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2011 Sundance Predictions: Drake Doremus’ Like Crazy

Published on November 4, 2010

#23. Like Crazy – Drake Doremus

If you need any packing tips for a film festival in Park City, you may want to contact American Film Institute grad Drake Doremus. It could very well be a “three films in three years in Park City” banner year for Doremus — in 2009 he showed up with Spooner at Slamdance, this past January was the unveiling of Douchebag, and in 2011 chances are highly likely that’ll show up with his parka, mitts and Like Crazy. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, who the filmmaker probably ran into while at the fest promoting Winter’s Bone, Like Crazy went into production midday this year…so with a lightening speed work ethic, he could already be putting the final touches on the romantic drama that sees Lawrence in the lead opposite her The Beaver co-star Anton Yelchin.

Scripted by Doremus and Ben York Jones, this focuses on young college students who fall in love at first sight. They then go their separate ways for years, before a dramatic (and complicated) reunion. Felicity Jones also stars and Chris Messina has a bit role.

* Producer: Crispy Films’ Jonathan Schwartz (Funny Games U.S., The Way Back)
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).