Typical 'Teen': high on drama

January 24, 2008 With buyers effusive about the colorful documentary about teenagers in Indiana, a quick sale to a sizable distributor seemed imminent. Paramount Vantage will end up with worldwide rights to the film, excluding the U.K., in a deal expected to cost about $750,000 upfront, plus about $1.75 million if the film hits $20 million at the boxoffice, plus significant backend profit participation for the filmmakers. While it wasn't quite the melodrama of "Thank You for Smoking" at Toronto two years ago -- where Paramount Classics believed it had the film before it went to Fox Searchlight -- the back-and-forth provides one of the juiciest dramas of a recent film festival.

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