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From Sundance to Oscar: 13 Films That Broke Out of Park City

There’s a happy convergence that happens each January as we await the Oscar nominations and keep an eye on the goings-on in Park City. At this time in 2009, for example, nobody could have guessed just how much of an awards-season powerhouse Mo’Nique would become — let alone how sick we’d all get of saying the words “Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire.” But as long as the Sundance Film Festival has been around, it’s always sent indie gems careening on their paths to Oscar as the first step in a long, arduous, unpredictable road to awards glory. Without further ado, behold 13 Sundance winners that went the distance from their January debuts to Oscar night!

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From Sundance to Oscar: 13 Films That Broke Out of Park City

Zach Gilford on Off the Map, Mourning Friday Night Lights and Fishing with Tom Brokaw

This spring, Friday Night Lights star Zach Gilford attempts to leave behind his beloved character Matt Saracen — the shy former quarterback of the Dillon Panthers — for an outdoorsy doctor on Shonda Rhimes’ latest ABC medical drama, Off the Map . Will the Northwestern grad be able to endear himself to an entirely new audience, and adjust to life away from the bubble the Chicago-born adventure enthusiast has grown comfortable in during the last five seasons on FNL ?

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Zach Gilford on Off the Map, Mourning Friday Night Lights and Fishing with Tom Brokaw