PARK CITY, Utah (AP) -Movie buyers trolling the Sundance Film Festival (www.sundancechannel.com) that started Thursday might wish they could ask that witch in the woods whether there's any more at home like her.?"The Blair Witch Project," acquired for $1 million at Sundance last year, went on to gross $140 million, the first bona fide blockbuster to come out of the nation's premier independent movie showcase.?While the movie's success prompted predictions that festivals like this would become crowded with films copying the shaky, home-video look and improvised approach of "Blair Witch," there's little evidence of that in this year's 113 features at Sundance.?Read more.
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