Sounded like the weekend was the big moment for deals. Since tonight was the premiere, we’ll need to check back tomorrrow and see if a deal was struck. Kind of doubt it.
Red, careful. Brityank eats livers and rumor has it he is......
Just poked the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail — the two main Toronto papers; neither one has anything prominently listed for “Battle”. Hope it stays that way.
Stopped in at the Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star newspapers, and pulled the following. No info on whether this piece of trash has been picked up, but no glowing critiques either.
"It's also important to note that TIFF works in different ways for dramatic features and documentaries. "All the people who come to Toronto are basically here to buy fiction films," said Jan Rofekamp of Films Transit (Canada), which specializes in documentary film sales."None of them I wish to see.
-- Globe and Mail ^
[ Nothing listed in there about BfH.]
More on Iraq
Brian DePalma's Redacted asks filmgoers to reconsider imagery associated with the Iraq war, as he juxtaposes footage of U.S. soldiers with the experiences of the media covering the war and locals caught in the middle.
In Battle for Haditha, Nick Broomfield re-imagines the killing of 24 Iraqis by U.S. Marines after a roadside bomb killed a Marine and wounded two others in Haditha in November, 2005.
-- Toronto Star ^
[Has a big write-up on Body of War about an Iraq War Vet who's maimed in body and spirit.]