TORONTO SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
The Toronto International Film Festival, the largest film event in North America, has announced additions to this year’s line-up:
“Six films, four world premieres and one North American premiere, have been added to the Special Presentations line-up at the… Festival, for a total of 13 films in Special Presentations announced to date.
“The world premieres are Crash, from Paul Haggis [and featuring Sandra Bullock, Brendan Fraser, Matt Dillon, Ryan Phillipe, Thandle Newton, Larenz, Nona Gaye, rapper Ludacris and Don Cheadle]; Haven, by Frank E. Flowers, [featuring Bill Paxton and Orlando Bloom]; Alexander Payne’s Sideways [with Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Sandra Oh and Virginia Madsen]; and James Toback’s When Will I Be Loved [starring Neve Campbell and Frederick Weller].
“Also screening as part of Special Presentations are Niels Mueller’s The Assassination of Richard Nixon [starring Naomi Watts, Sean Penn Don Cheadle and Jack Thompson], a North American premiere, and John Duigan’s Head in the Clouds [with Charlize Theron, Penelope Cruz and Stuart Townsend].”
The Festival also announced two additions to its Gala Presentations:
Director David O. Russell’s I Heart Huckabees, which “delightfully explores the highs and lows of self-discovery, in an existential comedy that is simultaneously sublime and ridiculous.” The film featues Dustin Hoffman, Jude Law, Jason Schwartzman, Naomi Watts, Lily Tomlin, Mark Wahlberg, Isabelle Huppert.
Bill Condon’s Kinsey “tackles the life and relationships of a man who set out to research the sexuality of Americans and found himself at the height of a controversial media frenzy.” Starring Liam Neeson in his compelling portrayal of scientist Alfred Kinsey, the film is supported by a stellar cast that features Laura Linney, Chris O’Donnell, Peter Sarsgaard, Timothy Hutton, John Lithgow, Tim Curry, Oliver Platt, Dylan Baker and Lynn Redgrave.
The Festival will close with the world premiere of Adim Jean’s Jiminy Glick in Lalawood, in which Martin Short reprises his Comedy Central character, the exuberant entertainment critic Jiminy Glick. Also starring Jan Hooks, Linda Cardellini, Janeane Garofalo, John Michael Higgins, Elizabeth Perkins, Larry Joe Campbell, DeRay Davis, Aries Spears, and Gary Anthony Williams, the film is a rollicking romp that follows Jiminy as his dreams of all-encompassing celebrity land him in the comical trappings of an outlandish murder mystery.
