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The $11 Billion Year

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by Anne Thompson


  Nanny McPhee, 181

  National Association of Theater Owners (NATO), 67–68, 78, 80

  National Board of Review, 176, 212, 217, 218–19, 225

  National Geographic Channel, 176

  Natural Born Killers, 191

  Near Dark, 162

  Nebraska, 240

  Needham, Col, 83, 86

  negative pickup: defined, 267

  Netflix, ix, 77–78, 245–46, 249

  Netter, Gil, 137

  New Girl (TV show), 22, 24

  Newman, Paul, 4

  Newsom, Gavin, 34

  Newsom, Jennifer Siebel, 34

  New Yorker, 54, 245

  New York Film Critics Circle Awards, 175, 176, 218–19, 226

  New York Film Festival, 124, 134–35, 146

  New York Times, 83, 86, 90, 113, 177, 207–8, 213, 241, 246

  Nichols, Jeff, 91

  Nicholson, Bill: Les Misérables, 79, 181–90

  Nicholson, Jack, 155

  Nine, 184

  9 to 5, 158

  No, 94

  No Country for Old Men, 106, 180

  Nolan, Christopher, 223; The Dark Knight, 61, 65, 70, 116, 205–6; Inception, 70, 206

  Norton, Edward, 89, 90, 108

  Notting Hill, 180

  O

  Obama, Barack, 33–34, 167, 173

  Obama, Michelle, 238

  Oblivion, 171

  Odd Life of Timothy Green, The, 259

  Oddlot Entertainment, 8

  O’Dowd, Chris, 103

  O’Keefe, Michael, 125

  Oldman, Gary, 99, 181

  Olympic Games, 81–82

  Once, 13, 210

  One Day, 59, 61

  One for the Money, 260

  $100 Million Reel, 78–79

  On the Road, 92–93, 106

  opening weekends, xv–xvi

  Orion Classics, 15

  Orlando, 6

  Oscar race, 205–44; Amour grabs Cannes Palme d’Or, 217–18; animated category, 231–32; Anne Hathaway’s “I Dreamed a Dream,” 186, 189, 216–17; directors’ category, 221–24; documentary category, 211–15; nominees lunch, 228–31; online balloting, 206–7; preferential balloting system, 206; Silver Linings Playbook four acting nods, 224–26; and Sundance Film Festival, 210–15; winners and losers, 234–44; Zero Dark Thirty controversy, 174, 175, 176–77, 218–21. See also Academy Awards

