Miramax Fate Dominates Talk at Sundance Film Fest
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PARK CITY, Utah  - As independent filmmakers  descended on the Sundance Film Festival on Thursday, chatter  over the fate of Miramax Films and its combative co-chief  executives, Bob and Harvey Weinstein, rivaled the buzz over the  gathering's movies and stars.
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Sundance will bring a  reliable cast of characters when it opens Thursday. Actor Sam  Rockwell will hobnob at the Riverhorse restaurant in Park City.  Festival chief Robert Redford will endorse indie film at the  Eccles theater. Dealmaker John Sloss will manage wee-hour buyer  visits to his condo.
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The war in Iraq is a strong theme at the Sundance Film Festival for the second year running.
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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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PARK CITY, Utah  - Poised to leave the studio they  founded, brothers Bob and Harvey Weinstein bathed in the Oscar  spotlight again on Tuesday as Miramax drew some of the year's  most coveted Academy Award nominations.
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LOS ANGELES  - 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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Movie executives decamp to the Sundance Film Festival in Utah to search for the next independent hits.
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The Sundance Film Festivalâs opening weekend drew to a close looking more and more like a disappointment, if not an outright dud.
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Made on a measly budget ($130,000 US), this bare-bones thriller with no stars and little in the way of Hollywood-style shocks took a big bite out of audiences at January&#39;s Sundance Film Festival  and for good reason.
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Miramax may be a smaller and calmer organization under Daniel Battsek, but the studio has nonetheless remained in the thick of the awards race.
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PARK CITY, Utah  - When Amin Matalqa made his first feature film in his native Jordan, he got some local attention, but when his "Captain Abu Raed" earned a spot at the Sundance Film Festival, the director saw his ticket into U.S. movie theaters.
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The Sundance Film Festival on  Tuesday named dozens of films featuring stars from Sandra  Bullock to "007" Pierce Brosnan that will premiere in January  at what has become the leading U.S. showplace for independent  movies.
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PARK CITY, Utah  - The curtain rose on the Sundance Film Festival Thursday night with a spotlight on what founder Robert Redford called a new generation of filmmakers typified by Martin McDonagh and his opening film "In Bruges."
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Several small acquisitions  kicked off the Sundance Film Festival on Thursday.
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The Sundance Film Festival on Tuesday named dozens of films featuring stars from Sandra Bullock to &quot;007&quot; Pierce Brosnan that will premiere in January at what has
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PARK CITY  - Several small acquisitions kicked off the Sundance Film Festival on Thursday.
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After a huge buildup about the commercial prospects of this yearâs Sundance, buyers have their hands jammed deep into their coats.