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Show C-11 The Park Record Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, January 23-26, 2010 Affleck, 'Sopranos' stars appear at fest star Kristen Stewart and Melissa Leo are featured in "Welcome to the Rileys," director Jake Scott's drama about a grieving couple whose lives intersect with an underage prostitute. Stewart also stars as Joan Jett in the Sundance premiere "The Runaways," Floria Sigismondi's chronicle of the rocker's teen band. The film reunites Stewart with Dakota Fanning, who appeared in "The Twilight Saga; New Moon." Among Sundance documentaries is Reed Cowan's "8: The Mormon Proposition," premiering in Utah's Mormon homefront and examining the church's support of California's ban on gay marriage. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who starred in last year's Sundance hit "(500) Days of Summer." returns to the festival with Spencer Susscr's drama "Hesher," the story of a loner who crosses paths a family man whose pictureperfect life crashes down AP Movie Writer after he loses his job as a (AP) Robert RedforcTs sales executive. Sundance Film Festival is The story was inspired by always aiming to discover a job loss in Wells' own faminew talent - and letting ly, but he talked with many established talent try some- others in the same boat as thing different. unemployment soared during The nation's premiere the recession. Rather than showcase for independent spinning a dreary drama, cinema, the festival opens though, Weils aimed to capThursday, loaded with A-list ture the resilience that hard actors from hit TV shows and times can foster. big studio flicks branching "It actually has, I think, a out to low-budgeted films, very uplifting message. It's whether on-screen, behind about these things we think the camera or both. are going to kill us, and Far from corporate they're actually things that Hollywood, Sundance make you stronger someremains a place where how." Wells said. "We imagunknowns and veterans can ine that our jobs define us, premiere films side by side. and the loss of a job is a Among the nearly 200 fea- death. I think at least for ture and short films playing many, many of the people during the 11-day festival are I've spoken to, that's the fear, directing debuts from Philip and the reality is something Seymour Hoffman with the actually very different." romance "Jack Goes Other TV veterans with Boating," in which he co- films at Sundance include stars with Amy Ryan; Mark "The Sopranos" co-stars Ruffalo with the faith-heal- James Gandolfini and Edie ing drama "Sympathy for Falco. Delicious," reuniting him Reuniting with writerwith "You Can Count on director Eric Mendelsohn, Me" co-star Laura Linney; who directed her in the 1999 and "How I Met Your Sundance entry "Judy Mother" star Josh Radnor Berlin," Falco stars with with the ensemble comedy Embeth Davidtz and Elias " h a p p y t h a n k y o u m o r e - Koteas in "3 Backyards." a please," co-starring Malin drama that unfolds among A k e r m a n . suburban resident? on a sin"I don't want to play the gle day. expert here, because I am a Falco said she hopes the novice in this world of being Sundance exposure will help a writer-director." Radnor Mendelsohn land a theatrical said. "But I had some talks deal for "3 Backyards," the with people who represent sort of gentle, personal story me, who said there's still no that blockbuster-minded stubetter place for American dios overlook. independent film than "In my fantasy, I would Sundance. That it's still an like it to have a larger theamazing place to debut a film atrical release. In my fantasy, after all these years." I want people to give him A timely story of corpo- money to make more rate downsizing marks the movies," Falco said. "He's big-screen directing debut of been making movies on his TV maestro John Wells retirement fund forever. It's ("ER," "The West Wing"), ridiculous that money gets whose "The Company Men" thrown into stuff that has is one of Sundance's high- absolutely no interest to me, profile premieres. and people like Eric, who has "The Company Men" interesting things to say that stars Ben Affleck, Tommy move people, literally can't Lee Jones, Kevin Costner get a catering budget." and Maria Bello in the tale of Gandolfini. "Twilight" BY DAVID GERMAIN ¥>•• I J Bryan Ft Daybelt Ins Agcy Inc Bryan RDaybell, Agent 1960 Sidewinder Drive. Suite 105 Bus:435-649-9161 www.bivandaybell.com with a grieving teen. Gordon-Levitt also is enlisting artists and festivalgoers to participate in his production effort hitRECord.org, a multimedia initiative to create videos, films, music and other works. Toward the end of the festival, Gordon-Levitt plans a screening to show off works that he and his Sundance collaborators mashed together. "The thing about Sundance, I've noticed there's so much creative energy there, but there's not a lot of ways to channel that creativity, because everyone's bringing their finished products. No one's making stuff there," Gordon-Levitt said. "If you're feeling creatively inspired and have an itch to contribute something, if you're a writer, photographer, musician, a graphic artist or whatever, you can come in and we'll put you to work, and you get some of those creative juices flowing." Hfcfff Weke-me 'Sundance Festival! 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