In 2007, Craig Zobel came to the Sundance Film Festival with his indie Great World of Sound , a small character story taking place in the world of indie record production, after having worked with David Gordon Green on many of his early indie movies.

This year, he returns to Sundance with Compliance , a very different film, firstly because it delves into the thriller genre, but also because it’s based on actual events. It stars Ann Dowd and Dreama Walker (“Gossip Girl”) as the manager and counter girl of a small fast food restaurant whose relationship is changed when a police officer calls accusing the latter of stealing from a customer. Over the next few hours, they’re put through a rigorous test to see how far they will go in following the instructions of the man on…
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