  Outsider, The, 27

  Overture, 10

  P

  Pacific Theatres at the Grove (Los Angeles), 75

  Pacino, Al, 170

  Pakula, Alan, 127

  Palen, Tim, 61

  Palme d’Or, 6, 91, 94, 99; Amour wins, 106–7, 217–18

  Paltrow, Gwyneth, 119

  P&A (prints and advertising), 38; defined, 267

  Panetta, Leon, 34, 166

  Panorama, 8, 101

  Paperboy, The, 91

  Paramount Pictures, 44, 48, 49, 50, 54, 55–57, 59, 65

  Paramount Vantage, 10, 16, 102

  Paranormal Activity 4, 256

  ParaNorman, 114, 231, 259

  Parental Guidance, 259

  Paris Is Burning, 213

  Paris Movie Theatre (New York City), 3

  Parker, Nate, 28

  Parker, Richard, 137, 145, 229

  Participant Media, 8, 147, 247

  Pascal, Amy, 161, 162, 164, 175, 179, 220

  Passi de Preposulo, Gian Luca, 241

  Passman, David, 82

  Pattinson, Rob, 93, 112, 115

  Paul, Skip, 64

  Payne, Alexander, 92, 125, 240

  Pearce, Guy, 99, 119, 157

  Pearl Harbor, 127

  Peck, Raoul, 92

  Pekar, Harvey, 110

  Peña, Michael, 221

  People (magazine), 149, 208

  People Like Us, 261

  performance capture: defined, 266

  Perks of Being a Wallflower, 259

  Phantom Menace 3-D, 258

  Phoenix, Joaquin, 102, 103, 125, 230, 237–38

  Piano, The, 88, 158

  Piano Teacher, The, 94, 106–7

  Pieces of April, 4

  Pieta, 125

  Pine, Chris, 68

  Pinochet, Augusto, 94

  Pirates! Band of Misfits, The, 231, 259

  Pirates of the Caribbean, xiii, 50, 54, 56

  Pitch Perfect, 79, 257

  Pitt, Brad, 68, 101, 181, 212; Inglourious Basterds, 105; Killing Them Softly, 99–101, 107–8; World War Z, 59

  Pixar, 48, 50, 51, 231–32

  Planet of the Apes, 65, 73

  platform release, 45; defined, 267

  Platt, Oliver, 4

  Platt, Polly, 161

  Playing for Keeps, 261

  Playlist, The, 14, 55

  Plaza, Aubrey, 21–22

  Podhoretz, John, 44

  Poehler, Amy, 240

  Pohlad, Bill, 125

  Point Break, 162

  Polar Express, The, 71–72

  Pollack, Sydney, 5, 127, 131

  Polley, Sarah, 221

  Poseidon (2006), 53

  Possession, The, 257

  Potter, Sally, 6

  Powell, Amy, 250

  Pratt, Chris, 119

  Precious, 7, 91, 132, 206, 210

  Premium Rush, 260

  premium video on demand (PVOD), 79

  Price, Frank, 55

  PricewaterhouseCoopers, 209

  Prieto, Rodrigo, 128

  Prince of Persia, xiii, 50

  Pritzker, Gigi, 8

  Project X, 257

  Prom, 50, 56

  Prometheus, 65, 258

  Promised Land, 261

  Prophet, A, 94, 99

  Proposition, The, 100

  Protect Our Defenders, 34–35

  Pulp Fiction, 97, 106, 190, 191, 200

  Purcell, Steve, 232

  Purefoy, James, 52

  Putnam, Keri, 11, 12

  Puzos, Jean-Vincent, 96–97

  Pynchon, Thomas, 102–3

  Q

  Quartet, 103

  Queen, The, 124

  Queen of Versailles, The, 212

  Quick, Matthew, 104, 131

  Quinto, Zachary, 68, 161

  R

  RADiUS VoD, 30–31

  Raging Bull, 224

  Rainbow Media, 31

  Ramírez, Édgar, 166

  Raskin, Fred, 201

  Ratner, Brett, 79–80

  Raven, The, 260

  Ray, Billy, 60

  Ray, Bingham, 2–4, 86; death of, 1, 2; memorial for, 2, 3, 4

  Real Steel, 50, 56

  Red Dawn, 260

  Redford, Robert, 119, 223, 233; on Ray, 4; and Sundance, 4–5

  Red Granite, 8

  Redgrave, Vanessa, 170

  Red Hook Summer, 28

  Redmayne, Eddie, 187–88; Les Misérables, 187–89, 241

  Redstone, Sumner, 56

  Red Tails, 260

  Red Wagon, 100

  Reeve, Christopher, 117

  Reeves, Keanu, 59

  Regal Entertainment Group, 79, 80, 159

  Reilly, John C., 232

  Reitman, Jason, 125

  Reliance, 50, 147, 247

  Renner, Jeremy, 66, 103, 117, 134, 157, 162, 163

  Renoir, Jean, 86

  Reservoir Dogs, 6, 190, 191

  Resident Evil: Retribution, 257

  Resnais, Alain, 96

  review aggregators, 14, 113

  Reynolds, Ryan, 78

  Rhythm & Hues, 143, 229, 231, 235

  Rice, Peter, 16

  Rice, Tom, 8

  Richardson, Ben: Beasts of the Southern Wild, 41, 210, 237

  Richardson, Robert, 199

  Riefenstahl, Leni, 174

  Riley, Sam, 93

  R.I.P.D., x, 46

  Rise of the Guardians, 231, 260

  Rise of the Planet of the Apes, 65, 73

  “Risky Business” (column), 6, 252

  Riva, Emmanuelle, 221; Amour, 94–97,
106–7, 208, 217–18, 236; Hiroshima Mon Amour, 94, 96, 218

