WATCH: 'Room' Best Actress Contender Brie Larson (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO)

A24 harbors high awards hopes for Lenny Abrahamson's intense prison escape drama "Room," and so they took the film to world premiere at Telluride, where it popped with audiences and critics, and then to Toronto, where it took home the coveted audience award, which often presages a strong Oscar contender.  READ MORE: 'Room' Wins Toronto's Audience Award, Oscar Bellwether Finally, with "Room" (A24, October 16) actress Brie Larson, who was so fine as a conflicted social worker in "Short Term 12," after supporting roles in "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World," "The United States of Tara," "The Spectacular Now," "21 Jump...

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