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...festival, then called the U.S. Film Festival, began in Salt Lake City in 1978 as a way for founders Sterling Van Wagenen, John Earle and Cirina Hampton Catania to attract more filmmakers to Utah. Redford was its first board chairman. The inaugural event focused on retrospectives of classic American films, with a few awards given to new works. It was moderately successful, with long lines for screenings and a few high-profile panelists like actress Cicely Tyson, but the organizers were left in the red - prompting them to hold another festival the following year to break even. In 1980, reportedly...
...often meant an instant distribution deal. Quentin Tarantino, who had received funding and creative support from the Sundance Institute, premiered his 1992 film Reservoir Dogs at the festival; the film went on to earn more than $2 million at the box office and established his reputation as a significant American auteur. The Blair Witch Project, a tiny, scary independent film produced with a budget of less than $25,000 by two old friends from college in their 30s, was snapped up for $1 million after its screening at Sundance in 1999 and ended up making $249 million worldwide. Since...
Toprak believes that Toyota's problems could prompt consumers to take a second look at American brands such as Ford and Chevrolet and could also boost Korean nameplates such as Hyundai and Kia, which have lineups that closely match Toyota's. Even European luxury makers such as Mercedes-Benz and BMW, which have been eclipsed by Toyota's Lexus brand, could benefit, he says...
...struggles to keep its standing as the world's top automaker. Both Volkswagen and GM are in a better position to cash in on growth in key emerging markets such as Brazil, Russia, India and China, according to a new study by the Boston Consulting Group. (See pictures of American muscle cars in movies...
...face and moaning, being carried down the stairwell to an employee exit from the hotel. It was then I saw my hand covered in blood from the tiniest of cuts from flying glass. Guilt twinged in me. Would the Iraqi survivors see me, a foreigner, one of the presumed American targets, as somehow responsible...