  Rivera, José, 92

  Roadside Attractions, 13, 28–30, 123–24

  Robbins, Tim, 180, 190

  Robinov, Jeff, 65, 129

  Rock of Ages, 260

  Rockwell, Sam, 6

  Rodriguez, Robert, 48

  Rolling Stone (magazine), 113

  Root, The, 193

  Rose, The, 158

  Ross, Gary, 60–61, 63–64; The Hunger Games, 47, 60–64, 78

  Ross, Rich, 47, 49–57

  Ross, Rick, 201

  Roth, Veronica, 64

  Rothman, Tom, 65–66, 73, 137, 241, 248

  rotoscoping, 143; defined, 267

  Rotten Tomatoes, 14, 58–59, 83, 107, 113, 203

  Rourke, Mickey, 98

  Routh, Brandon, 116

  Rowling, J. K., 60

  Royal Affair, A, 126, 241

  Royal Tenenbaums, The, 89

  Ruby in Paradise, 6

  Rudin, Scott, xiii, 21, 179–80

  Ruffalo, Mark, 118

  run and gun, 63; defined, 268

  Rush, xiii

  Rushmore, 89

  Russell, David O., 130–31; American Hustle, 102–3, 134; The Fighter, 104, 130–31; Silver Linings Playbook, 104, 130–34, 221–22, 224–26

  Russell, Matthew, 131

  Rust and Bone, 93–94, 99, 106, 218

  S

  Safe, 260

  Safe House, 78, 258

  Safety Not Guaranteed, 21–23, 39–40

  Safford, Tony, 17

  Saldana, Zoe, 119

  Salles, Walter, 92–93

  Salmon Fishing in the Yukon, 259

  Samberg, Andy, 9

  Same Time, Next Year, 21

  Sandler, Adam, 68

  San Francisco Film Society, 19

  San Francisco International Film Festival, 4

  Santa Barbara Film Festival, 150

  Sapphires, The, 103

  Sarandon, Susan, 28, 180

  Satter, Michelle, 5

  Savages, 260

  Saving Private Ryan, 154, 176, 237

  Schamus, James, 11, 13, 89

  Scherfig, Lone, 59

  Schindler’s List, 154

  Schnack, A. J., 39

  Schneider, Romy, 87

  Schoenaerts, Matthias, 94

  Schönberg, Claude-Michel, 185

  Schwartzman, Jason, 89

  Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 68

  Scorsese, Martin, 73, 127; Gangs of New York, 150; Hugo, 72, 73, 135

  Scott, A. O., 246

  Scott, Tony, 191

  Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, 115

  Screen Actors Guild, 233–34

  screeners, 203, 213, 214; defined, 268

  Screen International, 93

  Seabiscuit, 47

  SEAL Team Six: The Raid on Osama bin Laden, 176

  Searching for Sugar Man, 14–16; Oscar race, 211–12, 215, 239; Sundance prizes, 40, 211–12

