'Gone' Keeps Auds Talking

The many moral dilemmas facing the characters in "Gone Baby Gone" had everyone buzzing at the preem after-party at the Napa Valley Grill in Westwood on Monday. Ben Affleck, who makes his directorial debut with the project, says that was exactly his goal. "I wanted a film that people would talk about when they left the theater rather than just digest it and have it be forgotten," he said. Miramax topper Daniel Battsek echoed the sentiment. "I think one of the film's real strengths is that you come out and you have a point of view and you want to discuss it with people." Pic's star Casey Affleck also chimed in on the subject saying, "People sort of walk away from this film asking themselves would they have done the same thing and what is right and wrong." (M. McNiece)

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[Shana Fields]

Interesting to see what the new Miramax prez will greenlight and what the Affleck guys can create together.