The Sundance Film Festival is here! From January 15-25, the hottest new films with the hottest new (and familiar) stars and directors are converging in Salt Lake City (and Park City) to show their latest movies. It is a HOT ticket each year and this year is no different...
Want to know what films might be up for Academy Awards next year...just pay attention to the Sundance Film Festival. Don't believe us? Check out this list of all-time greats shown at Sundance: How about..."Falcon and the Snowman" (early Sean Penn great)..."Hannah and Her Sisters" (Woody Allen Oscar-winner)..."River's Edge"...."Hoosiers"..."Sex, lies and videotape"..."Reservoir Dogs" (Quentin Tarantino at his most demented), "Four Weddings and a Funeral"..."Shine"..."The Blair Witch Project"..."Napoleon Dynamite"..."Little Miss Sunshine"....
And how about these epic documentaries that have been shown at Sundance..."Roger and Me" (Michael Moore's first), "Super Size Me" (watch this and you'll never go to MacDonald's again)..."March of the Penguins"..."An Inconvenient Truth"...."Man on Wire" (from Sundance 2008...definitely rent this!)...
Well, we invite you to check out all the action at the Official Sundance Web Site...by clicking here.
So, new movies and great art of wonderful and all that...but we Americans love our celebrities and gossip...Who has been seen in town this week? Here is a short list...Robin Williams, Jim Carey, Chris Rock, Nia Long, Anthony Kiedis (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Ewan McGregor, Spike Lee, Jeff Daniels, Amy Poehler, Don Cheadle, Wesley Snipes, Kevin Spacey, Paris Hilton, Uma Thurman....the list goes on and on...However we can't forget to mention Robert Redford...the "Godfather" of the film festival....and, of course, we can always play 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon here as well....(Here is Kevin with his wife and one of our favorites, Kyra Sedgwick from "The Closer")
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