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TIFF adds films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kristen Wiig and Adam Sandler
Tuesday August 12th 2014The Toronto International Film Festival announced another seven Galas and 17 Special Presentation titles Tuesday, including movies starring Kristen Wiig, Dustin Hoffman, Benicio del Toro, John Travolta, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Keira Knightley, Juliette Binoche, Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton.
The 39th edition of TIFF, which opens Sept. 4 with The Judge and unspools over 10 days, has added social satire Welcome to Me, starring Kristen Wiig as a woman who uses a lottery win to buy her own self-focused infomercial show, Arnold Schwarzenegger zombie flick Maggie, Sophie Barthes’s version of classic drama Madame Bovary starring Mia Wasikowska as the tragic heroine, and Tom McCarthy’s The Cobbler, starring Adam Sandler.
Also on the Special Presentation bill is the director’s cut of Human Highway, Bernard Shakey’s (a.k.a. Neil Young) and Dean Stockwell’s bizarre 1982 comedy-musical fantasy.
TIFF also unveiled a hefty Contemporary World Cinema program, with films from 42 countries, as well as the eight South Korean titles to screen as part of the City to City program. It also detailed the lineup for the inaugural Short Cuts International slate, as well as the avant-guard Wavelengths program for “cinephiles, art lovers and daring Festival-goers who refuse to be categorized.”
Among the titles announced Tuesday morning:
Boychoir (François Girard): A troubled 12-year-old orphan from small-town Texas ends up at a prestigious East coast music school where he butts heads with the tough conductor (Dustin Hoffman). Kathy Bates, Josh Lucas, Kevin McHale, Eddie Izzard, Debra Winger and newcomer Garrett Wareing.
The Connection (La French) (Cédric Jimenez): The Artist’s Jean Dujardin stars in this 1970s-set crime drama about a Marseille police magistrate who struggles to take down a French Connection drug kingpin.
Escobar: Paradise Lost (Andrea Di Stefano): The story of a young surfer (The Hunger Games’ Josh Hutcherson) who falls for a local girl while on vacation in Colombia but gets more than he bargained for when he meets her uncle, notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar (Benicio del Toro).
The Forger (Philip Martin): John Travolta plays a former art prodigy and petty thief who buys his way out of prison in order to spend time with his ailing son but must first team up with his father (Christopher Plummer) for one last job.
Infinitely Polar Bear (Maya Forbes): Mark Ruffalo portrays a father desperate to keep his family together while dealing with manic depression, trying to win his estranged wife (Zoe Saldana) back by proving he’s a worthy dad to their young daughters. 2001: A Space Odyssey’s Keir Dullea also stars.
Ruth & Alex (Richard Loncraine): Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton play a couple struggling with the decision about whether to sell their beloved Brooklyn home, amid plenty of distractions, in this comedy.
Beyond the Lights (Gina Prince-Bythewood): Belle’s Gugu Mbatha-Raw stars as a newly minted superstar singer struggling with the pressures of fame.
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart 2 (Johnnie To): The prolific Hong Kong filmmaker returns with a double love triangle tale starring Louis Koo, Miriam Yeung, Gao Yuanyuan and Vic Chou.
For a complete list of films and ticket information, go to tiff.net.
Source: Toronto Star
Headline, Industry News
TIFF adds films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kristen Wiig and Adam Sandler
Tuesday August 12th 2014The Toronto International Film Festival announced another seven Galas and 17 Special Presentation titles Tuesday, including movies starring Kristen Wiig, Dustin Hoffman, Benicio del Toro, John Travolta, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Keira Knightley, Juliette Binoche, Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton.
The 39th edition of TIFF, which opens Sept. 4 with The Judge and unspools over 10 days, has added social satire Welcome to Me, starring Kristen Wiig as a woman who uses a lottery win to buy her own self-focused infomercial show, Arnold Schwarzenegger zombie flick Maggie, Sophie Barthes’s version of classic drama Madame Bovary starring Mia Wasikowska as the tragic heroine, and Tom McCarthy’s The Cobbler, starring Adam Sandler.
Also on the Special Presentation bill is the director’s cut of Human Highway, Bernard Shakey’s (a.k.a. Neil Young) and Dean Stockwell’s bizarre 1982 comedy-musical fantasy.
TIFF also unveiled a hefty Contemporary World Cinema program, with films from 42 countries, as well as the eight South Korean titles to screen as part of the City to City program. It also detailed the lineup for the inaugural Short Cuts International slate, as well as the avant-guard Wavelengths program for “cinephiles, art lovers and daring Festival-goers who refuse to be categorized.”
Among the titles announced Tuesday morning:
Boychoir (François Girard): A troubled 12-year-old orphan from small-town Texas ends up at a prestigious East coast music school where he butts heads with the tough conductor (Dustin Hoffman). Kathy Bates, Josh Lucas, Kevin McHale, Eddie Izzard, Debra Winger and newcomer Garrett Wareing.
