Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah

Martin McDonagh, director and screenwriter of the film "In Bruges", Robert Redford, founder of the Sundance Film Festival, and Sundance Festival Director Geoffrey Glimore,(L to R) stand to pose for photographs at a press conference on the opening day of the festival at the Egyptian Theater in Park City, Utah on January 17, 2008. (UPI Photo/Alexis C. Glenn)

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