Sideshow: Willow Grove native wins Sundance award

Jon Foy won directing honors for the doc "Resurrect Dead."
Jon Foy won directing honors for the doc "Resurrect Dead."
Posted: January 31, 2011

Big news from the Sundance Film Festival, which handed out the awards Saturday night: Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles, directed by Willow Grove native Jon Foy, won the U.S. Documentary Competition Directing Award. Foy followed musician/artist Justin Duerr's search for the origin of the so-called Toynbee tiles, which are implanted in streets around the world. Most are in Philadelphia.

"I had no idea that such things were possible in life. Just a few weeks ago I was a housecleaner," Foy told the assembled, according to Sundance's blog. "This is for all the artists working in obscurity out there. Never give up, because if you do, you know what will happen. If you don't give up, you don't know what will happen." - Michael Klein

Box office bits

The Anthony Hopkins exorcism horror film The Rite topped the box office on a weekend notable for the bump many Oscar-nominated films received, earning Warner Bros. $15 million. Last week's top film, Paramount's rom-com No Strings Attached, slipped to second with $13.7 million, while CBS Films' new actioner The Mechanic tied for third, at $11.5 million, with Sony's updated The Green Hornet.


This article includes information from Inquirer wire services and websites. Contact "SideShow" at sideshow@phillynews.com.

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