Sundance: Baghead and Wackness Bought by Sony Pictures Classics
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| Cinematical found this 1/27/2008 on www.firstshowing.net [flag] |
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Sundance Deal: Sony Classics Takes 'Wackness,' Bloggers Upset
Published 1/27/2008 by Peter Martin at Cinematical
... didn't like as much as everyone else did." indieWIRE posted a news item on Saturday evening that Sony Classics was in the process of closing a deal for North American rights to the film. Anne Thompson at Variety confirmed that the deal closed, and also pointed to three sites that had issues with Sony Classics: Neil Miller (Film School Rejects), Peter Sciretta (Slashfilm) and Alex Billington (First Showing). Other writers have also weighed in: Edward Douglas ( ...
PARK CITY '08 | Sundance Buying Spree Stirs Talk; Sony Classics Adds "Baghead," "River," and "Wackness" to '08 Slate
Published 1/29/2008 by eug (eugene@indiewire.com) at indieWIRE: Biz
... For example, FirstShowing.net's Alex Billington enthused about "The Wackness" getting acquired, but then went onto write, "The bad news is that Sony Pictures Classics isn't the greatest movie studio to sell to." Echoing other opinionated bloggers on the web, including those at ...
