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This is from Variety and indicates that TLS is still being buzzed about for getting a distribution deal. Hopefully we'll hear something soon. The Weinstein Co. just signed a distribution deal for Colin Firth's 'A Single Man' as a potential Oscar contender. Maybe they'll see TLS as a film with some potential Oscar nominations? They're in need of some Oscar bait. While the pickup prices and P&A commitments may be lower in the current buyer's market, deals could materialize for acquisition titles such as Atom Egoyan-directed "Chloe," Darwin drama "Creation," Robert Duvall period drama "Get Low," Brit thriller "The Disappearance of Alice Creed," Demi Moore-David Duchovny starrer "The Joneses," Michael Douglas starrer "Solitary Man," Neil Jordan's "Ondine," Tilda Swinton starrer "I Am Love," Venice winner "Lebanon," Helen Mirren period pic "The Last Station" (a Telluride fest entry) and gritty Michael Caine starrer "Harry Brown." Also drawing interest were docus including "The Art of the Steal." Agents and buyers were beginning to feel that more deals may start to crystallize. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118008654.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&ref=bd_film
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Some festivals don't announce films until shortly before the fest, so I'm not concerned. The AFI Fest is just beginning to announce their lineup. Per Variety today:
AFI Fest has unveiled its first official selections with a dozen films including Lee Daniels' "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Saphire," Werner Herzog's "The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" and Bong Joon-ho's "Mother."
The festival will also debut its "See a Film on Us" initiative with free tickets to all films including a limited number of seats at the "gala" presentations.
The films will be screened at the Chinese Theater and Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel between Oct. 30 and Nov. 5 and then move to Santa Monica for the final two days of screenings in association with the American Film Market.
The lineup also includes French/Italian co-productions, "A Prophet" and "Vincere"; Claude Chabrol's "Bellamy"; Maren Ade's "Everyone Else"; Michael Hoffman's "The Last Station"; Ken Loach's "Looking for Eric"; Corneliu Porumboiu's "Police Adjective"; the "Red Riding" trilogy of films by Julian Jarrold, James Marsh and Anand Tucker; and Harmony Korine's "Trash Humpers."
"These first dozen titles offer a wonderful preview to our lineup which is a survey of the year's significant films," said festival artistic director Rose Kuo. "They represent a diversity of voices and we take great pride in being able to bring them to Los Angeles audiences for the first time."
Sep 19 09 2:09 AM
AT LAST WE HAVE A TRAILER FOR TLS! It's in German but it's easy to get the general idea. It looks charming and James is featured prominently. I don't know how to embed the video but maybe someone else can do it. Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNpNYkcZk-w
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Over Labor Day weekend, Michael Hoffman's "The Last Station" enjoyed an auspicious world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival. At the heart of the soaring biopic is a conundrum: author Leo Tolstoy's (Christopher Plummer) struggle in the last years of his life to balance fame and fortune with a commitment to a life devoid of material possessions. Weighing in for privilege is Tolstoy's wife of 48 years (and 13 children) Sofya (Helen Mirren). Her opponent in the debate is proto-Communist Vladimir Chertkov (Paul Giamatti), head of the Tolstoyan movement, a quasi political cult, which advocates pacifism, social equality, vegetarianism, and celibacy. The referee in the pitched battle is Tolstoy's secretary, Valentin Bulgakov, (James McAvoy). Handicappers fled from the theatre to their stations to place early Oscar bets on Plummer for his superb naturalistic performance; on Helen Mirren for doing what she does best, playing a sensuous, mercurial, demonstrative, determined female; on James McAvoy, the film's true protagonist, for his seamless evolution from comically enthusiastic, very green secretary into a complex man with real emotional heft.
At the heart of the soaring biopic is a conundrum: author Leo Tolstoy's (Christopher Plummer) struggle in the last years of his life to balance fame and fortune with a commitment to a life devoid of material possessions. Weighing in for privilege is Tolstoy's wife of 48 years (and 13 children) Sofya (Helen Mirren). Her opponent in the debate is proto-Communist Vladimir Chertkov (Paul Giamatti), head of the Tolstoyan movement, a quasi political cult, which advocates pacifism, social equality, vegetarianism, and celibacy. The referee in the pitched battle is Tolstoy's secretary, Valentin Bulgakov, (James McAvoy).
Handicappers fled from the theatre to their stations to place early Oscar bets on Plummer for his superb naturalistic performance; on Helen Mirren for doing what she does best, playing a sensuous, mercurial, demonstrative, determined female; on James McAvoy, the film's true protagonist, for his seamless evolution from comically enthusiastic, very green secretary into a complex man with real emotional heft.
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