QUICK TAKES - Jan. 21, 2009

While guests paused to watch the inauguration Tuesday, buyers and sellers at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah were busy wrapping up several deals.

Fox Searchlight grabbed worldwide rights to “Adam,” a dramatic competition entry about the relationship between a young woman and a young man who has mild autism. The film, starring Hugh Dancy and Rose Byrne, is scheduled to be released theatrically later this year.

Magnolia Pictures acquired worldwide rights to “Humpday,” a film also in the festival’s dramatic competition. Magnolia plans to release the story of two college buddies testing their friendship on both video-on-demand and in theaters later this year. Terms of the deal were not announced.

-- John Horn