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Weinstein & First Look Dedicated to Theroux debut

The Weinstein Company came to Sundance this year and don’t mind sharing a piece of the pie – just as long as they eat with the same fork….

Eric Lavallée

Published on January 24, 2007

The Weinstein Company came to Sundance this year and don’t mind sharing a piece of the pie – just as long as they eat with the same fork. Partnering with First Look Studios, the romantic comedy by actor and first time director Justin Theroux (David Lynch films). Worldwide rights were bought for $4 million.

Dedication concerns a misogynistic children's book writer (Crudup) who is forced to collaborate with a young female illustrator (Moore) when his writing partner and only friend dies. Farrow will play the domineering mother of Moore's character, Balaban the book's publisher.

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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).