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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Olivia Wilde Decided to Finance Her New Movie Independently and Its Given Her a Serious Win · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: Olivia Wilde's new movie The Invite, just debuted the Sundance
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  Speaker 2: Film Festival had one of the biggest reactions the festival
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  Speaker 2: has seen in years.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, a lot of big names are involved, Seth Rogan,
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  Speaker 3: Penelope Cruz at Norton. There ended up being a full
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  Speaker 3: on like bidding war between studios for the rights of it.
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  Speaker 4: And with A twenty four eventually winning that Olivia got
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  Speaker 4: a serious payday.
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  Speaker 2: Bidding wars like this used to be the norm at
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  Speaker 2: a big film festival, but in this day and age,
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  Speaker 2: the companies taking less risks and spending less it's uncommon.
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  Speaker 4: But Olivia actually insisted on doing it that way, even
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  Speaker 4: though she really didn't have to.
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  Speaker 1: Mm hmm exactly.
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  Speaker 3: She argues it proves when movies are made outside the system,
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  Speaker 3: with freedom to experiment and no overseers, they're the projects
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  Speaker 3: that studios end up wanting.
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  Speaker 2: Basically, the studios don't get to tell her what to do.
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  Speaker 2: She does what she wants, makes a better movie and
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  Speaker 2: everyone benefits. The Invite is in theaters later this year.
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  Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.