It was a deal struck over vegemite. While dining on that Australian paste (spread over toast) aboard James Packer?s yacht May 17, Brett Ratner and Sony Pictures Classics co-president Michael Barker closed a $6 million pact for U.S. rights to one of the splashiest films available in Cannes: director James Vanderbilt?s Truth, about CBS News anchor Dan Rather?s resignation and the events leading to it.