Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson, who co-star as a married couple in Tucci's festival entry, "Blind Date," have a lot in common. Both were regulars in "Murder One," the short-lived '90s crime drama. Both have had long film careers in supporting roles. And both have fond memories of Sundance.
For Tucci it was when his film, "Big Night," about two brothers who open an Italian restaurant, premiered to raves at the festival in 1996. "That was a big thrill for me," he said at a pre-"Blind Date" party Friday. "It's very exciting to have your movie received so well."
This year Tucci and his wife, Kate, arrived at Sundance a week early to tackle Park City's slopes. For him, the timing was perfect.
"It snowed like six feet in two days," he said. "There's been something magical about it."
Clarkson's most memorable Sundance was 2003, when her little-known film, "The Station Agent," won the festival's Dramatic Audience Award. "They went crazy," Clarkson said Friday of the crowd at that film's first screening. "We were completely caught off guard."
Clarkson, who appeared in four Sundance films that year, is in only two this time around. And she's just fine with that.
"Two is the perfect amount," she said. "One is too much pressure."
-- Brandon Griggs