We did well on our opening weekend, racking up a per-screen average of $14,586, the highest of any movie in the country. That, along with some really good reviews, is allowing us to expand to new theaters for week two. For Los Angeles: Laemmle’s Sunset 5 in West Hollywood Landmark’s NuWilshire in Santa Monica Laemmle’s […]
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Back from Venice
I’m back from the Venice Film Festival, where The Nines had its international premiere. The movie screened three times, but the main public debut was 2:30 p.m. on Monday. At lunch that day, both the sales agent and the publicist separately pulled me aside to say, “So, John, you should know that if the audience […]
The Nines soundtrack
Since Sundance, we’ve had a lot of questions (and compliments) about the music in The Nines. We didn’t end up making a conventional soundtrack deal, mostly because the film distribution situation was complicated enough. But you can find most of the music online. Alex Wurman has a lot of the score available for download at […]
Nines news, reviews and updates
Briefly, because there’s a lot going on and I haven’t started packing for Venice. 1. Sellout at the Nuart The 7:30 p.m. Q&A tonight with me and Melissa (and others) apparently sold out yesterday afternoon. But there’s also a 10 p.m. show that I’ll be introducing. I haven’t gotten an update about the NY screening […]