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"We
made this little film independently... it was such a labor of
love. I was so thrilled that Toronto saw it and wanted to open
the festival with it," said Stiller as he walked the red carpet
with director David Gordon Green and other cast members.
"Nutcrackers" tells the heartwarming story of hotshot Chicago
real estate developer Michael who is forced to care for his
orphaned nephews in a small Ohio town after his sister and her
husband have a terrible accident.
Michael then discovers the boys - played by brothers Homer,
Ulysses, Arlo and Atlas Janson - are trained in ballet, and the
film follows their antics in their farm, where Stiller's
character chases hogs and chickens.
Unlike a traditional movie release, "Nutcrackers" made its debut
at TIFF, without launching teasers or previews.
"This is the first audience," Stiller said. "I never really
imagined it when we were making the movie because we made it in
this little farmhouse, very small budget, just us and the kids
and the animals and hoping that we would figure out a place that
people would see it.
"This is it. We're going to show it and we'll see who likes it,
which is fun," he added.
The film, which also stars Linda Cardellini, is yet to land a
distributor deal.
The 49th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival
kicked off on Thursday with Hollywood stars making a comeback on
the red carpet after last year's screen writer's strike.
(Reporting by Nivedita Balu and Omar Younis in Toronto; editing
by Miral Fahmy)
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