Phillip Morris leaves Sundance without a distributor!
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 10:29 pm
Many of the unsold movies have found a distributor. A handful of high-profile films that entered and left Sundance Film Festival was "I Love You Phillip Morris.
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Also still on the table were “I Love You Phillip Morris,” a gay-themed loved story with Jim Carrey.
“Spread,” which featured Ashton Kutcher as a gigolo, was considered a hot title, but it did not sell until late Friday, for about $3.5 million, to Anchor Bay Entertainment.
Some of the unsold films will eventually find distributors for prices lower than sellers would like. Others will wind up making their debuts on cable television rather than in theaters. Still others may ultimately land, as did “Humpday,” on video-on-demand services, which are beginning to transform the independent film market.
Full article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/26/busin ... ce.html?hp
Text from an article:
Also still on the table were “I Love You Phillip Morris,” a gay-themed loved story with Jim Carrey.
“Spread,” which featured Ashton Kutcher as a gigolo, was considered a hot title, but it did not sell until late Friday, for about $3.5 million, to Anchor Bay Entertainment.
Some of the unsold films will eventually find distributors for prices lower than sellers would like. Others will wind up making their debuts on cable television rather than in theaters. Still others may ultimately land, as did “Humpday,” on video-on-demand services, which are beginning to transform the independent film market.
Full article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/26/busin ... ce.html?hp