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Sundance Film Festival Under Way in Park City, Utah

Aired January 22, 2001 - 11:39 a.m. ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: The annual Sundance Film Festival is under way in Park City, Utah. The festival runs through Sunday. It is recognized as a showcase for the best in new American independent film.

And CNN's Sherri Sylvester joining us there. She has a look at some of the highlights so far.

Sherri, hi.

SHERRI SYLVESTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi. Some of the highlights so far: I'm on Main Street, as you can see, and behind me is one of the hot spots here at Sundance. That is Robert Redford's restaurant. It's called Zoom. And that's the place that is booked solid this week because all the stars go there for dinner.

Redford himself, who, of course, is the founder of Sundance, isn't here this year. He's directing a film with Brad Pitt. He's off in Morocco.

But some of the stars who have films here at Sundance this year include Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze has two films here, Mary McDonnell, Jeff Goldblum. They're just a number of stars here. There are some who are on the way. I guess Redford could take his tips from Julianne Moore and Christine Lahti. They were here Saturday. They both got awards. They took off their ski clothes, they zipped back to Los Angeles, put on their evening gowns and went to the Golden Globes.

Now, some stars went to the Globes and are hopping back, so that is the jetset lifestyle that we're dealing with here at Sundance. The big party last night was hosted by Ozzy Osbourne, of all people. There is a bit of a rock presence here at Sundance this year. Ozzy is celebrating a documentary about him called, "We Sold Our Souls For Rock 'n' Roll." And it takes a look at Ozz Fest. They shot about 90 hours of film to make this documentary.

And Ozzy, I talked to him over the weekend, he says he feels a little bit like a fish out of water here. But, again, there are a lot of rock 'n' rollers here.

Now, arriving a little bit later today is Mick Jagger. Mick Jagger is here as a producer of a film. Now, the film he is producing is called "Enigma." And for all of our World War II buffs out there, Enigma refers to the secret coding machine that the Nazis used during World War II in order to code their communications. And the Brits worked very hard to break the code, crack the code, and they did.

Well, it turns out that Mick Jagger is a big World War II buff. He actually owns one of the few Enigma machines left in the world. So when they made the film "Enigma," they actually shot Jagger's Enigma machine. Go figure.

Another rock 'n' roller, well, Michael Stipe has a film here as well. He's a producer. And John Mellencamp is expected to arrive tomorrow. He's promoting two films as well. And arriving with Mellencamp is a little-known actress named Emma Roberts. Now, Emma Roberts is important because her aunt is Julia Roberts. And the buzz around here is that Julia Roberts is going to come and support Emma. And so we can't figure this out for sure, but the rumor is that Julia Roberts may be one of those Golden Globetrotters who tosses off her evening dress, packs her ski clothes and heads over here to Park City.

KAGAN: Sherri, for people not familiar with Sundance, give us an idea of some of the break-out films that have come out of this festival in the past.

SYLVESTER: Absolutely. The audience who gets to see some of these things get their very first look. Steven Soderbergh, this year who directed "Traffic" and "Erin Brockovich," he was here about a decade ago with a film called "Sex, Lies and Videotape." He was completely unknown as a director then. In 1992, they got their first look here of Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs," very important, launched Quentin Tarantino's career.

1995, about five years ago, Sundance, the big buzz was on this film called "Shine." And, of course, Geoffrey Rush went on to win the best actor Oscar for "Shine" that year. So that was a big film.

Now, of course, everyone knows about the "Blair Witch Project." "Blair Witch" kids, we talked to them in 1999. They made their film for $60,000. It was picked up here at Sundance by Artisan Entertainment. They put it in theaters. It grossed $140 million. So everyone this year is looking for the next "Blair Witch."

KAGAN: Another Cinderella story, that's what they're looking for.

Sherri Sylvester in Park City, Utah...

SYLVESTER: That's right.

KAGAN: ... thank you so much. You have fun hanging out with those stars like Ozzy Osbourne, OK.

(LAUGHTER)

SYLVESTER: Oh yes.

KAGAN: Thanks a lot. LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: Talk about your left turns: Can you imagine being at a party, one minute talking to Ozzy Osbourne, the next minute Julia Roberts?

KAGAN: Julia Roberts or -- somehow...

HARRIS: Can't have the same conversation there.

KAGAN: Somehow I don't picture Sherri Sylvester hanging out with Ozzy Osbourne.

(LAUGHTER)

KAGAN: But she's doing a good job. Good to see her there.

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