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How Andrea Riseborough pulled off that shocking Oscar nomination

Andrea Riseborough attends the "Amsterdam" European premiere at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on Sept. 21, 2022, in London.

LOS ANGELES — "To Leslie," the indie drama that scored Andrea Riseborough one of the most shocking nominations in Oscar history, opened at Monica Film Center in Santa Monica on Oct. 9, where it came and went after playing to an empty house for five days.

It ended its theatrical run soon afterward with a worldwide box office of $27,000 — that's thousand, not million. Marc Maron, who co-stars with Riseborough in the downbeat drama about an addict returning to her West Texas hometown to rebuild her life, was incensed at distributor Momentum Pictures' handling of the film, grousing on his WTF podcast: "The f— distributor dropped the ball on facilitating something that would bring a lot more attention

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