Local angles
When Sundance announced the 121 films on its festival slate, entertainment writers all over the country - and beyond - mobilized to find what we in the newspaper biz call "the local angle."
Some examples:
Some examples:
- The Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times wrote about the drama "Anywhere, U.S.A.," which was filmed in Asheville, and "Pretty Bird," the directorial debut of former Asheville resident Paul Schneider.
- The Times-Union of Warsaw, Ind., highlighted Nanette Burstein's documentary "American Teen," which follows the lives of students at Warsaw Community High School.
- The website WinnipegFirst.ca sings the praises of Kari Latimer, a musician from that Canadian city, for collaborating on the score of "Frozen River."
- The Idaho Statesman in Boise also wrote about "Frozen River," because Idaho filmmaker Heather Rae ("Trudell") is one of its producers.
- The Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville got in a mention of "The Year of Getting to Know Us," a comedy starring Jimmy Fallon that was filmed in Jacksonville.
- The Washington Post's business desk blogged about Ted Leonsis, owner of the NHL's Washington Capitals and a producer of the documentary "Kicking It," about players competing in the Homeless World Cup. (Leonsis' first film venture was "Nanking," which premiered at Sundance '07 and is on the Oscar short-list.)
- The Daily Star of Lebanon compiled a story about four Middle Eastern films on the Sundance slate: "Slingshot Hip-Hop," "Captain Abu Raed," "Under the Bombs" and "Recycle."
- And The New York Sun notes in this story that America's biggest small-town - New York - has ties to 17 films in competition at Sundance.
- Sean P. Means
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