No distributor has historically had a stronger presence at the Telluride Film Festival than Sony Pictures Classics. Fest hondos usually tell people that they program between 24 and 30 feature films each year. For the last ten years, SPC has averaged 4.6 films per festival...or somewhere in the neighborhood of 18% of the T-ride slate each year comes from the SPC stable.
Here's what SPC has shown in Telluride in the last 11 years :
2013: The Invisible Woman, The Lunchbox, The Past, Tim's Vermeer and Jodorowsky's Dune.
2012: The Gatekeepers, At Any Price, Rust and Bone, No, Wadjda, Amour
2011: A Dangerous Method, In Darkness, Footnote, A Separation
2010: Incendies, Of Gods and Men, Tamara Drewe, Another Year, The Illusionist, Inside Job
2009: The Last Station, The White Ribbon, Coco Before Chanel, A Prophet, An Education
2008: Waltz with Bashir, I've Loved You So Long, O'Horten
2007: Brick Lane, When Did You Last See Your Father, Persepolis, The Band's Visit, The Counterfeiters
2006: Jindabyne, The Lives of Others, Volver, The Italian
2005: Breakfast on Pluto, Capote, Cache, The Child
2004: Being Julia, House of Flying Daggers, Bad Education, Merchant of Venice, Up and Down, Yes
2003: The Fog of War, My Life Without Me, The Triplets of Belleville, Young Adam
Here are SPC's films listed by IMDb as of today:
"Leviathan"
"Jimmy's Hall"
"The Salt of the Earth"
"Foxcatcher"
"Wild Tales"
"Saint Laurent"
"Coming Home"
"Red Army"
"Mr. Turner"
"Aloft"
Six of these films were listed on last week's first "Ten Bets" list. (Those six are: "Leviathan", "The Salt of the Earth", "Foxcatcher", "Coming Home", "Red Army" and "Mr. Turner"). At this point the other four: "Jimmy's Hall", "Wild Tales", "Saint Laurent" and "Aloft" are less likely to my way of thinking, but none of these ten are impossible for TFF.
Regardless of which SPC films make the TFF #41 lineup, you can count on the distributor to be well represented again especially in light of SPC co-president's comments about the Telluride/Toronto dynamic.
THE PLAYLIST SEEKS FALL FEST CLARITY
IndieWire blog The Playlist posted "The Fall Festival 50: Our Wish list for the Venice, Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals" yesterday and there is a LOT to digest from the lengthy list of films (which actually edges over the 50 mark when "other possibilities" are included.
The Playlist specifically mentions Telluride in connection with six films: "Unbroken", "While We're Young", "Men, Women and Children", "99 Homes", "True Story" and "Kill the Messenger". Of that list, I'd agree on the Noah Baumbach "While We're Young". All of the others have "issues" that may work against their inclusion. I would love to see "Unbroken" make the trip to the San Juans though.
Four films that I think have some Telluride potential are listed in the article without any specific guess as to where they might end up: "Carol", "Suite Francais", "A Most Violent Year" and "Queen of the Desert"...though, if "Queen" is ready and doesn't play Telluride, I'll be stunned.
The post also suggests that Jon Stewart's "Rosewater" seems to be lock for Toronto and unlikely for Telluride. It also says "The Imitation Game" is likely for TIFF and though they don't specifically rule out Telluride, an early slot for the Benedict Cumberbatch starrer at TIFF would close the door. Finally, the Playlist Staff suggests that both Alejandro Inarritu's "Birdman" and Paul Thomas Anderson's "Inherent Vice" are probably headed to Venice which doesn't preclude a Telluride play. As regular readers of this space know, I'm high on "Birdman's" chances and less bullish on "Vice".
The whole Playlist post is here:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/the-fall-festival-50-our-wishlist-for-the-venice-telluride-and-toronto-film-festivals-20140630
FOXCATCHER POSTER FEATURES TATUM
It was all over the Twitterverse yesterday. A new poster for Bennett Miller's "Foxcatcher" (#6 on last week's "Ten Bets" list) featuring Channing Tatum. You see it above. Below are a smattering of the posts from various sources with the poster from yesterday.
