Stanley Tucci ("Big Night," "The Devil Wears Prada") and Patricia Clarkson ("The Station Agent," "Far From Heaven") were the guests of honor at a Park City reception Friday evening sponsored by the St. Regis luxury resort opening at Deer Valley in early 2009. Guests sipped $150-per-bottle cabernet, courtesy of co-sponsor Staglin Family Vineyards of Napa Valley, Calif., and checked out a swag lounge filled with designer boots.
The reception also served as a pre-screening party for Friday night's premiere of "Blind Date," which stars Tucci and Clarkson as a married couple who go on a series of role-playing "blind dates" with each other to help them reconnect after the death of their daughter.
"To explore grief through identity -- I found that fascinating," said Tucci, who also directed. Asked about the challenge of playing several roles-within-a-role, Tucci said, "It's an actor's dream, and an actor's nightmare."
The film is the second in an unlinked trilogy of remakes of movies by the late Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh, great-nephew of the famous painter, who was slain in 2004. The first film in the trilogy, Steve Buscemi's "Interview," played at Sundance last year; the third film, John Turturro's "1-900," about a couple who meet on a phone sex line, will begin shooting later this year. Maybe we'll see it at Sundance 2009.
--Brandon Griggs