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TIFF 2010 Buyer’s Club: #16. Brad Anderson’s Vanishing on 7th Street
A good indication of how this film can perform is by looking at this weekend's Takers numbers - Christensen and the horror element are the film's selling points, plus Anderson has a small fan base and has seen all of his films get a release.
TIFF 2010 Buyer’s Club: #17. David M. Rosenthal’s Janie Jones
A lighter version of Coppola's Somewhere, the distributor who'll grab this item will be looking for heart warming, fuzzy reunion films between estranged father and young daughter.
TIFF 2010 Buyer’s Club: #18. John Carpenter’s The Ward
Legend filmmaker returns to the ring - old school formula of young girls trying to escape Psychiatric Hospital. Huge fan base already in place for horror maste, plus All the Boys Love Mandy Lane's Amber Heard toplines.
TIFF 2010 Buyer’s Club: #19. Steven Silver’s The Bang Bang Club
Suited for a distributor looking to grab the moviegoer segment who are inclined to read/watch the world news and would have paid to have seen Hotel Rwanda or The Devil Came on Horseback.
The Buyer’s Club: Top 20 Films for Sale at TIFF 2010
If you happen to be at a world premiere screening at the Toronto Int. Film Festival for a film that is going into the fest with available domestic rights, there is a distinct chance you might run into the VIPs of the acquisitions world: the Weinsteins, Focus' James Schamus, Fox Searchlight's Ray Strache, IFC's Arianna Bocco, SPC's Michael Barker & Tom Bernard, Magnolia Tom Quinn and Summit's Michael Schaefer.
