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Amazon and Netflix lead the way as Sundance's top buyers
Published Tue, Jan 26, 2016 · 09:50 PM
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IT WAS the independent film equivalent of a crack of thunder.
After its Sundance premiere last Saturday, Manchester by the Sea - a buzzy drama starring Casey Affleck as a handyman coping with family strife - sold not to a traditional studio distributor but to a streaming service. Amazon paid a hefty US$10 million for the movie, beating out the likes of Fox and Universal.
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