November 23, 2005
Sundance 2006 Title Peek
Jeffrey Wells exclusively reports first on 22 accepted Sundance films:
I have also reordered them into a Top Ten Buzz list and Others...
1. The Black Dahlia - Brian DePalma's period crime thriller with Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johanson, Hilary Swank, Aaron Eckhardt
2. Fur - Secretary director Steven Shainberg's Diane Arbus biopic with Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey, Jr., from Picturehouse
3. The Tiger and the Snow - Robert Benigni's movie on the love-struck Italian poet immersed in the American invasion of Iraq
4. Friends With Money - Lovely & Amazing director Nicole Holofcener's relationship drama with Jennifer Aniston, Frances McDormand, Scott Caan
5. The Passion of the Clerks - Kevin Smith's sequel to his Sundance legend with Brian O'Halloran, Jason Mewes, Jeff Anderson and Smith
6. Shortbus - Hedwig & The Angry Inch director John Cameron Mitchell's long awaited "X-rated" second film about several New Yorkers "exploring" each other during a power outage
7. The Aura - Nine Queens director Fabiane Bielinsky's film about a taxidermist involved in criminal intrigue
8. Art School Confidential - Ghost World director Terry Zwigoff's sardonic comedy about a young guy (Max Minghella) who enrolls in art school for curious fame-related reasons, with John Malkovich, Anjelica Huston, Jim Broadbent
9. Flakes - Heather director Michael Lehmann's quirky-behavior comedy with Aaron Stanford and Zooey Deschanel
10. Candy - Neil Armfield's relationship drama with red-hot Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish and Geoffrey Rush
11. Klimt - The last years of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt, with John Malkovich, Stephen Dillane and Saphron Burrows
Others... (which doesn't mean they won't supercede the "hotter" titles)
The Hawk is Dying - Julian Goldberger's Florida-set drama with Paul Giamatti and Michael Pitt
Awake - Joby Harold's Weinstein Company thriller with Hayden Christensen, Sigourney Weaver, Jessica Alban
0430 - A totally non-verbal Singapore-produced film from director-writer Royston Tan, about a friendship between an 11 year-old boy and a man in his 30s
Brother's Shadow - Todd Yellin's Brooklyn-set drama about a black-sheep type (Scott Cohen) trying to step into the shoes of his deceased older sibling
City of Sand and Stone - Nanda Anan's adventure piece about an American woman (Kelli Garner) unravelling some sort of mystery in India, with Justin Theroux and Frank Langella
Fast Track - A Weinstein Co. comedy from director Jesse Peretz, with Jason Bateman, Amanda Peet, Paul Rudd and Mia Farrow
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints - Dito Montiel's New York-based drama with Chazz Palmintieri, Rosario Dawon, Robert Downey, Jr., and produced by Downey and Trudie Styler (i.e., Mrs. Sting)
Love Talk - Lee Yoon-Ki's Korean-American drama set in Los Angeles
Shut Up and Sing - Bruce Leddy's meditative comedy about an a capella singing group having a reunion;
What God Knows - Carlos Borado's Brazilian drama with Diego Luna and Alicia Braga
Stephanie Daley - Hilary Brougher's drama about infanticide with Tilda Swinton and Amber Tamblyn.
And I'll add this title - The Notorious Bettie Page - Marry Harron directs and co-writes (With Gunievere Turner) this cheeky biopic on the 50s pin-up legend, played to great acclaim by Gretchen Mol.
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