Thursday, August 14, 2008

Special Presentation Films

The festival released the names of 20 additional films that will be in the Special Presentations section:

http://www.tiff08.ca/press/pressreleases/default.aspx?newsId=577

Some big names in these films, including:

  • The Brothers Bloom, starring Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, and Rachel Weisz, with Maximillian Schell and Robbie Coltrane.
  • Easy Virtue, with Colin Firth, Jessica Biel, and Kristin Scott Thomas, based on the Noel Coward play.
  • Genova, from director Michael Winterbottom (Code 46, The Road to Guantanamo), with Colin Firth (again!), Catherine Keener, and Hope Davis.
  • Is There Anybody There? with Michael Caine.
  • Management, with Steve Zahn, Jennifer Aniston, and Woody Harrelson.
  • Me and Orson Wells with Zac Efron, Claire Danes, Ben Chaplin, and Christian McKay.
  • Slumdog Millionaire from director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later).
  • Zack and Miri Make a Porno, from director Kevin Smith, starring Seth Rogan and Elizabeth Banks.
  • The Burning Plain, with Charlize Theron and Kim Basinger.
  • Che, a two part-movie about Ernesto Guevara, from Stephen Soderbergh.
  • Synecdoche, New York, from director Charlie Kaufman, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Catherine Keener, Dianne Wiest, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Emily Watson, and Hope Davis.
  • The Wrestler, from Darren Aronofsky (The Fountain, Requiem for a Dream), starring Mickey Rourke.
  • Flash of Genius, starring Greg Kinnear, Lauren Graham, Dermot Mulroney, and Alan Alda.

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