WATCH: Oscar Winner, 'Shape Shifter' Brie Larson on the Challenges of Making 'Room' (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO)

Rising indie distributor A24 harbored high awards hopes for Lenny Abrahamson's intense prison escape drama "Room," so they took the film to world premiere at Telluride, where it popped with audiences and critics, and then to Toronto — both of which Larson thanked in her winsome Oscar acceptance speech for giving the movie "a platform." It's holding its own at the box office, with $23 million worldwide in the till so far. The film's rising star, Brie Larson, also landed Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, and Indie Spirit wins on the way to the Oscar. Finally, with "Room," Larson, who was so fine as a conflicted social worker in "Short...

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