dick, They ALL sound like interesting films. Oh, and MM films are definitely documentaries and NOT "documentaries".
On Jul 31, 1:50 am, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > E-mail this to a friend > <http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/email/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/...> > Printable version > <http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/...> > > Moore movie to compete at Venice > > Michael Moore > Moore's other films include Sicko and Bowling for Columbine > > *Capitalism, the latest documentary from Fahrenheit 9/11 director > Michael Moore, features in the official competition at this year's > Venice Film Festival.* > > The film, in which Moore looks at the global economic meltdown, is one > of 23 titles up for the Golden Lion award. > > Others include Werner Herzog's remake of The Bad Lieutenant, starring > Nicolas Cage, and Survival of the Dead, George A Romero's latest zombie > thriller. > > The 66th Venice International Film Festival runs from 2 to 12 September. > > This year's event will see John Lasseter and his fellow Pixar directors > receive a special award for their animated features. > > Toy Story 3D will screen out of competition at the festival, as will a > new 3D version of Toy Story 2. > > *Iconoclastic* > > US fashion designer Tom Ford also features in the competition line-up > with his directorial debut, A Single Man. > > Colin Firth and Julianne Moore appear in the film, alongside Nicholas > Hoult from TV show Skins. > > Also up for the Golden Lion is The Road, an adaptation of Cormac > McCarthy's post-apocalyptic bestseller starring Viggo Mortensen and > Charlize Theron. > > George Clooney > George Clooney is a regular visitor to the world's oldest film festival > > No British films are in contention this year, though Liverpool-born > director Alex Cox does feature in the Orrizonti sidebar section. > > The iconoclastic filmmaker will be premiering Repo Chick, a sequel to > his 1984 cult classic Repo Man. > > George Clooney, star of last year's opening film Burn After Reading, is > back this year in The Men Who Stare at Goats. > > Directed by regular collaborator Grant Heslov, the satirical drama will > screen out of competition. > > Venice is the world's oldest film festival, having been founded in 1932 > in the Mussolini era. > > Oscar-winning director Ang Lee will chair this year's jury, which will > also feature US filmmaker Joe Dante and French actress Sandrine Bonnaire. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
