The long-time rock video directing team “Hammer & Tongs” (Garth Jennings & Nick Goldsmith) responsible for classics like Beck's “Lost Cause,” Blur's “Coffee & TV,” and Badly Drawn Boy's “Something to Talk About,” have set Sundance on fire. The team was previously responsible for the pretty-good Mos Def-starring Hitchhiker's adaptation, but in Son of Rambow, a coming-of-age story about a boy who discovers the magic of cinema in the 80's, picks up a camera, and sets about shooting his own sequel to First Blood, the guys seem to have found their masterpiece. The picture received rave reviews and wild receptions at the screenings, and now has sold to Paramount Vantage (their Miramax wannabe) for a whopping $8 million. Last year's similar darling was Little Miss Sunshine, which ended up doing huge theater business and this week was nominated for Best Picture. Then again, the year before that Miramax paid $10 million for Happy Endings, a film no one really talked about much and grossed a big $1.5 in theaters. As William Goldman once said, “No one knows anything.”
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