The Hottie, the Nottie & Sundance

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The ickiest and most ignoble promotion riding the coattails of Sundance '08? How about The Hottie and the Nottie (Regent, 2.8), a seemingly vulgar relationship farce (to go by the trailer) starring Paris Hilton, Joel Moore and Christine Lakin? Moore has always been hot for Hilton, makes a pitch, gets the come-hither (total fantasy), has to deal with Hilton's witch-ugly best friend (Lakin covered with grotesque "ugly" makeup), etc. Obviously a pathetic Troma-type deal.

Hilton will presumably attend the two Hottie and the Nottie parties on Sunday, 1.20 -- a pre-party and an after-party (after what? is there a screening?) at the Bon Appetit Supper Club, 540 Main St., Park City. They're being thrown by Livestyle Entertainment's David Manning.

From the mid '80s to the mid '90s, there was only one Sundance Film Festival. But over the last ten years (certainly since the turn of the century) it has split into two entities -- the real-deal festival centered around screenings at the Eccles, Racket Club, Library, Prospector Square, Holiday Village and the Yarrow and the various dinners and parties celebrating various real-deal filmmakers, and the piggyback faux-festival that (a) happens on Main Street, (b) has nothing to do with movie-worship, (c) is primarily about companies looking to ride the Sundance hoopla in order to promote their brands and wares, and (d) is economically propelled by thousands of under-35 party animals who come to Park City to drink and score and go "hoo-hoo!" until 3 ayem for nine or ten days straight.

If anyone has heard of anything more odious than The Hottie and the Nottie as the flagship for the faux-festival, please inform and I'll take a look.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on January 12, 2008 at 2:42 PM

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Gordie Lachance says ...

Amazing. God forbid they get an actual "ugly" girl. That would undermine the films grosses and it's 'message' at the same time.

Posted by Gordie Lachance at January 12, 2008 3:49 PM

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Brian O says ...

Oddly, this is one of the few films daring to hold press screenings this month.

Posted by Brian O at January 12, 2008 3:53 PM

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Rosebudsthesled says ...

With this film, the French now have another reason to hate us.

Posted by Rosebudsthesled at January 12, 2008 3:55 PM

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scooterzz says ...

i'm surprised any movie (even this one) would team up with someone named 'david manning'.....

Posted by scooterzz at January 12, 2008 4:28 PM

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D.Z. says ...

"If anyone has heard of anything more odious than The Hottie and the Nottie as the flagship for the faux-festival, please inform and I'll take a look."

That Dakota Fanning rape movie not enough for you?

Posted by D.Z. at January 12, 2008 4:33 PM

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Noah says ...

I'm willing to bet that you haven't seen Hounddog, D.Z. But I don't seem to remember you complaining about The Kite Runner's rape scene, but I suppose that's because you don't care unless it's a blonde white girl.

Zing.

Posted by Noah at January 12, 2008 4:42 PM

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alynch says ...

Shut up D.Z.

See jeffmcm, it's more effective when you save the phrase for statements that are a special kind of idiotic.

Posted by alynch at January 12, 2008 4:42 PM

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jeffmcm says ...

I know, but the standard is already so low.

Posted by jeffmcm at January 12, 2008 5:00 PM

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D.Z. says ...

Noah: I haven't read the Kite Runner book or seen the movie, but I imagine it was more tasteful and relevant to the story, and that it wasn't just created to boost the white child actor's name value.

Posted by D.Z. at January 12, 2008 5:07 PM

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Glenn Kenny says ...

Word is that the Patti Smith Group will be doing a show (tied into the Smith doc "Dream of Life") the night of the 20th. Now THAT's hot...

Posted by Glenn Kenny at January 12, 2008 7:35 PM

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Zac Bertschy says ...

Daniel have you actually seen Hounddog?

Because it's becoming increasingly clear that you don't actually watch movies, you just read blogs and then offer your opinion while trying to look like you actually watch movies.

Posted by Zac Bertschy at January 12, 2008 7:54 PM

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D.Z. says ...

Zac: "Daniel have you actually seen Hounddog?"

No, because it was only played in one venue, and it's not on dvd. The only people who saw it hated it, and no one's picked it up for distribution. Nice try, though.

"you don't actually watch movies, you just read blogs and then offer your opinion while trying to look like you actually"

Huh? Jeff gave his summary of the film, and other people who hadn't seen it responded with similar negative comments as myself. Is there a double-standard I should be aware of which makes my opinions more uneducated than anyone else's opinions? The reason I ask is because Jeff's already trashing a movie solely because Paris Hilton is in it, and not because he's actually seen it, but I don't see you going after him.

Posted by D.Z. at January 12, 2008 8:07 PM

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thatmovieguy says ...

I couldn't believe THE HOTTIE AND THE NOTTIE was getting a theatrical release. Why bother? People may download clips of Paris Hilton to laugh at her, but the grosses on HOUSE OF WAX should be ample proof that few are willing to pay to watch her "act." Why is she still pretending to be a movie star anyway? I would have thought she'd have followed Nicole Ritchie's lead by now and gotten pregnant, or -- if she wants to up the stakes -- to actually marry somebody and then get pregnant.

Posted by thatmovieguy at January 12, 2008 8:30 PM

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dangovich says ...

To be fair, Cannes has had that trash element for some time now. Sundance is like Cannes without the topless women.

Posted by dangovich at January 12, 2008 10:38 PM

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MAGGA says ...

Which one of the two is her?

Posted by MAGGA at January 12, 2008 11:33 PM

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Luke Y. Thompson says ...

You're not giving Troma enough credit, Jeff. Lloyd Kaufman would only put Paris in a movie if she'd agree to work for free.

Posted by Luke Y. Thompson at January 13, 2008 2:17 AM

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RoyBatty says ...

Isn't perfect that a "branding" company be so completely oblivious to the history of the industry they are involved with that they don't realize the name of their owner is the same as a fictitious film critic (David Manning). At first, I thought this was some joke but seems "Livestyle Entertainment" is legit.

Gordie - kudos on having the most germane comment first out the gate. Although, forget "ugly." I'd like to see, for once, a simply plain one realistically depicted.

Posted by RoyBatty at January 13, 2008 9:02 AM

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girlyinmiami19 says ...

DZ I could justify you making your comments if you've viewed the film, but you haven't. If I'm understanding some of your readers correctly, you seem to make judgments on a lot of films that you haven't even seen. Also, you don't seem to be the demo for this film, so why are you wasting your time writing on it? Is your issues more with Paris or the film (that you haven't seen yet)? What I'm trying to say is, why write on something you have no knowledge on when all it does is make you look like an angry person!

Posted by girlyinmiami19 at January 15, 2008 2:20 PM

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