Sundance | The reincarnations of Mark Ordesky and Mike Tyson

"Over the Hills and Far Away" is a competition documentary about Rupert Isaacson (left) and his quest to find a cure for his autistic son. With him is Mark Ordesky, the former New Line Cinema/Fine Line Features exec who now has a production company, Amber Entertainment. Ordesky's planning to produce a feature version of the doc, with Isaacson taking first stab at the script. (Isaacson, a British journalist, also wrote a book based on his experiences, "The Horse Boy," and acted as the documentary's producer and co-director.)

This is from Saturday night's Bon Appetit Supper Club dinner in honor of James Toback's "Tyson." That's Toback on the right and Sony Pictures Classics' co-head, a bearded Michael Barker, on the left. SPC bought "Tyson" after the film made its world premiere at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.

Later, Mike Tyson showed at the dinner, dressed in a tux and took the mic after Toback addressed the diners. Apologizing for having no gift for public speaking, Tyson said over and over how happy he was that the film is coming out.
But he was also cautious.
The last time he was a celebrity, he said, "pussy and money brought me down." He was concerned the film's release would bring those things back and lead him right back to rehab.

Michael Jones is the film festival editor at Variety.com.













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