The Connection (La French) (Cédric Jimenez): The Artist’s Jean Dujardin stars in this 1970s-set crime drama about a Marseille police magistrate who struggles to take down a French Connection drug kingpin.
Escobar: Paradise Lost (Andrea Di Stefano): The story of a young surfer (The Hunger Games’ Josh Hutcherson) who falls for a local girl while on vacation in Colombia but gets more than he bargained for when he meets her uncle, notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar (Benicio del Toro).
The Forger (Philip Martin): John Travolta plays a former art prodigy and petty thief who buys his way out of prison in order to spend time with his ailing son but must first team up with his father (Christopher Plummer) for one last job.
Infinitely Polar Bear (Maya Forbes): Mark Ruffalo portrays a father desperate to keep his family together while dealing with manic depression, trying to win his estranged wife (Zoe Saldana) back by proving he’s a worthy dad to their young daughters. 2001: A Space Odyssey’s Keir Dullea also stars.
Ruth & Alex (Richard Loncraine): Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton play a couple struggling with the decision about whether to sell their beloved Brooklyn home, amid plenty of distractions, in this comedy.
Beyond the Lights (Gina Prince-Bythewood): Belle’s Gugu Mbatha-Raw stars as a newly minted superstar singer struggling with the pressures of fame.
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart 2 (Johnnie To): The prolific Hong Kong filmmaker returns with a double love triangle tale starring Louis Koo, Miriam Yeung, Gao Yuanyuan and Vic Chou.
For a complete list of films and ticket information, go to tiff.net.
Source: Toronto Star
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Headline, Industry News
TIFF adds films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kristen Wiig and Adam Sandler
Tuesday August 12th 2014The Toronto International Film Festival announced another seven Galas and 17 Special Presentation titles Tuesday, including movies starring Kristen Wiig, Dustin Hoffman, Benicio del Toro, John Travolta, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Keira Knightley, Juliette Binoche, Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton.
The 39th edition of TIFF, which opens Sept. 4 with The Judge and unspools over 10 days, has added social satire Welcome to Me, starring Kristen Wiig as a woman who uses a lottery win to buy her own self-focused infomercial show, Arnold Schwarzenegger zombie flick Maggie, Sophie Barthes’s version of classic drama Madame Bovary starring Mia Wasikowska as the tragic heroine, and Tom McCarthy’s The Cobbler, starring Adam Sandler.
Also on the Special Presentation bill is the director’s cut of Human Highway, Bernard Shakey’s (a.k.a. Neil Young) and Dean Stockwell’s bizarre 1982 comedy-musical fantasy.
TIFF also unveiled a hefty Contemporary World Cinema program, with films from 42 countries, as well as the eight South Korean titles to screen as part of the City to City program. It also detailed the lineup for the inaugural Short Cuts International slate, as well as the avant-guard Wavelengths program for “cinephiles, art lovers and daring Festival-goers who refuse to be categorized.”
Among the titles announced Tuesday morning:
Boychoir (François Girard): A troubled 12-year-old orphan from small-town Texas ends up at a prestigious East coast music school where he butts heads with the tough conductor (Dustin Hoffman). Kathy Bates, Josh Lucas, Kevin McHale, Eddie Izzard, Debra Winger and newcomer Garrett Wareing.
The Connection (La French) (Cédric Jimenez): The Artist’s Jean Dujardin stars in this 1970s-set crime drama about a Marseille police magistrate who struggles to take down a French Connection drug kingpin.
Escobar: Paradise Lost (Andrea Di Stefano): The story of a young surfer (The Hunger Games’ Josh Hutcherson) who falls for a local girl while on vacation in Colombia but gets more than he bargained for when he meets her uncle, notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar (Benicio del Toro).
The Forger (Philip Martin): John Travolta plays a former art prodigy and petty thief who buys his way out of prison in order to spend time with his ailing son but must first team up with his father (Christopher Plummer) for one last job.
Infinitely Polar Bear (Maya Forbes): Mark Ruffalo portrays a father desperate to keep his family together while dealing with manic depression, trying to win his estranged wife (Zoe Saldana) back by proving he’s a worthy dad to their young daughters. 2001: A Space Odyssey’s Keir Dullea also stars.
Ruth & Alex (Richard Loncraine): Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton play a couple struggling with the decision about whether to sell their beloved Brooklyn home, amid plenty of distractions, in this comedy.
Beyond the Lights (Gina Prince-Bythewood): Belle’s Gugu Mbatha-Raw stars as a newly minted superstar singer struggling with the pressures of fame.
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart 2 (Johnnie To): The prolific Hong Kong filmmaker returns with a double love triangle tale starring Louis Koo, Miriam Yeung, Gao Yuanyuan and Vic Chou.
For a complete list of films and ticket information, go to tiff.net.
Source: Toronto Star
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