AFI FEST 2009: THE LAST STATION, AFTER.LIFE
Helen Mirren, James McAvoy, Paul Giamatti in The Last Station
AFI FEST 2009, Sat., Nov. 7 at the Santa Monica Laemmle Theater 4 on 2nd Street in Santa Monica.
AFI FEST 2009 comes to a close with the following screenings:
Michael Hoffman’s The Last Station, which is set near the end of Leo Tolstoy’s life, has been getting lots of Oscar buzz for its stars: James McAvoy as Tolstoy’s assistant; Helen Mirren as Tolstoy’s wife; and Christopher Plummer as the verbose author of the never-ending War and Peace.
Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Ilisa Barbash’s Sweetgrass offers a look at sheepherding in Montana’s Absaroka-Beartooth mountain range. Apart from the sheep and the high peaks, there’s no connection to Brokeback Mountain.
Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar’s stop-motion [...]
by Andre Soares | November 7, 2009
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Tags: A Town Called Panic, AFI FEST, AFI FEST 2009, After.Life, Christopher Plummer, Film Festivals, Helen Mirren, James McAvoy, Liam Neeson, Los Angeles Screenings, Sweetgrass, The Last Station
