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Jan 23 2012 5:00 PM EST 19,486
Robert Pattinson's 'Cosmopolis' Wins MTV
Movie Brawl
More than 3 million votes were cast to push the David
Cronenberg-directed indie over brand-new franchise 'TheHunger Games.'
By Eric Ditzian (@ericditzian) , with reporting by Josh Horowitz (@joshuahorowitz)
The final buzzer has sounded, the brawl for it all is over, and Robert Pattinson is the last man
standing: "Cosmopolis" has won MTV Movie Brawl 2012.
His indie drama made for one hell of a Cinderella story in the vote-driven tournament to pick
the must-see movie of the year. Entering the bracket as a #4 seed (following an impressive
showing in the play-in round), "Cosmopolis" appeared to be facing an unavoidable Elite Eight
ouster. What were the chances Pattinson's cerebral film about a young finance wiz taking aday-long limo ride though New York City would beat "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -
Part 2"? Apparently pretty good. Fans banded together, choosing to support RPattz's post-
vampire career rather than the franchise that made him a star. "Breaking Dawn" was sent
packing.
And so, after easily fighting off "The Dark Knight Rises," "Cosmopolis" came to face "The
Hunger Games," a brand-new franchise that had waltzed through the tournament and seemed
to be the odds-on favorite to win the whole tourney. But it was not to be. After more than 3
million votes and a slew of lead changes, Pattinson's film beat back Jennifer Lawrence's seriesto become the undisputed champion of the Movie Brawl.
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Hours before voting closed Monday afternoon (January 23), with "Cosmopolis" staking out an
insurmountable lead and the MTV Movies team at the Sundance Film Festival, we broke the
news to Pattinson's co-star, Paul Giamatti, that their film had won the tournament.
"Holy cow, that's astounding!" he said. "The fact of that is amazing. ... That's a really cool
thing that it brings that visibility to that movie."
It's been a whirlwind few weeks in the tournament, so we'd like to thank all the fans who
voted. The Brawl broke bigger than we could have ever hoped. Well over 5 million votes
were cast. The competition spread wildly over Twitter and Facebook. Our comments sections
caught fire as fans debated, argued and rallied. In the end, though, only one film could stand
as the undisputed champion of the MTV Movie Brawl. Pattinson, Giamatti, director David
Cronenberg and everyone connected to "Cosmopolis" we salute you!
1. Robert Pattinson and Sarah Gadon in "Cosmopolis" / Photo: David Cronenberg