Sundance dealmaking turns cool, but "docs" are hot
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PARK CITY, Utah  - The Sundance Film Festival entered its second week on Monday amid a cooling market for buying films, while documentaries stole the spotlight and Hollywood insiders defended the indie spirit of star-filled movies like "What Just Happened?"
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Although the Sundance Film Festival doesn't begin until Jan. 20, Dimension Films has already snapped up rights to the low-budget Australian thriller "Wolf Creek," which will make its world premiere at the Park City, Utah event.
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With M&A fever hitting new highs, we ponder which deals will work out.
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Sundance entries are no longer low-budget wonders, but they have a chance to recoup cost and gain audiences online.
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The Sundance Film Festival opens on Thursday with quirky comedy "Happy Endings," but for 20,000 people heading to the top U.S. event for independent film, "Endings" is just the start of 10 days of packed screenings, star-gazing and parties.
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LOS ANGELES  - Magnolia Pictures, which  has shown a knack for distributing provocative documentaries,  has acquired North American rights to "Enron: The Smartest Guys  in the Room," which is set to make its world premiere at the  Sundance Film Festival later this month.
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PARK CITY, Utah  - "I.O.U.S.A." may not be the sexiest film at the Sundance Film Festival, but it could be the most timely as the documentary about deepening U.S. debt problems debuted in a week of tumbling financial markets and heightened fears of recession.
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PARK CITY, Utah  - The Sundance Film Festival  moved into its debut weekend on Saturday with long lines for  movies like "The Matador," starring Pierce Brosnan, as well as  for films that lacked big-name stars, such as "Brick" or "Lila  Says."
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LOS ANGELES - Geeks, sharks, lovable neurotics and a fast-food fiend have given the Sundance Film Festival one of its biggest years ever at theaters.    While none of the movies that came out of last January's festival approached the $140 million success of Sundance's all-time smash "The Blair Witch Project," the independent-film showcase has produced a string of mini-hits...
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As indie moviemakers  flock to the Rockies for the Sundance Film Festival, which  begins Thursday, an abundance of available films and potential  buyers is combining with Hollywood's labor unrest to fuel talk  of the most robust Sundance market in years.
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Alex Rivera's eye-opening film delivers a message at Sundance: As technology marches forward, the gulf between the haves and the have-nots will widen into an ugly abyss.
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Rumors of a merger make a Foolish investor look brilliant.
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A deal with an advertising agency shows TiVo making some fancy moves.
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A number of films have left the recently concluded Sundance Film Festival with distribution deals. For most movies, the fight continues.
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It's a known fact that the moment a film hits the bull's eye, everyone associated with the hit goes on a signing spree, accepting the best of offers that come their way.
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The unexpected windfall from DVD sales have become the wild card in HollywoodÂs negotiations with the Screen Actors Guild.
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Two crucial intermediaries and some diplomacy finally turned an icy standoff into the kind of hot-and-bothered bargaining in which Hollywood deals are forged.