Tag: Sundance Film Festival
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5 Transformative Sports Films Based on True Stories
Dream Horse: Community and Togetherness by Shahnaz Mahmud | Sundance Institute | August 29, 2023 Major moments in sports history remain long in the memories of fans. But, often it’s the off-the-field narratives — the behind-the-scenes stories of how those major moments came to be — that are transformative, with the power to change how…
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Dream Horse Review: Hollywood Reporter – Jan 28, 2020
Giddy Up! by Leslie Felperin | Hollywood Reporter | January 28, 2020 Toni Collette and Damian Lewis play members of a syndicate formed to raise a thoroughbred in this comedy-drama set in Wales and based on a true story. Anyone who saw director Louise Osmond’s 2015 documentary Dark Horse, winner of the audience award at…
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Dream Horse Review: Variety – Jan 26, 2020
Equal Emphasis is Given to the Excellent Lewis by Dennis Harvey | Variety | January 26, 2020 Louise Osmond’s 2015 Sundance audience winner “Dark Horse†was one of those documentaries that played like a crowdpleasing fiction, its real-life tale of underdog triumph had such a conventionally satisfying narrative arc. And indeed, the new “Dream Horse 
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Dream Horse Review: Toni Collette and Damian Lewis Lead This Crowd-Pleasing Sports Drama – Jan 26, 2020
It Will Make You Chuckle, Cheer, and Maybe Even Tear Up: 7Â Out of 10 by Ben Pearson | Slash Film | January 26, 2020 Jane (Toni Collette) is tired. Tired of working multiple jobs in small-town Wales, tired of her boring husband Brian (Owen Teale) who bums around watching TV all day, tired of taking…
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Dream Horse Sundance Review – Jan 25, 2020
“The Movie’s Got Spirit and Finishes Strong” by Tim Grierson | Screen Daily | January 25, 2020 Toni Collette is a sure thing in Dream Horse, a thoroughly predictable but ultimately winning underdog sports movie. Based on the true story of a group of down-on-their-luck Welsh villagers who pool their assets to sponsor a racehorse,…
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Damian Scheduled to Attend Sundance Film Festival – Jan 18, 2020
Here Are 50 Celebrities Going to the 2020 Sundance Film Festival by Sean P. Means | The Salt Lake Tribune | January 18, 2020 Many celebrities will be visiting Park City, to promote themselves, their pet causes and their movies playing at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and its upstart rival, Slamdance. Here’s a list…
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Dream Horse Set for Sundance World Premiere – Dec 4, 2019
2020 Sundance Film Festival by Gingersnap | damian-lewis.com | December 4, 2019 The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced the showcase of new independent feature films selected across all categories for the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. A total of 118 feature films in all! Of the showcase of premieres, Dream Horse starring Damian Lewis and Toni Collette,…
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Billions Nominated for GLAAD Award – Jan 19, 2018
Billions Nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Drama Series by Chancellor Agard – Entertainment Weekly – January 19, 2018 Every year, the LGBTQ advocacy organization honors films, TV shows, movies, music, and comic book artists “for their fair, accurate, and inclusive representation of the LGBTQ community and the issues that affect their lives.