25/2007

   • by Kirk Honeycutt

   CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK: At Sundance this year, it has been the Good, the Bad and the Ugly when it comes to the festival's experience in programming films made by actors.Read more

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2. 'Wheel' is Overture's first go-round

   4:00 am 1/25/2007

   • by Gregg Goldstein

   Overture Films has made its first acquisition, picking up all U.S. rights to producer-star Charlize Theron's drama "Ferris Wheel" for about $4 million.Read more

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3. 'Stronger collection' creates sales boom

   4:00 am 1/24/2007

   • by Gregg Goldstein, Nicole Sperling

   Amid an unexpected feeding frenzy at the Sundance Film Festival, indie mogul Harvey Weinstein continued to gobble up a smorgasbord of films. The Weinstein Co., partnering with First Look Studios, bought worldwide rights to "Dedication" for $4 million. Then, partnering with Fox Searchlight, it took world rights on "La Misma Luna" for $5 million-$6 million.Read more

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4. Par Vantage makes big buys

   4:00 am 1/24/2007

   • by Nicole Sperling

   As the unexpectedly insane buying frenzy at the Sundance festival was reaching a fever pitch, Paramount Vantage seemed to be staying out of the spotlight. That all changed Tuesday morning when the studio announced that it has acquired two films, "How She Move" and "Son of Rambow."Read more

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5. 'Truth' docu aided by 'small miracles'

   4:00 am 1/24/2007

   • by Gregg Goldstein

   "I was 100% certain we weren't going to get nominated," said "An Inconvenient Truth" director Davis Guggenheim, whose film picked up two Oscar nominations Tuesday.Read more

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6. Magnolia snags 'Signal' in wee hours

   4:00 am 1/24/2007

   • by Nicole Sperling

   The buying frenzy of the Sundance Film Festival continued into the wee hours of the night when Magnolia Pictures entered final negotiations for North American, U.K. and Australian rights to the horror film "The Signal" after the film's midnight screening.Read more

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7. Fantastic $4 million is yardstick at Sundance

   4:00 am 1/23/2007

   • by Gregg Goldstein, Nicole Sperling

   Four million appeared to be the magic number at the Sundance Film Festival as acquisitions heated up Monday. Fox Searchlight took worldwide rights to "Waitress" for slightly less than $4 million and "Joshua" for $3.7 million, while Warner Independent put down $4 million for a collection of rights to "Clubland."Read more

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8. MPAA pitches indies on new liaison

   4:00 am 1/23/2007

   • by Gregg Goldstein

   MPAA chief Dan Glickman reached out Monday to independent filmmakers at the Sundance Film Festival as he announced the appointment of a filmmaker liaison, whose job it will be to guide distributors, producers and directors through the ratings system.Read more

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9. Fox Searchlight snares Ratliff's 'Joshua'

   4:00 am 1/23/2007

   • by Gregg Goldstein

   Fox Searchlight confirmed late Sunday night that they have purchased virtually all worldwide rights minus Canada to "Joshua," a psychological thriller from co-writer and director George Ratliff, the documentary filmmaker behind Hell House.Read more

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10. 'Kid' in Sony Classics picture

    4:00 am 1/23/2007

    • by Gregg Goldstein

    Sony Pictures Classics picked up worldwide rights to the art world docu-mystery "My Kid Could Paint That" for $1.85 million.Read more

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