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...Daily Variety mentioned the dismal box-office in a story last month, and since then the web has been abuzz with news, gossip and (mostly) bad jokes about the film. Produced for an estimated $1.2 million - about one-eighth the budget of Little Miss Sunshine - Zyzzyx Road played in a single, solitary Texas theater late last year. What happened? The answer is actually simple: the brief release in an inaccessible spot was deliberately chosen by the filmmakers to validate the Screen Actors Guild pay scales for films under $2.5 million...
...Somehow it became lodged as an official box-office gross, and that's when all hell broke loose," says Zyzzyx director/writer John Penney. Movie fan sites, major publications and even National Public Radio have been chiming in. Now, oddly enough, the movie is enjoying a flurry of press and attention as the latest successor to historic turkeys such as Heaven's Gate, Ishtar and Plan 9 From Outer Space...
...Road has been sold internationally, playing more expansive dates in Australia, Spain and 21 other countries, earning nearly $400,000. The film, which aspires to a noirish road picture in the vein of Red Rock West or U-Turn, isn't truly a historic stinker - it's super-low box office has just given it a bad rap. It hasn't been picked up by a U.S. distributor for a wider release in the states, but there has been interest from DVD companies and others who want to capitalize on the weird press...
...Best Picture category. It’s an unconventional war film, one subtitled but not quite foreign—Eastwood is just about as American as you can get, Yet “Letters” has found success outside America’s borders. Its foreign box office gross is four times higher than its domestic totals. My personal favorite for Best Picture, the film has a shot at winning, despite its unflattering portrayal of American soldiers. More commercially successful films like “The Departed,” “Little Miss Sunshine...
...harsh winter conditions brought Tatiana Wilson ’09 to UHS seeking to brighten up her life. Wilson, a native of Hawaii, signed up for a UHS light box in December...