Park City Main Street has attracted visitors for Sundance each January, with moviegoers and celebrity seekers alike enjoying the festival. Tom Haraldsen/City Journals.

Tom Haraldsen
The City Journals 

A few years ago, actor Justin Long and I shared a transit ride in Park City while attending the Sundance Film Festival. That’s when he told me why the annual gathering of actors, producers, directors, distributors and other filmmaking professionals has been so important.

“They work within blocks of each other in Los Angeles, but they almost never do deals unless they’re up here,” he said. “The mountains and the magic of Sundance bring people in the industry together. It really can’t be beat.”

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