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The Sundance Film Festival is an annual film festival held every January in Park City, Utah. It is the largest independent cinema festival held in the United States, and considered to be one of the most important film festivals in the world.
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Fast Facts
- Current festival: January 15-25, 2009
- Takes place in late January
- Location: Park City, Utah
- Robert Redford was the first festival chairman
- Named after "The Sundance Kid" from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- First festival in 1978
- Originally took place in September
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Sundance Background
Originally the "Utah/US Festival" in 1978, the festival was moved from Salt Lake City to Park City in 1981. After experiencing some financial difficulties at first, the festival was renamed "Sundance" upon the inclusion of actor Robert Redford to the board.Similar to the Toronto International Film Festival, Sundance gradually went from being a small indie film gathering to a high-profile event, presently featuring studio movies and attracting A-list actors. Though some criticize Hollywood's influence on it, the festival's legacy only continues to grow as it gains more and more media coverage and hype each year.
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Notable Films Screened
- Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989)
- Reservoir Dogs (1992)
- Clerks (1994)
- The Blair Witch Project (1999)
- Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
- Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
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