Happy Indie-Pendence Day!
The Duchess (9/19/08)
Big Star(s), Little Movie? You betcha! Keira Knightley, who seems oddly more keen on indie flicks, headlines a cast that includes Oscar magnet Ralph Fiennes.
Big-Studio Deal Breaker: Simply put, there’s not a huge appetite these days for romantic period epics, no matter who’s starring in them (see The Other Boleyn Girl, et al.). The Duchess, similar in grandeur to Knightley’s last movie Atonement, might earn rave reviews and even Oscar buzz this fall, but that doesn’t mean audiences will come out in Pirates of the Caribbean-type numbers.
