No blockbuster sales at this year's Toronto film festival – The Canadian Press

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September 12, 2007 8:10 pm
By: tiffreviews

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The Canadian Press, TORONTO - Despite all the hullabaloo about Reese and Jake and that paparazzi hybrid they call Brangelina, the Toronto International Film Festival is much more than a celebrity hotspot – it’s also where Hollywood distributors score movie acquisitions. But this year, finding that blockbuster film has proven harder than many expected. Hollywood distributors have picked up the rights to several smaller films but haven’t brought out the big guns in the bidding wars that Toronto has become known for in the past. The festival was the selling grounds in recent years for movies like “Crash” and “Thank You for Smoking,” both of which went on to score considerable box-office receipts and several Oscar nominations. Lionsgate snapped up “Crash” for an estimated US$3.3 million in 2004. The film grossed more than $50 million and won the Oscar for best picture… [Full Story] Related Articles • Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn celebrates past and present at Toronto … - The Canadian Press [View all 11 related]

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