‘The Life of Chuck’ wins TIFF audience award: Next stop, the Oscars?
Mike Flanagan‘s “The Life of Chuck” just bagged the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. Since 2008, 15 of the 16 winners of the Toronto audience award have gone on to reap Best Picture bids at the Oscars. And five of those — “Slumdog Millionaire,” “The King’s Speech,” “12 Years a Slave,” “Green Book,” and “Nomadland” — won the top prize at the Academy Awards. (The exception to the rule: 2011’s “Where Do We Go Now?” from Lebanon.)
That stat certainly buoys the awards hopes of this film that is still without a distribution deal. Flanagan adapted the Stephen King novella about the life of a seemingly ordinary man, Charles “Chuck” Krantz (Tom Hiddleston). Jacob Tremblay plays a younger version of the character with Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillan and Mark Hamill in supporting roles.
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While “The Life of Chuck” finished first in the poll of festival goers, two other strong Oscar contenders were close behind: Jacques Audiard‘s “Emilia Pérez” and Sean Baker‘s “Anora.”
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