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| TITLE | Lay the Favorite |
| LOGLINE | A dramedy centered on a thirtysomething woman who becomes involved with a group of geeky fiftyish men who have found a way to work the sportsbook system in Las Vegas to their advantage. |
| PROGRAMMER QUOTES | A true story. “Funny, accessible” |
| GARDNER SAYS | Number 1!
No, not because it has the highest Producer to Twitter ratio, because Frears is a f**ing amazing director in charge of a wonderful cast. Plus Laura Prepon and Zeta-Jones are smoking hot and hanging with “geeky fiftyish men.” |
| DIRECTOR | Stephen Frears |
| SCREENWRITERS | D.V. DeVincentis, Beth Raymer (memoir) |
| PRODUCERS | EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Agnes Mentre, Richard Jackson, Curtis Jackson, Brand Andersen, Brandon Grimes PRODUCERS Anthony Bregman, Randall Emmett, George Furla, D.V. DeVincentis, Paul Trijbits |
| CAST | Rebecca Hall, Bruce Willis, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joshua Jackson, Laura Prepon |
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Lay the Favorite (2012)Cast: Bruce Willis, Laura Prepon, Catherine Zeta-Jones Director: Stephen Frears Genre: comedy
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[02] Nobody Walks
Film, Got a Ticket!!!, US Dramatic
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Jan 132012
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| TITLE | Nobody Walks |
| LOGLINE | A family takes in a young artist into their home awakening suppressed impulses in everyone and forcing them to confront their own fears and desires. |
| PROGRAMMER QUOTES | “Smart, rigorously composed, filled with sexual intensity.” |
| GARDNER SAYS | Looks intense. I fear I will be expecting Krasinski to spout “That’s what she said.” |
| DIRECTOR | Ry Russo-Young |
| SCREENWRITERS | Lena Dunham, Ry Russo-Young |
| PRODUCERS | EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Audrey Wilf, Zygi Wilf PRODUCERS Jonathan Schwartz, Andrea Sperling, Alicia Van Couvering COPRODUCER Warren Fisher |
| CAST | John Krasinski, Olivia Thirlby, Rosemarie DeWitt, Justin Kirk, India Ennenga, Dylan McDermott |
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Nobody Walks (2012)Cast: Jane Levy, John Krasinski, Olivia Thirlby Director: Ry Russo-Young Genre: drama
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[03] Wish You Were Here
Film, Sundance, World Dramatic
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Jan 122012
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| TITLE | Wish You Were Here [Twitter] |
| SYNOPSIS | Four friends lose themselves in a carefree South-East Asian holiday. Only three come back. Dave and Alice return home to their young family desperate for answers about Jeremy’s mysterious disappearance. When Alice’s sister Steph returns not long after, a nasty secret is revealed about the night her boyfriend went missing. But it is only the first of many. Who amongst them knows what happened on that fateful night when they were dancing under a full moon in Cambodia? |
| PROGRAMMER QUOTES | ”Polished, fast moving, thriller-esque” |
| GARDNER SAYS | Lots of flash forwards and backwards, loved the trailer. |
| DIRECTOR | Kieran Darcy-Smith |
| SCREENWRITERS | Kieran Darcy-Smith, Felicity Price |
| PRODUCERS | Angie Fielder |
| CAST | Joel Edgerton, Teresa Palmer, Felicity Price, Antony Starr |
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Wish You Were Here (2012)Cast: Felicity Price, Joel Edgerton, Teresa Palmer Director: Kieran Darcy-Smith Genre: mystery, drama
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Jan 122012
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| TITLE | Bachelorette |
| LOGLINE | Three friends are asked to be bridesmaids at a wedding of a woman they used to ridicule back in high school. |
| PROGRAMMER QUOTES | “Outrageous comedy” “Insanity ensues.” “Ballsy performance by Kirsten Dunst.” |
| GARDNER SAYS | Doubt it will get an Oscar, but I like almost everyone involved in this one. |
| DIRECTOR | Leslye Headland |
| SCREENWRITER | Leslye Headland |
| PRODUCERS | EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Chris Henchy, Paul Prokop PRODUCERS Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Jessica Elbaum, Brice Dal Farra, Claude Dal Farra, Lauren Munsch |
| CAST | Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan, James Marsden, Adam Scott, Kyle Bornheimer |
| IMDB | [http://www.imdb.com/title/nm2853516/] |
Jan 092012
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| TITLE | Safety Not Guaranteed [Twitter] |
| SYNOPSIS | Two magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel. |
| PROGRAMMER QUOTES | Funny romcom, Aubrey Plaza hilarious. |
| GARDNER SAYS | Based on an actual classified ad/internet meme. Gotta see this one. Another Duplass production. And they win for most Twitter accounts. |
| DIRECTOR | Colin Trevorrow |
| SCREENWRITER | Derek Connolly |
| PRODUCERS | EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass, John Hodges, Michael B. Clark PRODUCERS Marc Turtletaub, Peter Saraf, Stephanie Langhoff, Colin Trevorrow , Derek Connolly COPRODUCER Lacey Leavitt |
| CAST | Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson, Karan Soni, Kristen Bell |
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Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)Cast: Kristen Bell, Jake M. Johnson, Aubrey Plaza Director: Colin Trevorrow Genre: comedy
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[11] The Ambassador
Film, Sundance, Want a Ticket!, World Documentary
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Jan 082012
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| TITLE | The Ambassador |
| SYNOPSIS | Mads Brügger buys a Liberian diplomatic passport from an online broker for $150,000, then sets up a match stick factory run by pygmies in the Central African Republic to cover up his diamond smuggling intentions. |
| PROGRAMMER QUOTES | It portrays the “hypocrisy of the world diplomatic core and the rape of Africa by the West.”"In on the joke so not too heavy” |
| GARDNER SAYS | My top rated documentary. I really want to see it. |
| DIRECTOR | Mads Brügger |
| SCREENWRITER | Maja Jul Larsen |
| PRODUCERS | EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Peter Garde PRODUCERS Peter Engel, Carsten Holst ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Julie Elmquist E. Neergaard |
| CAST | This is not the Wil Arnett Dreamworks project, BTW. |
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[12] GOATS
Film, Premier, Sundance, Want a Ticket!
