THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY
Today marks the fourth day to continue our examination of production/distribution film firms that have or may have a Telluride connection in the past and one for 2012. Today's company du jour is The Weinstein Company.
TWC usually plays Telluride, but it often does so with two characteristics being true. First, they don't normally have many films there and second, the films they do have are almost always serious awards contenders by the end of the year and it's very clear that the Weinstein people (meaning head guy Harvey Weinstein) carefully calibrates choices in terms of what they wish to unveil during the Labor Day festival.
Here's the TWC Telluride history as a distributor/producer:
2011: The Artist (Best Pic winner), Butter
2010: The King's Speech (Best Pic winner)
2009: The Road
2007: I'm Not There, My Enemy's Enemy
So, as you can see, one or two films per year with the last two years being part of the path that TWC used on the way to winning the Best Picture Oscar.
So what does TWC bring to Telluride in 2012? Their shelves are stocked full...so many potential Telluride releases. I have a feeling that this is the year that there are more than two TWC films on the TFF #39 program...
Here are the most likely/intriguing possibilities that TWC has slated for a 2012 release that fit Telluride's window:
Dustin Hoffman's "Quartet"
Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained"
Kar Wai Wong's "The Grandmasters"
Regis Roinsard's "Populaire"
David O. Russell's "The Silver Linings Playbook" (see trailer below)
Paul Andrew Williams "Song for Marion"
Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master"
Andrew Dominick's "Killing Them Softly"
Wayne Blair's "The Sapphires"
John Hillcoat's "Lawless" is set for an Aug. 29th release date...so no Telluride for what was once called "The Wettest County in the World".
Currently I only have "Song for Marion" listed on this week's "Ten Bets" list but I think ANY of the films listed above are possible T-ride choices.
If forced to handicap the field I'd suggest that the most likely are "The Sapphires", "The Silver Linings Playbook" and, yes, I'm going to say it..."The Master".
Mid-level possibilities: "Killing Them Softly" and "Populaire"
Least Likely: "The Grandmasters", "Quartet" and "Django Unchained".
TWC's IMDb page: http://www.imdb.com/company/co0150452/
Keep your eyes open and your fingers crossed!
SILVER LININGS AND SESSIONS TRAILERS
Trailers broke online yesterday for "The Silver Linings Playbook" and "Sessions"...my pet "please program this" project. For what its worth, I think "Silver Linings" looks better than expected and "Sessions" looks like the film that Sundance on fire (along with "Beasts of the Southern Wild"). Here they are via YouTube:
Silver Linings:
Sessions:
FirstShowing.net had posts up yesterday about both films' trilaers (and "Sessions" poster as well):
http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/bradley-cooper-jennifer-lawrence-in-silver-linings-playbook-trailer/
http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/john-hawkes-stars-in-first-trailer-for-sundance-hit-the-sessions/
Silver Lining's IMDb page: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1045658/
The Sessions IMDb page: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1866249/
COMING ATTRACTIONS
Each Friday this summer, I'm trying to highlight an announced film project that has at least some chance to play at TFF #40 (or 41). Today's addition to that list is "August:Osage County" set to star Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts. Directed by John Wells. George Clooney and Grant Heslov signed n as producers last week and The Weinstein Company is on board to distribute. It's based on Tracy Lett's Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway stage hit.
August's IMDb page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1322269/
Here are a series of links concerning the early developments surrounding "August: Osage County":
The Wrap: http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/meryl-streep-julia-roberts-star-august-osage-county-35446
http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/george-clooney-grant-heslov-produce-august-osage-county-44631
The Hollywood Reporter: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/george-clooney-grant-heslov-august-osage-county-338804
HitFix: http://www.hitfix.com/news/george-clooney-teams-with-julia-roberts-meryl-streep-for-august-osage-county
More later...
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