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This weekend's Best Picture contender Little Miss Sunshine was the indie miracle of 2006, the quirky, come-from-nowhere comedy that became one of the biggest hits of the year and a possible Oscar champ. Too bad you can't say the same for Zyzzyx Road, another small 2006 indie that hit the record books for another reason entirely - after a single week's showing in a quiet Dallas movie house, it became the lowest-grossing film ever released, at least since modern record-keeping began...
...Daily Variety mentioned the dismal box-office in a story last month, and since then the web has been abuzz with news, gossip and (mostly) bad jokes about the film. Produced for an estimated $1.2 million - about one-eighth the budget of Little Miss Sunshine - Zyzzyx Road played in a single, solitary Texas theater late last year. What happened? The answer is actually simple: the brief release in an inaccessible spot was deliberately chosen by the filmmakers to validate the Screen Actors Guild pay scales for films under $2.5 million...
...Zyzzyx Road has been sold internationally, playing more expansive dates in Australia, Spain and 21 other countries, earning nearly $400,000. The film, which aspires to a noirish road picture in the vein of Red Rock West or U-Turn, isn't truly a historic stinker - it's super-low box office has just given it a bad rap. It hasn't been picked up by a U.S. distributor for a wider release in the states, but there has been interest from DVD companies and others who want to capitalize on the weird press...
...real lesson of the deserted Student Organization Center at Hilles (SOCH) (“Students Apply Again for Hilles Space”, news, Feb. 6, and “Earth to Hilles”, editorial, Feb. 8) is that the quick road to failure in a student-life initiative is to leave students out of planning...
...steadfast consistency is slowly arising from the Malkin Athletic Center. The Harvard men’s volleyball team (4-2, 2-2 Hay), after winning two critical division games on the road, rolled along to their fourth straight victory last night, defeating visiting Rivier College (8-8) in four games (30-24, 30-25, 25-30, 30-18). Led by dominant performances from senior co-captain Laurence Favrot and sophomore middle hitter Brady Weissbourd, the Crimson took command over an under-matched Raider team early on with hitting percentages of .429 and .478 in the first two games...