Waitress is a movie you would like a lot, but you have no desire to see. The film first premiered at Sundance and was a huge hit. Fox Searchlight bought it (hint: they buy the good films - Napoleon Dynamite, Garden State and a small film called Little Miss Sunshine), and they've been holding tons…
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Andy Griffith (old Joe) tells Keri Russell her horoscope for the day. Fox Searchlight seems to have the Sundance purchase down. Last year they bought Little Miss Sunshine. Two years earlier, the studio picked up Garden State and Napoleon Dynamite. This year the studio went crazy and made four purchases: The Savages, Joshua, Once and…
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At the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, I watched over 30 movies. However fate kept me from seeing Adrienne Shelly's Waitress, but not without trying. It was one of the most talked about films at the festival. Fox Searchlight quickly acquired it for around $5 million. [quicktime width="480" height="275"]http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/trailers/waitress.mov[/quicktime] The official plot synopsis: The story of…
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