Watch: First Trailer And Clip For ‘Low Down' Starring Elle Fanning, John Hawkes, Glenn Close & Lena Headey

There are some Sundance movies which sustain buzz throughout the year ("Whiplash"), and then there are others that have to work a bit harder to get back on the radar, especially if those film's chances were compromised some initially halfhearted reviews. After premiering in Park City in January, not much was heard about the grimy indie "Low Down," (negative reviews didn’t help). But the film, starring Elle Fanning, John Hawkes and Glenn Close, might have a new lease on life.

About the life of jazz pianist Joe Albany (Hawkes) and told from the perspective of his young daughter (Fanning) as she watches him contend with his drug addiction in the 1960s and '70s jazz scene,  “Low Down” was extensively recut and reshaped after Sundance (and some pretty sharp reviews),.

In fact, first time feature length director Jeff Priess told THR earlier this year that the movie’s editing schedule was rushed to make the Sundance date. “We got it done based on an...