(Ultimately, Fine Line released it to rhapsodic reviews.)
Surprisingly,Monkeydid business, proving that even the most provocative material could find an audience.
Artisan plunked down what seemed like an astronomical $1 million for what looked like a glorified home movie.
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Think Paul Greengrass (Bloody SundaytoThe Bourne Supremacy) and Bryan Singer (The Usual SuspectstoX-Men).
Two months afterSuper Size Mescreened at Sundance, McDonald’s announced the end of supersizing.
A year later, the film took home two Oscars, including Best Supporting Actress forMo’Nique.
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EWsaidofBeasts, ‘‘The wonder is, the whole movie resists categorization.
The movie is small, local, and idiosyncratic.’’
It seems summer moviegoers found a new kind of superhero inBeasts' heroine Hushpuppy.
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The reception was worthy of the homecoming, EW’s Chris Nashawaty, namingMidnighthisNo.
Huge numbers of people 21 million in total, over multiple airings have also watchedBlackfishon CNN.
Simmons, who stars as the brutal and abusive mentor for young drum prodigy Andrew (Miles Teller).
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Itearned critical acclaimand went on to win many awards includingBest Drama at the Golden Globes.
It was a star-making role, as he played the young Malcolm in the coming-of-age film.
Moore would go on to voice Miles Morales in the award-winning animated filmInto the Spider-Verse.
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It eventually grossed $79 million after only having a $9 million budget.
A sequel is currently in development.
It was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the Oscars.
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And after Sundance, it went on to win theOscar for Best Documentary Feature.
It is also widely regarded as one of the scariest movies of the year.
Grossing over $14 million, it enjoyed great critical and awards success.
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But despite its critical success, it was unfortunatelyshut out of the Oscars.
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