  Season, The (Goldman), xi–xii

  Secret World of Arrietty, 259

  Seed&Spark, 83, 249

  Segel, Jason, 51

  Sehring, Jonathan, 13, 92–93

  Seidler, David, 17

  Seinfeld, Jerry, 88

  self-releasing model, 11–12, 35–39

  Sellars, Peter, 125

  Senate Intelligence Committee, 172, 173, 219

  Senna, 213

  Sense and Sensibility, 135

  Serena, 134

  Serenity, 118

  Serra, Richard, 162

  Sessions, The, 16, 17–18, 40–41, 123, 211, 237, 240

  Seven Beauties, 158

  Seven Psychopaths, 259

  sex, lies, and videotape, 5–6, 91

  Sex and the City, 159

  Sexual Harassment/Assault Prevention Summit, 35

  Seyfried, Amanda, 187, 241

  Shaft, 193

  Shakespeare in Love, 97, 176, 237

  Shannon, Michael, 116, 170

  Sharma, Suraj, 135–36, 141–45

  Shattered Glass, 60

  Shaun of the Dead, 119

  Shearmur, Alli, 61

  Sheen, Charlie, 86

  Sheen, Martin, 174

  Shell, Jeff, 250

  Shelton, Lynn, 21, 23–25

  Shepard, Dax, 25

  Sher, Stacey, 199

  Sheridan, Jim, 150

  Shields, Willow, 62

  Shinseki, Eric, 34

  Side by Side, 69

  Sidibe, Gabourey, 7

  Sierra/Affinity, 8

  Signoret, Simone, 87

  Silence of the Lambs, 123

  Silent Hill: Revelation, 259

  Silent House, 259

  Silkwood, 158

  Silver, Nate, 208

  Silver Linings Playbook, 104, 130–34, 256; Oscar race, 208, 221–22, 224–26, 236–37

  Sin City, 110

  Singer, Bryan, 65–66, 116

  Sinister, 257

  Sister Act, 158

  Sixth Sense, The, 227

  60 Minutes (TV show), 40, 147, 212

  Skoll, Jeff, 8

  Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, 48

  Skydance Productions, 103

  Skyfall, 46, 65, 236, 240, 246, 256

  “Skyfall” (song), 240, 242

  Slacker, 6

  Slashfilm, 14, 113

  Slated, 83, 249

  sleepers: defined, 268

  Sleepwalk with Me, 40

  Sloss, John, 8, 10

  Slumdog Millionaire, 70, 125, 206

  Smith, Kevin, 6, 114

  Smith, Maggie, 103

  Smith, Will, xiii, 68, 160

  SnagFilms, 83, 245

  Snider, Stacey, 50, 56, 149, 152, 154, 162

  Snow White and the Huntsman, 257

  Snyder, Zack, 65, 115–17, 119

  Social Network, The, 135, 180

  Soderbergh, Steven, 63; Behind the Candelabra, x–xi; Bubble, 31; Che, 98; sex, lies, and videotape, 5–6, 91

  Somewhere, 124

  Sony Pictures, 66, 68, 80, 161, 172, 176, 177, 219, 220, 248, 250

  Sony Pictures Classics (SPC), 11, 13, 66, 89, 92, 93–97; Amour, 94–97, 107, 126, 208, 217–18, 239; Rust and Bone, 93–94, 99, 106, 218; Searching for Sugar Man, 14–16, 40, 211–12, 215, 239

  Sorcerer’s Apprentice, The, 50

  Sound of My Voice, 6

  South by Southwest (SXSW; Austin), xvi, 82–83

  Southland Tales, 91

  Spacey, Kevin, 77, 116, 249

  Spall, Rafe, 137

  Spanking the Monkey, 130

  Sparkle, 260

  Spec Count, 249

  Speed, 191

  Spencer, Octavia, 171, 220, 240

  Spielberg, Steven, xii, 50, 56, 92, 233; The Adventures of Tintin, 72–73; E.T., 44; Indiana Jones, 65, 110; Jaws, 44; Lincoln, x, 78, 145–55, 175–76, 223–24, 226–28, 230–31, 235, 236, 247; prediction at USC panel, x, 247–48; Saving Private Ryan, 154, 176, 237

