TORONTO -- The Toronto International Film Festival on Monday announced world premieres for Werner Herzog's "Rescue Dawn," starring Christian Bale, and Hal Hartley's Parker Posey starrer "Fay Grim."
August 8, 2006 (Press Release) --
TORONTO -- The Toronto International Film Festival on Monday announced world premieres for Werner Herzog's "Rescue Dawn," starring Christian Bale, and Hal Hartley's Parker Posey starrer "Fay Grim."
"Rescue," a drama based on the story of a U.S. navy lieutenant who escaped from a POW camp in Laos during the Vietnam war, will unspool as part of the festival's Masters' sidebar.
Also scheduled for the Masters' program is the world premiere of Margarethe von Trotta's latest film, "I Am the Other Woman," an erotic thriller starring Armin Mueller-Stahl and Katja Riemann.
"Fay," booked for the festival's Special Presentations program, is Hartley's sequel to 1997's "Henry Fool." Posey will play a single mother caught up in international espionage while searching for her husband.
The same sidebar will offer the world premieres of Tarsem Singh's "The Fall," a fantasy epic shot in 23 countries; "Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show," Ari Sandel's road movie about four stand-up comics on a tour bus with Vaughn; and U.S. filmmaker Scott Caan's "The Dog Problem," a "shaggy dog story" starring Giovanni Ribisi, Mena Suvari and Don Cheadle.
Although Toronto does not have an official market, a number of high-profile distribution deals are inked each year. Last year's fest saw big-dollar deals signed for Jason Reitman's "Thank You for Smoking," Bart Freundlich's "Trust the Man" and Rogue Pictures' acquisition of "Dave Chappelle's Block Party."
Other world premieres in the Special Presentations sidebar include Alek Keshishian's "Love and Other Disasters," a French-British co-production starring Brittany Murphy as a young American living in London; Shane Meadows' "This Is England," a drama about a young boy growing up in skinhead culture in 1983 northern England; and U.S. filmmaker Brad Silberling's "10 Items or Less," a drama about an aging Hollywood icon at the mercy of a female checkout clerk that stars Morgan Freeman and Paz Vega.
Also bowing in Toronto is the Costa-Gavras written and produced "Mon Colonel," a drama set in colonial Algeria that was directed by Laurent Herbiet, and "L'Homme de Sa Vie," a French-Italian co-production from Zabou Breitman that stars Charles Berling and Bernard Campan.
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"Rescue," a drama based on the story of a U.S. navy lieutenant who escaped from a POW camp in Laos during the Vietnam war, will unspool as part of the festival's Masters' sidebar.
Also scheduled for the Masters' program is the world premiere of Margarethe von Trotta's latest film, "I Am the Other Woman," an erotic thriller starring Armin Mueller-Stahl and Katja Riemann.
"Fay," booked for the festival's Special Presentations program, is Hartley's sequel to 1997's "Henry Fool." Posey will play a single mother caught up in international espionage while searching for her husband.
The same sidebar will offer the world premieres of Tarsem Singh's "The Fall," a fantasy epic shot in 23 countries; "Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show," Ari Sandel's road movie about four stand-up comics on a tour bus with Vaughn; and U.S. filmmaker Scott Caan's "The Dog Problem," a "shaggy dog story" starring Giovanni Ribisi, Mena Suvari and Don Cheadle.
Although Toronto does not have an official market, a number of high-profile distribution deals are inked each year. Last year's fest saw big-dollar deals signed for Jason Reitman's "Thank You for Smoking," Bart Freundlich's "Trust the Man" and Rogue Pictures' acquisition of "Dave Chappelle's Block Party."
Other world premieres in the Special Presentations sidebar include Alek Keshishian's "Love and Other Disasters," a French-British co-production starring Brittany Murphy as a young American living in London; Shane Meadows' "This Is England," a drama about a young boy growing up in skinhead culture in 1983 northern England; and U.S. filmmaker Brad Silberling's "10 Items or Less," a drama about an aging Hollywood icon at the mercy of a female checkout clerk that stars Morgan Freeman and Paz Vega.
Also bowing in Toronto is the Costa-Gavras written and produced "Mon Colonel," a drama set in colonial Algeria that was directed by Laurent Herbiet, and "L'Homme de Sa Vie," a French-Italian co-production from Zabou Breitman that stars Charles Berling and Bernard Campan.
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