Awards Daily:
http://www.awardsdaily.com/blog/new-foxcatcher-poster-puts-channing-tatum-out-front/
Rope of Silicon:
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/channing-tatum-stares-us-first-domestic-foxcatcher-poster/
People:
http://www.people.com/article/channing-tatum-foxcatcher-trailer-photo-steve-carell-mark-ruffalo-oscar-buzz?
IndieWire:
http://www.indiewire.com/article/youll-take-channing-tatum-seriously-in-this-teaser-poster-for-oscar-bait-foxcatcher-20140630
The Playlist:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/channing-tatum-stares-you-down-in-first-poster-for-bennett-millers-foxcatcher-20140630
Regardless of which SPC films make the TFF #41 lineup, you can count on the distributor to be well represented again especially in light of SPC co-president's comments about the Telluride/Toronto dynamic.
THE PLAYLIST SEEKS FALL FEST CLARITY
IndieWire blog The Playlist posted "The Fall Festival 50: Our Wish list for the Venice, Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals" yesterday and there is a LOT to digest from the lengthy list of films (which actually edges over the 50 mark when "other possibilities" are included.
The Playlist specifically mentions Telluride in connection with six films: "Unbroken", "While We're Young", "Men, Women and Children", "99 Homes", "True Story" and "Kill the Messenger". Of that list, I'd agree on the Noah Baumbach "While We're Young". All of the others have "issues" that may work against their inclusion. I would love to see "Unbroken" make the trip to the San Juans though.
Four films that I think have some Telluride potential are listed in the article without any specific guess as to where they might end up: "Carol", "Suite Francais", "A Most Violent Year" and "Queen of the Desert"...though, if "Queen" is ready and doesn't play Telluride, I'll be stunned.
The post also suggests that Jon Stewart's "Rosewater" seems to be lock for Toronto and unlikely for Telluride. It also says "The Imitation Game" is likely for TIFF and though they don't specifically rule out Telluride, an early slot for the Benedict Cumberbatch starrer at TIFF would close the door. Finally, the Playlist Staff suggests that both Alejandro Inarritu's "Birdman" and Paul Thomas Anderson's "Inherent Vice" are probably headed to Venice which doesn't preclude a Telluride play. As regular readers of this space know, I'm high on "Birdman's" chances and less bullish on "Vice".
The whole Playlist post is here:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/the-fall-festival-50-our-wishlist-for-the-venice-telluride-and-toronto-film-festivals-20140630
FOXCATCHER POSTER FEATURES TATUM
It was all over the Twitterverse yesterday. A new poster for Bennett Miller's "Foxcatcher" (#6 on last week's "Ten Bets" list) featuring Channing Tatum. You see it above. Below are a smattering of the posts from various sources with the poster from yesterday.
Awards Daily:
http://www.awardsdaily.com/blog/new-foxcatcher-poster-puts-channing-tatum-out-front/
Rope of Silicon:
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/channing-tatum-stares-us-first-domestic-foxcatcher-poster/
People:
http://www.people.com/article/channing-tatum-foxcatcher-trailer-photo-steve-carell-mark-ruffalo-oscar-buzz?
IndieWire:
http://www.indiewire.com/article/youll-take-channing-tatum-seriously-in-this-teaser-poster-for-oscar-bait-foxcatcher-20140630
The Playlist:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/channing-tatum-stares-you-down-in-first-poster-for-bennett-millers-foxcatcher-20140630
TICKET NEWS
If you haven't got your TFF #41 tickets...you're out of luck. The festival announced late last week that all passes are sold out. The only way in now is through sponsorship or as a guest. If you're set to be a guest...drop me a line.
More tomorrow...
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If you haven't got your TFF #41 tickets...you're out of luck. The festival announced late last week that all passes are sold out. The only way in now is through sponsorship or as a guest. If you're set to be a guest...drop me a line.
More tomorrow...
Follow/Like Michael's Telluride Film Blog on Facebook and Twitter (@Gort2)
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