Sundance 2007 preview: Premieres

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January 18 to 28, 2007
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This year’s premiere selections give a couple of hot titles for the buyer’s market, satisfies a pair of indie distributors in Paramount Vantage and Lionsgate and rolls out the carpet for actor and director Sundance alumni. Paramount Vantage will showcase Craig Brewer’s Black Snake Moan and Mike White’s Year of the Dog while Lionsgate gets to showcase their Toronto film festival pick up in Sarah Polley’s Away From Her and the spring release of Marco Kreuzpaintner’s Trade. After the successful money maker of The Illusionist, the Yari Film Group might want to keep Rod Lurie’s Resurrecting the Champ for their own.

Bidding wars should break out for Tommy O'Haver’s An American Crime, Jarrett Schaefer’s Chapter 27, Jake Paltrow’s debut The Good Night, Mike Cahill’s King of California , The Nines by first-timer John August and Killer Films’ The Savages by Tamara Jenkins.

Imports from abroad include aussie Cherie Nowlan’s Clubland – , Spain’s Summer Rain by Antonio Banderas and from the U.K we get Tom Hooper’s Longford and Garth Jennings’ Son of Rambow.

As announced a couple of weeks back, commencing with the opening film announced last week Brett Morgen’s Chicago 10 and the HBO drama from Nelson George called Life Support will close the fest.

An American Crime – Tommy O'Haver
Away From Her – Sarah Polley
Black Snake Moan –
Chapter 27 – Jarrett Schaefer
Chicago 10 – Brett Morgen
Clubland – Cherie Nowlan
The Good Night – Jake Paltrow
King of California – Mike Cahill
Life Support – Nelson George
Longford – Tom Hooper
The Nines – John August
Resurrecting the Champ – Rod Lurie
The Savages – Tamara Jenkins
Son of Rambow – Garth Jennings
Summer Rain – Antonio Banderas
Trade – Marco Kreuzpaintner
Year of the Dog – Mike White