U.S. distribs sprang into action during Cannes, snapping up both festival specialty pics and pre-sales on big-budget commercial titles. The Weinstein Co. and Sundance Selects were the busiest buyers, while new players FilmDistrict and Open Road are starting to flex their pickup muscles.
Cannes festival films-
"The Conquest" - Music Box
"We Need to Talk About Kevin" -- Oscilloscope
"House of Tolerance" - Sundance Selects
"Kid with a Bike" - Sundance Selects
"Poliss" - Sundance Selects
"Sleeping Beauty" - Sundance Selects
"Footnote" - Sony Classics
"Dragon" - TWC
"The Artists" - TWC
Pre-sales
"Great Hope Springs" - Sony
"Snitch" - Summit
"Iron Lady" - TWC
"The Wettest County" - TWC
"Looper" - FilmDistrict
"Arabian Nights" - FilmDistrict
"Playing the Field" - FilmDistrict
"The Killer Elite" - Open Road
"Goodbye First Love" - Sundance Selects
"Sacrifice" - Samuel Goldwyn
-Joey's Two Cents: I'm always in favor of films getting picked up and being given a chance to find an audience, so the more the merrier to me...thoughts?
FilmDistrict is making a lot of noise in a short time, and TWC seems to be getting back on its old Miramax track slowly but surely...
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