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Jan 072012
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| TITLE | GOATS |
| SYNOPSIS | Fifteen-year-old Ellis is getting ready to leave his luxurious but unconvetional home in the foothills of Tucson for his freshman year at Gates Academy, an East Coast prep school. This means leaving behind Wendy, his flaky, new age mother and the only real father he has ever known, Goat Man. |
| PROGRAMMER QUOTES | ** |
| GARDNER SAYS | I am fond of this cast. I also am in the middle of a Californication Netflix marathon, so maybe that bumped this one up a little.
Sadly it’s not playing while I am there. |
| DIRECTOR | Christopher Neil |
| SCREENWRITER | Mark Jude Poirier, based on his novel |
| PRODUCERS | EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Daniel Crown, Riva Marker, Richard Arlook PRODUCERS Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Eric Kopeloff, Shannon Lail |
| CAST | Graham Phillips, David Duchovny, Vera Farmiga, Ty Burrell, Justin Kirk, Keri Russell |
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Goats (2012)Cast: Vera Farmiga, David Duchovny, Ty Burrell Director: Christopher Neil Genre: comedy
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[13] Price Check
Film, Premier, Sundance, Want a Ticket!
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Jan 062012
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| Title | PRICE CHECK |
| Synopsis | Pete Cozy is having trouble resolving a happy marriage and family life with rising debt and a job he hates. When his new boss, Susan, a human dynamo, shows up, Pete is pulled into the maelstrom that is her life and made to work harder than he ever has before. Suddenly, money and opportunities come his way, but at what price? |
| Programmer Quotes | “Great role for Posey” “Don’t miss it” |
| Gardner says: | Hope I get to see this one. |
| Director | Michael Walker |
| Screenwriters | Michael Walker |
| Producer | Dolly Hall |
| Cast | Parker Posey, Eric Mabius, Annie Parisse, Josh Pais, Cheyenne Jackson, Edward Herrmann, Amy Schumer |
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[14] Filly Brown
Film, Sundance, US Dramatic, Want a Ticket!
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Jan 062012
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| Title | FILLY BROWN |
| Synopsis | Maria Jose ‘Majo’ Tonorio is a tough LA street poet who spits from the heart. After meeting a talented DJ she cuts her first demo under the guidance of a small time hustler more interested in promoting Majo’s sexuality than her lyrics. Soon a major label and its strong-arm executive come calling. Convinced that a record deal will deliver much needed money for the family, Majo is suddenly faced with some stark choices. Does she accept the deal and turn her back on the friends who got her to the precipice of success or does she let a golden opportunity slip away |
| Programmer Quotes | “See it.” |
| Gardner says: | I put three stars next to this film because a number of the programmers mentioned it. I didn’t get a lot of other notes. Good cast, good story. (And I appreciate that Youssef uses InkTip)
It’s got to be interesting dieting your dad. |
| Director | Youssef Delara, Michael D. Olmos |
| Screenwriters | Youssef Delara |
| Producer | EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Edward James Olmos, Kevin Smith, Homa Sorror PRODUCERS Victor Teran, Amir Delara, Mico Olmos, Edward “E-dub” Rios, Khool-Aid Rios |
| Cast | Gina Rodriguez, Jenni Rivera, Lou Diamond Phillips, Edward James Olmos, Emilio Rivera, Joseph Julian Soria |
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Filly Brown (2012)Cast: Resmine Atis, Baby Bash, David Bianchi Director: Michael D. Olmos, Youssef Delara Genre: drama
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[16] Hello I Must Be Going
Film, US Dramatic, Want a Ticket!
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Jan 052012
| Title | Hello I Must Be Going |
| Synopsis | Divorced and demoralized Amy Minsky’s prospects look bleak when she is condemned to move back in with her parents at the age of 35. Everyone wants to help, but, as her patience level with advice is plummeting, a bold teenage boy enters her life, igniting her last bit of self-esteem. What ensues is an unconventional love story infused with all the good things Amy needs to get on in life, and that just may include great sex. |
| Programmer Quotes | “Rediscovers he lust for life.”"Will launch Melanie Lynskey’s career… remarkable performance.” |
| Gardner says: | This is the first film I am going to try to get a ticket for only list. Sounds great. |
| Director | Todd Louiso |
| Screenwriters | Sarah Koskoff |
| Producer | Mary Jane Skalski, Hans Ritter |
| Cast | Melanie Lynskey, Blythe Danner, Christopher Abbott, John Rubinstein, Julie White, Dan Futterman |
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Hello I Must Be Going (2012)Cast: Melanie Lynskey, Blythe Danner, John Rubinstein Director: Todd Louiso Genre: comedy
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