Congrats to the Eastern Promises team!
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i7796170462804d1f1345330253a04563
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'Eastern Promises' wins top Toronto fest prize
By Etan Vlessing
Sept 16, 2007
TORONTO -- The Toronto International Film Festival drew to a close Saturday with David Cronenberg's "Eastern Promises" grabbing the audience award.
The Canadian filmmaker took the top prize at Toronto's 32nd edition after he reunited with "History of Violence" lead Viggo Mortensen to make a thriller about a Russian gangster crossing paths with an innocent midwife, played by Naomi Watts.
The win for Cronenberg, an established filmmaker, contrasts with last year when first-time director Alejandro Monteverde earned the audience award in Toronto for his romantic drama "Bella."
Focus Features is releasing "Eastern Promises" theatrically this weekend in the U.S.
Past audience award winners in Toronto that went on to Academy Awards success include "American Beauty," "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hotel Rwanda."
Cronenberg beat out two American indie movies for the best-liked movie in Toronto. The first runner-up was Jason Reitman's "Juno," while the second runner-up was "Body of War," a documentary about an Iraqi war veteran turned social activist from co-directors Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro.
Next stop: Golden Globes and then the Academy Awards... ;)
Only posting the relevant parts - full article at the link:
'Eastern Promises' wins top Toronto fest prize
By Etan Vlessing
Sept 16, 2007
TORONTO -- The Toronto International Film Festival drew to a close Saturday with David Cronenberg's "Eastern Promises" grabbing the audience award.
The Canadian filmmaker took the top prize at Toronto's 32nd edition after he reunited with "History of Violence" lead Viggo Mortensen to make a thriller about a Russian gangster crossing paths with an innocent midwife, played by Naomi Watts.
The win for Cronenberg, an established filmmaker, contrasts with last year when first-time director Alejandro Monteverde earned the audience award in Toronto for his romantic drama "Bella."
Focus Features is releasing "Eastern Promises" theatrically this weekend in the U.S.
Past audience award winners in Toronto that went on to Academy Awards success include "American Beauty," "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hotel Rwanda."
Cronenberg beat out two American indie movies for the best-liked movie in Toronto. The first runner-up was Jason Reitman's "Juno," while the second runner-up was "Body of War," a documentary about an Iraqi war veteran turned social activist from co-directors Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro.
Next stop: Golden Globes and then the Academy Awards... ;)