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I can confirm that audiences everywhere have a tendency to act like dumbasses, including people who should really know better. My brother is a film critic, so I occasionally get to see movies before they come out with him. A few years ago, we went to see the first Lord of the Rings movie at some kind of fancier-than-usual Toronto "premiere", and there were some minor celebrities there. Sitting right behind us was Atom Egoyan and his kid, who was probably around 11 or 12. That damn kid talked ALL THROUGH THE MOVIE, and Atom Egoyan -- one of the more established Canadian directors, who really should have at least a modicum of respect for the cinema-going experience and his fellow audience members -- never once told him not to talk or even to lower his voice. The kid was constantly making stupid comments and asking idiotic questions, such as "IS HE A BAD GUY??" every damn time a new character was introduced.

As you can see I'm still a bit peeved about it -- not because I was surprised that someone could allow their kid to talk during a movie, because I think that anyone who goes to the movies on a regular basis learns to become at least somewhat numb to this type of behavior -- because he's a director, and he should have known better.

But anyway, I do have to say, bad audience or not, I'm jealous that you got to see a 70mm print of 2001. I've been wanting to see that theatrically for ages. I remember in 2001 they did a limited theatrical rerelease, and I kept waiting for it to come to Toronto, but sadly it never happened. Oh well. I'll see it on the big screen one day!

Rickegee is right, Egoyan who also wrote the screenplay adds a wonderful element with the Pied Piper.

This movie has a wonderful musical score as well.

The Sweet Hereafter is a novel written by U.S. author Russell Banks and a film by Canadian director Atom Egoyan.

Both the book and the film depict life in a small town in the wake of a terrible school bus accident in which numerous local children are killed.

It is one instance where the film is better than the book, primarily because Egoyan takes a vastly different approach.