WHEN Fox Searchlight sent "Sideways" to Missouri and Kansas a few years ago, there wasn't much interest from the states' small-town movie houses. "They never played it," says Brad Bills, whose Independent Film Services books 400 area theaters. But the heartland reaction has been dramatically different to the studio's teen-pregnancy comedy "Juno."
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L.A. Times - Movie News
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'Juno' is a surprise hit in Middle America
Posted: January 10th, 2008, 3:00am EST
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'Juno' is catching on in Middle America. $100 million looks possible.
WHEN Fox Searchlight sent "Sideways" to Missouri and Kansas a few years ago, there wasn't much interest from the states' small-town movie houses. "They never played it," says Brad Bills, whose Independent Film Services books 400 area theaters. But the heartland reaction has been dramatically different to the studio's teen-pregnancy comedy "Juno."