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2012 Sundance Predictions: Alan and Gabe Polsky’s The Motel Life

Producers Alan and Gabe Polsky switched hats in 2011 and directed their first feature film – an adaptation of a chilly novel with a cast that includes Dakota Fanning, Stephen Dorff, Emile Hirsch, Kris Kristofferson and Park City regular Joshua Leonard. Having filmed earlier in the year (see outdoor winter set pic) The Motel Life should be ready to grab one of the Premiere screening slots. The Polsky’s were at the fest last year with Elgin James’ Little Birds.

Eric Lavallée

Published on November 10, 2011

#40. The Motel Life – Alan and Gabe Polsky

Producers Alan and Gabe Polsky switched hats in 2011 and directed their first feature film – an adaptation of a chilly novel with a cast that includes Dakota Fanning, Stephen Dorff, Emile Hirsch, Kris Kristofferson and Park City regular Joshua Leonard. Having filmed earlier in the year (see outdoor winter set pic) The Motel Life should be ready to grab one of the Premiere screening slots. The Polsky’s were at the fest last year with Elgin James’ Little Birds.

Gist: Based on the novel, this is about a pair of working-class brothers who flee their Reno Motel after getting involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident.

Producers: Polsky Bros. (Little Birds) and Ann Ruark (The Beaver)
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Eric Lavallée

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).