SEARCHING FOR THE FOX IN 2014
I am continuing my series of looking at distributors and their connection to Telluride over the past few years as a way of examining the potential film choices for TFF #41, Today it's Fox Searchlight. Here's what we have seen from them art Telluride over the past decade:
2004: Kinsey
2005: Bee Season
2006: The Last King of Scotland, The Namesake
2007: Juno, The Savages
2008: Slumdog Millionaire
2009: ZIP
2010: Never Let Me Go, 127 Hours, Black Swan, Millions
2011: Shame, The Descendants
2012: ZIP
2013: 12 Years a Slave
14 films in ten years. The highwater mark coming in 2010 with 4 films on the SHOW list but '09 and '12 with no films at all. But when Fox Search plays, they usually light it up including two Best Picture winners that they had play T-ride including last year's "12 Years a Slave". Looking at their current lineup of films purportedly ready as per IMDb.com you'll find that they have three films that could show at the SHOW:
Inarritu's "Birdman", Vallee's "Wild" and Vinterberg's "Far from the Madding Crowd"...though it is still unlikely to be ready in time for Labor Day weekend. Meanwhile, if you read this space with much regularity, you know that I think the "Birdman" is very, very likely to make a Telluride play. That leaves "Wild" as a question mark. Currently, I'm not feeling it as a Telluride play (although star Reese Witherspoon won her Oscar for "Walk the Line" which played T-ride in 2005.
So, bottom line: Fox Searchlight plays "Birdman" as its solo entry for TFF #41.
MALICK'S KNIGHT MIGHT HAVE A DATE
Malcik and Christian Bale on the set of "Knight of Cups" via thefocuspull.com
Does Terrence Malick's "Knight of Cups" have a U.S. release date? Well, there's buzz that it could be but it's not exactly from publicists. thefilmstage.com reports that the film could get released in the U.S. in October. The story also suggests that Venice or Toronto might be the fest for the film. Venice seems right to me. Remember, though. that "Tree of Life" made a small appearance to select distributors at Telluride back in 2011.
Check thefilmstage.com story here:
http://thefilmstage.com/news/knight-of-cups-distributor-confirms-terrence-malicks-drama-will-hit-u-s-theaters-this-year/
MEYER'S NEW GIG
Gary Meyer photo via Eat, Drink, Film
A couple of weeks back, I reported that Gary Meyer's responsibilities ofr the Telluride Film festival had changed from that of co-director to what is described as Senior Curator. Meyer was said to be moving to put more focus on his Eat, Drink, Film website. We've seen that happen now as Meyer has a big post up over the weekend about Roger Ebert. Take a look at that here:
http://eatdrinkfilms.com/2014/07/02/roger-and-me-part-i/
More on Tuesday...
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