  Spitfire Grill, 10

  split rights, 36; defined, 268

  Spurlock, Morgan, 83, 115, 118

  Spy Kids, 48

  Squyres, Tim, 137, 144

  Stahl, Lesley, 147

  Stallone, Sylvester, 68, 87

  Stanton, Andrew, 47, 48, 51–59

  Stark, Peter, 248

  Star Wars, 46, 52, 57, 71, 110, 154

  State of Play, 181

  Steadicam: defined, 268

  Steel, Dawn, 162

  Step Up Revolution, 257

  Stewart, Jimmy, 4

  Stewart, Jon, 186

  Stewart, Kristen, 93, 112

  Stewart, Rod, 15

  Stiles, Julia, 104

  Stiller, Ben, 68, 79

  Sting, 15

  Stockwell, John, 176

  Stone, Oliver, 70, 191

  Stoppard, Tom, 181

  Strange Days, 162

  Stratan, Cosmina, 106

  Strathairn, David, 151, 152

  Strauss, Ricky, 54

  Streep
, Meryl, 99, 161

  Streetcar Named Desire, A, 224

  Streisand, Barbra, 162

  Strickler, Yancey, 83

  Strong, Mark, 166

  studio: defined, 268

  StudioCanal, 181

  Sugarland Express, The, 154

  Summit Entertainment, 63–64, 114, 115, 132, 157

  Sundance Artists Services, 12

  Sundance Film Festival, xvi, 1–41; agitprop documentary, 32–35; the breakout, 18–20; collaborators and multitaskers, 20–26; founding of, 4–5; and Oscar race, 210–15; sales, 39–41; self-releasing model, 35–39; the studio pickup, 14–18; supplying films, 8–14; VOD model, 26–32

  Sundance Institute, 4–5

  Sunset Boulevard, 224

  Sunshine Cleaning, 10

  Superman Returns, 66, 116

  Super Size Me, 29, 83

  Surrogate, The. See Sessions, The

  Sutherland, Donald, 62

  Swanberg, Joe, 12

  Swank, Hilary, 17

  Sweeney Todd, 187, 189

  Swinton, Tilda, 6, 89, 108

  Sy, Omar, 99

  Sycamore Pictures, 8

  T

  Taken 2, 256

  Take Shelter, 11, 91, 170

  Tarantino, Quentin, 190–91, 243; Django Unchained, 104–6, 114–15, 191–203, 221–23, 236; Inglourious Basterds, 105, 191–92, 194–95, 200, 201; Pulp Fiction, 97, 106, 190, 191, 200; Reservoir Dogs, 6, 190, 191

  Tartikoff, Brandon, 55–56

  Tatum, Channing, 59

  Taxi to the Dark Side, 173, 214

  Taylor, Alan, 119

  Taylor, Elizabeth, 87

  Taylor, Ken, 129

  Taylor-Johnson, Aaron, 181

  Team of Rivals (Goodwin), 146, 148

  Ted, 79, 239, 256

  Telluride Film Festival, 125–30

  tentpoles, x, 57–58, 66, 111; defined, 268

  Terminal, The, 16

  Terminator, 103

  Terms of Endearment, 155

  Terrio, Chris, 127, 233

  That’s My Boy, 260

  theatrical window, 79–82

  Thelma and Louise, 159

  There Will Be Blood, 150, 155

  Thin Blue Line, The, 213

  Think Like a Man, 257

  Third Golden Age of Television, xii–xiii

  35-millimeter film, 69–70, 76

  This American Life, 40

  This Film Is Not Yet Rated, 32

  This Is Forty, 260

  This Means War, 258

  Thompson, Emma, 181

  Thompson, Keith, 103

  Thompson On Hollywood (TOH!), xi, 199, 209

  Thor: The Dark World, 119

  Thornton, Warwick, 103

  Thousand Words, A, 260

  3-D revolution, 71–78, 136–37

  Three Kings, 130

  Three Stooges, The, 260

  300, 110, 115

  Thurman, Uma, 191

  Tichenor, Dylan, 167

  Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, 181

  Titanic, 44, 46, 74, 258

  Toback, James, 27

  Today Show, The (TV show), 216

  Tolstoy, Leo, 181

 

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