Toronto: Magnolia Acquires Sarah Polley’s ‘Take This Waltz’

COMMENTS (5)

• I remember Sarah Polley in a Disney Channel drama called Avonlea. Why can’t Disney Channel make shows like that anymore?

  Comment by Jack — Monday October 17, 2011 @ 10:59am PDT  Reply to this post

• @ Jack – Disney didn’t make Road to Avonlea, it was a Canadian series based on the books of the same name produced by Sullivan Entertainment and the CBC. (Canadian Broadcasting Corp.) Disney only distributed it in the US.

  Comment by No Jack — Monday October 17, 2011 @ 11:51am PDT  Reply to this post

• Magnolia has impressive taste in acquiring films. Their releases have always reminded me of Miramax in the glory days (sans the editing room mettles of Harvey). They have an incredible catalog.

  And as a guy from small town Arkansas, I love anything that’s available pre-theatrical. Melancholia, Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil, Two Lovers, Blackthorn, Smash His Camera, All Good Things, the underrated Surveillance and I’m Not There, etc…I’ve watched a lot of fantastic movies before they opened (or as they were playing) on NYC screens.

  That said: It seems none of their releases ever go gangbusters. They don’t catch on with audiences in practically any fashion. And sometimes I cringe when a film with potential goes their way. I worry the title will fade quickly into the ether, even past more unworthy “cult” films.

  Comment by Rob Grace — Monday October 17, 2011 @ 5:41pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I’m honestly disappointed it went to Magnolia for the reasons stated by Rob. And the big reason their movies never catch on is because they are simultaneously available on-demand when they’re playing in theaters. I think the right studio could have gotten Michelle Williams a fourth Oscar nomination (I’m convinced she’ll be nominated for My Week With Marilyn). This certainly won’t happen now with Magnolia releasing it. On the bright side, I won’t have to wait as long to see it as movies like this rarely open here theatrically. At least someone has finally picked this up.

  Comment by Mike — Monday October 17, 2011 @ 9:05pm PDT  Reply to this post

• The producers of Waltz have made a fatal mistake . Magnolia will underspend , take crap theatres , and their real intent is to make this a video release , not a theatrical success . Millions in gross will be sacrificed

  Comment by steve — Monday October 17, 2011 @ 9:54pm PDT  Reply to this post