Current cut of the flick: 91 minutes.

Met with Harvey yesterday, who’ll be in attendance at the 2/23 screening (at the current running time, we’re no longer looking for cuts; the whole shindig is really for Harvey’s benefit, at this point, so he can peep it with an audience). The plan is to show the Cannes folks the flick in early March. Fingers (sorry, “doigts”) crossed.

August still looking good for the theatrical release, though maybe mid-to-late August, to get out of the way of the Will Ferrell NASCAR flick that opens August 4th (a flick it’d be nice to get trailered on…). Talking about a 1000 screen launch.

Trailer company is being hired and will be cutting the trailer in our L.A. office soon, hopefully after seeing it in Feb. with audience, so they can see what the big laugh moments are (though not all; we’ll be keeping some things under our hats).

Swapped out a few songs, and screened the flick with Jim Venable to grab some light score cues.

Rosario came by on Tuesday and watched the flick, too. She loved it.

USA Today First Look piece running either this week or next, complete with new pics.

indieWire: PARK CITY ‘06: Malcolm Ingram: “And if you truly have something to say. Nothing will stop you from saying it.”

“…Tell us about the moment you found out that you were accepted into Sundance.I was in my den. I had just gotten off the phone with my editor Scott trying to figure out when we’d find out if we got in.

Trevor Groth called. And my brain instantly broke. It definitely goes up there as [one of the] top three moments in my life so far.

What do you hope to get out of the festival and what are your own goals for the experience?

My main goal is to try and secure some form of distribution to ensure the film gets out there. I’m also looking forward to sharing the experience with my crew. They worked so damned hard. I thank God that it wasn’t for naught.

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AP/CNN: Gore, Nader, Aniston at Sundance

“…”I’ve always had an incredibly warm feeling about the place,” said Smith, who returns to Sundance as executive producer of buddy Malcolm Ingram’s documentary “small town gay bar,” about oases that homosexuals find in the Deep South. “I went there as a dude with a job at a convenient store and left there as a dude with a film career. That place changed my life in a matter of about four days.

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Reuters: Sundance Festival sets stage for indie filmmakers

“…Director Kevin Smith, known for making movies like “Chasing Amy,” executive produced Malcolm Ingram’s “small town gay bar.”

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Out In Hollywood: Queer Lounge Builds Audiences for Gay Films At Sundance

“Small Town Gay Bar,” a documentary about the patrons of two local gays bars produced by Kevin Smith (”Clerks,” “Chasing Amy”); “

Good Will Hunting Oscar winner Matt Damon and his wife Luciana are expecting a baby girl, the actor has revealed. Damon, who married in secret last month, confirmed the news to reporters in the Dominican Republic, where he is shooting new movie The Good Shepherd with Angelina Jolie and Robert De Niro. When quizzed about his four-month pregnant wife, Damon replied in Spanish, “It will be a girl,” according to local newspaper El Caribe. Argentina-born Luciana has been teaching Damon Spanish.

Jason: I love Steven Carrell. And if he would let me ask him out on a date, I would ask him. I’d take him to the movies and for a drive up the coast…

Interviewer: Brokeback Mountain? (Jason & Ethan laugh)

–cuts to Steven Carrell –

Steve: That’s NOT gonna happen. (deadpanned, then smiles) No no honestly I think Jason is going to be winning it this evening. That is my personal prediction. If I were a betting man, that’s what I would bet.