Cinetic Sundance Party is definitely where you want to be once you get there.
This year the brokers had Sony Pictures Classics’ number. While Fox Searchlight and Focus films paid the most for films (M for HAMLET 2, and M for CHOKE, respectively), SPC was the most active, snapping up three dramas this year: FROZEN RIVER (repped by William Morris Agency), BAGHEAD (repped by CAA), and THE WACKNESS (repped by Submarine Entertainment). So why are bloggers up in arms? Sony Pictures Classics has a horrific track record releasing and marketing Sundance films (JUNEBUG, LAYER CAKE, PERSEPOLIS), and it is expected that SPC will fumble these crowd favourites.
This side of Sundance has always received a lot of talk, but this year it seems to be receiving, mainly thanks to the efforts of bloggers, the kind of scrutiny that will help it mature in