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Moving Midway Gets a Hand From Whit Stillman

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Last week, when I interviewed Whit Stillman on the occasion of Metropolitan’s premiere on Hulu, I asked him what movies he’d recently seen and enjoyed, and though he said that “seeing the trailers puts me off many more films than makes me want to see,” he noted that he did enjoy Sex and the City, which was lensed by his own frequent cinematographer John Thomas. Then, this weekend, Stillman sent me an email:

I spaced badly when you asked about films I’d liked recently. I loved Godfrey Cheshire’s Moving Midway which I saw at New Directors and which is coming out Sept. 12th. I’m going back to my film sales agent days in helping Godfrey trying to find it releases abroad.

Midway, film critic Cheshire’s personal documentary about his cousin’s plan to physically move the family plantation, will be at the IFC Center for two weeks. More info here.

Not-Smart Competition. Trade Roughage 06/12/08

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  • Questions: Why are both The Love Guru and Get Smart––broad comedies that should have mainstream appeal, if they actually appeal to anyone––opening on the same day, and how is the competition going to impact each film’s box office? Answers: either because Paramount locked in a bunch of promo deals for The Love Guru before realizing how much wider Get Smart was tracking, or because Mike Myers didn’t want to change the release date; and badly.
  • First Run Pictures has picked up film critic Godfrey Cheshire’s personal documentary, Moving Midway. The film, through which Cheshire examines race relations and his own family’s plantation, will open in New York and then make the unusual move of going straight to a platform release in the South.
  • What Just Happened?, which just got its U.S. release date via Magnolia, will open the Karlovy Vary Film Festival on July 4.