Sundance 2014: Distribution Deals
by IMDb-Editors | created - 14 Jan 2014 | updated - 24 Jan 2014 | PublicWe're compiling an ongoing list of the films screening at Sundance 2014 that have closed distribution deals so far. Check back for updates over the course of the festival.
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1. Frank (II) (2014)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Jon, a young wanna-be musician, discovers he's bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank.
Director: Lenny Abrahamson | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Moira Brooker
Votes: 82,365 | Gross: $0.64M
Buyer: Magnolia
2. Love Is Strange (2014)
R | 94 min | Drama, Romance
After Ben and George get married, George is fired from his teaching post, forcing them to stay with friends separately while they sell their place and look for cheaper housing -- a situation that weighs heavily on all involved.
Director: Ira Sachs | Stars: John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, Marisa Tomei, Charlie Tahan
Votes: 13,301 | Gross: $2.25M
Buyer: Sony Pictures Classics
3. Cold in July (2014)
R | 109 min | Crime, Thriller
When a protective father meets a murderous ex-con, both need to deviate from the path they are on as they soon find themselves entangled in a downwards spiral of lies and violence while having to confront their own inner psyche.
Director: Jim Mickle | Stars: Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard, Don Johnson, Vinessa Shaw
Votes: 37,629 | Gross: $0.41M
Buyer: IFC Films
4. God's Pocket (2014)
R | 88 min | Crime, Drama
A blue collar worker tries to cover things up when his stepson is killed in a suspicious accident, but a local reporter senses that something's amiss.
Director: John Slattery | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christina Hendricks, Richard Jenkins, John Turturro
Votes: 12,400 | Gross: $0.10M
Buyer: IFC Films
5. The One I Love (2014)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A troubled couple vacate to a beautiful getaway, but bizarre circumstances further complicate their situation.
Director: Charlie McDowell | Stars: Mark Duplass, Elisabeth Moss, Ted Danson, Kiana Cason
Votes: 43,510 | Gross: $0.51M
Buyer: Radius-TWC
6. The Skeleton Twins (2014)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Having both coincidentally cheated death on the same day, estranged twins reunite with the possibility of mending their relationship.
Director: Craig Johnson | Stars: Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Luke Wilson, Ty Burrell
Votes: 44,851 | Gross: $5.28M
Buyers: Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions (US rights) and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (worldwide rights)
7. Calvary (2014)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After he is threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.
Director: John Michael McDonagh | Stars: Brendan Gleeson, Chris O'Dowd, Kelly Reilly, Aidan Gillen
Votes: 64,324 | Gross: $3.59M
Buyer: Fox Searchlight
8. Obvious Child (2014)
R | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A twenty-something comedienne's unplanned pregnancy forces her to confront the realities of independent womanhood for the first time.
Director: Gillian Robespierre | Stars: Jenny Slate, Jake Lacy, Gaby Hoffmann, Gabe Liedman
Votes: 26,334 | Gross: $3.12M
Buyer: A24
9. I Origins (2014)
R | 106 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A molecular biologist and his laboratory partner uncover evidence that may fundamentally change society as we know it.
Director: Mike Cahill | Stars: Michael Pitt, Steven Yeun, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Brit Marling
Votes: 133,585 | Gross: $0.33M
Buyer: Fox Searchlight
10. Laggies (2014)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In the throes of a quarter-life crisis, Megan panics when her boyfriend proposes. She takes an opportunity to escape for a week, hiding out in the house of her new 16-year-old friend Annika and her world-weary single dad.
Director: Lynn Shelton | Stars: Keira Knightley, Chloë Grace Moretz, Sam Rockwell, Mark Webber
Votes: 45,801 | Gross: $0.44M
Buyer: A24
11. Wish I Was Here (2014)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
A struggling actor, father and husband finds himself at a major crossroads, which forces him to examine his life, his family and his career.
Director: Zach Braff | Stars: Zach Braff, Joey King, Pierce Gagnon, Kate Hudson
Votes: 39,087 | Gross: $3.59M
Buyer: Focus Features
12. Whiplash (2014)
R | 106 min | Drama, Music
A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential.
Director: Damien Chazelle | Stars: Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist, Paul Reiser
Votes: 988,834 | Gross: $13.09M
Buyer: Sony Pictures Classics (Domestic); Sony Pictures Worldwide (International)
13. Dinosaur 13 (2014)
PG | 95 min | Documentary
A documentary about the discovery of the largest Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil ever found.
Director: Todd Douglas Miller | Stars: Stan Adelstein, Lanice Archer, Robert Bakker, Philip Currie
Votes: 3,982
Buyers: Lionsgate and CNN Films
14. Cesar's Last Fast (2014)
100 min | Documentary
In 1988, Cesar Chavez embarked on what would be his last act of protest in his remarkable life. Driven in part to pay penance for feeling he had not done enough, Chavez began his "Fast for ... See full summary »
Directors: Richard Ray Perez, Lorena Parlee | Stars: Cesar Chavez, Chris Hartmire, Arturo Rodriguez, Luis Valdez
Votes: 51
Buyers: Pivot and Univision (TV Rights)
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