Sundance: Sony Pictures Classics take sports drama ‘Jockey’

19:01 PST 30/01/2021

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Mia Galuppo

In the American Dramatic Competition title, Clifton Collins, Jr., Molly Parker and Moises Arias play.

Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Global Sundance Drama Rights Jokkie.

Clifton Collins, Jr., Molly Parker and Moises Arias play in the American Drama Competition and were the debut for Clint Bentley.

The logline reads: ‘An aging jockey (Collins) hopes to win one last title for his longtime trainer (Parker), who has acquired a championship horse. But the years – and injuries – his body took a toll. to question his ability to continue his lifelong passion. And the arrival of a young beginner (Arias), who claims to be his son and whom he takes under his wing, complicates the way to realize his dream. “

Bentley directed a screenplay he co-wrote with Greg Kwedar. Logan Cormier and Colleen Hartnett also star.

Bentley, Kwedar and Nancy Schafer produced the film. Larry Kalas, Larry Kelly, Linda and Jon Halbert, Cheryl and Walt Penn, Genevieve and Mark Crozier CEO along with Cindy and John Greenwood, Ann Grimes, Jay Old, Benjamin Fuqua, Jordy Wax and Collins Jr.

ICM Partners negotiated the agreement on behalf of the filmmakers, with international sales handled by Films Boutique.

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