Warner Brothers, which is marketing the
film as a conventional thriller, recently overruled the producers» desire to show it in European
festivals so that the studio could open it wide (in many theaters at once) and cash in as quickly as possible on the name value of its cast before
word - of - mouth
about its depressing subject matter could kill it.
The 69th
Festival de Cannes is less than eight weeks away and
word is starting to leak
about what
films will make their debut at, arguably, the world's most famous
film festival.