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award for “The Life of Chuck” was announced Sunday as North
American's largest film festival drew to a close. “The Life of
Chuck," based on King's 2020 novella of the same name, stars Tom
Hiddleston as Charles “Chuck” Krantz, an ordinary man living
through apocalyptic cataclysms. Mark Hamill, Chiwetel Ejiofor,
Karen Gillan and Jacob Tremblay co-star.
TIFF's People's Choice Award is regarded as a reliable Oscar
harbinger. Since 2012, every winner of the festival's top prize
has gone on to be nominated for best picture at the Academy
Awards. Last year, Cord Jefferson's “American Fiction” won, and
went on to be a major awards contender.
But “The Life of Chuck” could test that track record. The film
is up for sale and doesn't yet have distribution. It could be
acquired and quickly readied for release this fall, or it might
end up a 2025 release. “The Life of Chuck" drew mixed — though
mostly positive reviews — out of Toronto, though audiences were
clearly charmed by the uplifting drama.
Runners-up for the People's Choice Award, which is voted on by
festival attendees, were both films that first premiered at the
Cannes Film Festival in May. The first was Jacques Audiard's
“Emilia Pérez." The second runner-up was Sean Baker's “Anora,”
the Palme d'Or winner at Cannes.
The audience award for top documentary went to Mike Downie's
“The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal.” In the festival's
Midnight Madness section, the prize went to Coralie Fargeat's
“The Substance,” starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley.
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