Sundance: It’s About More Than Just Looking Good!!
The nonprofit group Women in Film will inaugurate its new Spirit of Sundance Award at the Opening Night Ceremonies of the 2005 festival. The first recipients of the award will be Laura Dern, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Lisa Kudrow. All three women star in the Opening Night Feature, HAPPY ENDINGS. The Don Roos film is being distributed by Lions Gate.
All three women have been featured in previous Sundance Films. Dern was in WE DON’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE and CITIZEN RUTH. One of my favorite Laura Dern films that did NOT debut at Sundance is A PERFECT WORLD. Gyllenhaal was in the controversial and compelling SECRETARY and DONNIE DARKO. Kudrow was in THE OPPOSITE OF SEX and CLOCKWATCHERS.
Hat’s Off (please) to the independent women of Sundance past and present.
Laura Dern, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Lisa Kudrow at Sundance past.
