by Eugene Hernandez (September 17, 2007)
At a
ThinkFilm dinner late in the festival, the company's head of U.S. distribution
Mark Urman (left) poses for iPOP with actress
Lauren Bacall and director
Paul Schrader. Bacall stars in Schrader's "
The Walker," which debuted earlier this year at the
Berlinale and will be released by Think. At the Sotto Sotto gathering, ThinkFilm toasted "The Walker" and also celebrated the
Toronto International Film Festival debut of
Sidney Lumet's "
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead," which will screen soon at the
New York Film Festival. Actors
Ethan Hawke and
Marisa Tomei joined the initimate gathering and as the meal continued, word emerged that the company had acquired
Stuart Townsend's "
Battle in Seattle" in Toronto. Earlier in the week they nabbed
Helen Hunt's "
Then She Found Me."