"Gentlemen Broncos" gets corralled.
Fox Searchlight has become to the '00s what Miramax was to the '90s: a company that gets known for putting out "niche" movies that aren't honestly the toughest of sells. With the trifecta of "Napoleon Dynamite," "Little Miss Sunshine" and "Juno," they basically cracked open the window for the mainstreaming of Sundance quirk. But they've hit a wall this year, with the exception of "(500) Days of Summer": "Amelia" is tanking, "Whip It!" collapsed down some hole and hardly anyone noticed that "Adam" came out. And now they're canceling "Gentlemen Broncos"' national roll-out. The words "From the director of 'Napoleon Dynamite'" apparently no longer carry the same weight they did -- which, unless you're the film's main champion Richard Brody, probably won't make much of a dent in your day. CinemaBlend's Katey Rich suggests that, while "Broncos" was an unsalvageable stinker that should have opened wide to make as much...
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