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Sundance Deals: Darwin Awards
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A few hours after leaving last night's press
screening of Finn Taylor's The Darwin Awards, my phone started blowing up with the news that the thing had
been bought. Rights were picked up by Bauer Martinez – the new kids on the block, who came out of relative
obscurity to pick up Harsh Times at Toronto – in a deal brokered sometime after the pic's Wednesday
night public premiere. Darwin has an all-star cast, including Winona Ryder, Joseph Fiennes, the late Chris
Penn, poet laureate Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Metallica as Metallica. The film, a takeoff on the website which
"awards" those unlucky enough to get themselves killed in idiotic ways, was shot on video in and around San
Francisco.
Variety had no financial details to report, but we'll pass them along as soon as we can.Sundance Deals: Netflix and Roadside get Puffy
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The last deal of Sundance 2005 was announced the
day we got to Park City for Sundance 2006. After a year-long tour of festivals worldwide, Mark and Jay Duplass have
scored a deal with Roadside Attractions and Netflix to release their relationship comedy,The Puffy Chair. As I understand
it, the deal is for both theatrical and DVD distribution, though not, as some are reporting simultaneously. Roadside
plans to put the film in theaters next summer with both their logo and Netflix' on the print. Netflix will promote the
release through their channels, but when the theatrical window closes and DVD distriubution begins, they'll not hold on
to exclusive rights. It's a pretty traditional deal, by the looks of it, which is sort of disappointing – the film is a cult classic waiting to be discovered, and seems like the perfect candidate for a Cuban-esque simultaneous release.
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