article_snippet.sent: After the movie performed poorly in the movie international engagements, The Weinstein Co., which first purchased U.S. distribution rights at the 2013 Berlin Film Festival, decided to sell it directly to Lifetime rather than book it into U.S. theaters,
article_snippet.sent: Given the names involved, some handicappers had put it on some handicappers list of potential Oscar contenders.
article_snippet.sent: But when TWC pulled TWC out of awards contention and shifted TWC release to March 14, 2014, Olivier Dahan lashed out at TWC's Harvey Weinstein, over the movie's final cut, which the director was in the process of completing.
article_snippet.sent: There are two versions of the film for now, mine and his," Olivier Dahan complained, continuing, "They want a commercial film smelling of daisies, taking out anything that exceeds that which is too abrupt, anything that makes it cinematic and breathe with life.
article_snippet.sent: That planned March release was then scrubbed, when Cannes expressed interest in debuting the director's version of the movie in
article_snippet.sent: The Weinstein Co. nearing deal to keep 'Grace of TWC's Harvey Weinstein didn't attend the movie's premiere either -- explaining that TWC's Harvey Weinstein had been visiting Syrian refugee camps in Jordan as part of a long-scheduled U.N.-sponsored trip.
article_snippet.sent: But TWC did strike a new distribution deal for the film in Cannes, agreeing to show Dahan's cut in the U.S., but acquiring rights for just $3 million upfront, a $2 million discount from TWC earlier contract.
article_snippet.sent: But TWC then did not slot "Grace of Monaco" into TWC fall, 2015 release schedule.
highlights_snippet.sent: A planned March theater release was scrubbed .