Skiers and celebs hobnob at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
Skiers and celebs hobnob at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
Park City Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau

Sundance: Stars and Slopes Forever

During the film festival, the ski town hosts movie previews and parties -- though walking Main Street is an event itself.
During the film festival, the ski town hosts movie previews and parties -- though walking Main Street is an event itself. (Mark Maziarz - Park City Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau)
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By M.J. McAteer
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, January 8, 2006

FADE IN:  A bird's-eye view of an old mining town surrounded by snow-covered peaks. Dazzling sun, cloudless sky.

SUPERIMPOSE TITLE: "The Parallel View" (L's in title formed by skis).

Camera begins slow zoom down, bringing into focus: Old West-style buildings, crowded streets, bustling sidewalks.

FADE IN TITLE: Park City, Utah, Sundance Film Festival 2005

FADE OUT TITLE

Cut to street level.

ENTER FROM BOTTOM OF FRAME: Woman in ski boots, carrying skis and poles.

FLASH CUTS OF STREET SCENE: Skinny young things, talking on cell phones, swinging bags of swag.

Men in black, smoking cigarettes and talking on cell phones. Also men in denim jackets, leather jackets, tuxedo jackets, ski jackets.

TRACK PAST: Crowd pressed against a barrier outside a cafe.

WOMAN WITH SKIS: "What's going on?"

SECOND WOMAN: (eyes fixed on cafe) "Someone said Pierce Brosnan is in there."


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