Magnolia Pictures were first ones out of the gate at the Sundance film festival – picking up the North American theatrical rights to Crazy Love – a documentary film. Magnolia made some good coin with the Enron film a couple of years back.
Former publicity head Dan Klores’ doc is about the troubling true story of an obsessive relationship between a married man and a beautiful, single 20-year-old woman that started in 1957 and continues. Pugach, a lawyer and playboy in the 1950's, courted Riss, but she eventually spurned him. Pugach then hired a man to throw acid in Riss' face. Riss was blinded in the attack. Pugach served time in prison for the incident, but in an odd twist, Riss married him after he got out of prison, and the couple has remained wed for decades. Their story has been a source of intrigue for New York tabloids on and off over the years.
This is Klores’ third film and also happens to be the third Sundance showcase for the director – his previous entires were “Ring of Fire” and “The Boys of 2nd Street Park”.
