“Yellow face” in Hollywood movies: Paul Muni is a Jewish-Austrian-Hungarian Chinese in The Good Earth. Today it would have been simpler. Muni would have been merely a Jewish-Ukrainian Chinese.
Hollywood Chinese, Arthur Dong’s documentary about the portrayal of Chinese and Chinese-Americans in Hollywood films, will have its Los Angeles premiere at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, at the AFI FEST 2007, held at the ArcLight theater complex in Hollywood.
Recently nominated for a Golden Horse Award for best documentary, Hollywood Chinese features interviews with numerous Chinese and Chinese-American talent, in addition to veterans Turhan Bey (the Austrian-born actor – of Turkish-Czech ancestry – who played Chinese in the 1944 melodrama Dragon Seed, opposite the likes of Hollywood Chinese Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston, Agnes Moorehead, Hurd Hatfield, and Aline MacMahon) and two-time Academy Award winner Luise Rainer (the Jewish-German actress who played Chinese – and won an Oscar for doing so – in the 1937 drama The Good Earth, opposite Paul Muni).
Schedule permitting, the following are expected to be present at the Hollywood Chinese screening: filmmaker Dong, Joan Chen, Tsai Chin, James Hong, Nancy Kwan, Justin Lin, Lisa Lu, Amy Tan, Mai Lon Gittlesohn and Marcella Wong-Yasuhiro (daughters of Violet Wong, star of the 1917 Chinese-American film The Curse of Quon Gwon), and James Leong, Jr. (son of James B. Leong, producer/writer of the 1921 film Lotus Blossom).
The post-screening panel discussion will be moderated by Randy Haberkamp, Director of Educational Programs at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Too bad Warner Oland isn’t around to discuss his experiences as Dr. Fu Manchu and Charlie Chan, or that Anna May Wong isn’t around to discuss her experiences as a second-rank player in the 1920s and 1930s, a time when Caucasian actresses were invariably cast as Chinese heroines.
Tickets for this and other AFI FEST events can be bought at www.afi.com or at 866.AFI.FEST (866.234.3378).
Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford at the AFI FEST 2007 Los Angeles premiere of Lions for Lambs at the ArcLight theater complex in Hollywood on Nov. 1, 2007. Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images.
Tom Cruise, Will Smith. Photo: David Livingston/Getty Images.
The Oscar-winning documentaries Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements (above), Broken Rainbow and Women – for America, for the World will be screened on Monday, November 5, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Linwood Dunn Theater as the next installment of “Oscar’s Docs, Part Three: Academy Award-Winning Documentaries 1977–1988.”
In the 1985 Documentary Short Subject winner, Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements, decorated Vietnam War pilot Charlie Clements gives up his military career to devote himself to healing and non-violent solutions in war-torn El Salvador. Director Deborah Shaffer and Dr. Charlie Clements will take part in a post-screening discussion.
Producer Maria Florio and producer-director Victoria Mudd will be on hand to discuss Broken Rainbow, the 1985 Documentary Feature winner, which, as per the Academy’s press release, presents a “scathing indictment” of the treatment of Native Americans during the 1970s and early 1980s.
The 1986 Documentary Short Subject winner, Women – for America, for the World, features “22 prominent American women sharing their practical, compassionate views on the need to end the arms race and reassess national priorities.” Among the interviewees are Joanne Woodward, Patricia Schroeder, Allene Cottier, Ellen Goodman, and Geraldine Ferraro. Producer-director Vivienne Verdon-Roe will take part in a post-screening discussion.
“Oscar’s Docs” is a comprehensive screening series of every short subject and feature to win the Academy Award for documentary filmmaking since the category was established in 1941.
The retrospective will present the best available prints, often featuring newly struck or restored editions from the documentary collection of the Academy Film Archive. The series will continue each Monday evening through November 19 and will be complemented on many nights by onstage discussions with the filmmakers (schedules permitting).
Tickets to “Oscar’s Docs” are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. The Linwood Dunn Theater is located at 1313 Vine Street in Hollywood. Free parking is available through the entrance on Homewood Avenue (one block north of Fountain Avenue). For additional information, visit www.oscars.org/events or call (310) 247-3600.
Photos: Courtesy of Skylight Pictures (Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements), Earthworks Films (Broken Rainbow), Educational Film and Video Project (Women – for America, for the World)
Edna Purviance Walk of Fame petition
“It is not an easy task with so many stars nominated each year. The cost is also high at $15,000 for a star on the Walk of Fame. But names need to be gathered to show interest in the project, as well.”
The above quote was taken from ednapurviance.org, a site dedicated to, well, Edna Purviance.
On the site, there’s a petition requesting the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce to grant Edna Purviance a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Sure, why not, you say – but who is Edna Purviance (pronounced pur-VEYE-ance)?
Edna Purviance was Charles Chaplin’s leading woman in a number of shorts, and his star in A Woman of Paris, a 1923 drama he directed. Purviance is, in fact, quite good in the film, in which she plays a sweet young thing who ends up as the mistress of a wealthy Parisian.
Caramel with Nadine Labaki.
Nadine Labaki ‘Caramel’: AFI FEST highlights
Los Angeles’ AFI FEST 2007 is currently being held at the ArcLight Theater complex in Hollywood. Saturday, November 3, highlights include Nadine Labaki’s romantic comedy Caramel, Noah Baumbach’s dysfunctional family tale Margot at the Wedding, and Cristian Mungiu’s Palme d’Or winner 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days. (Image: Nadine Labaki in Caramel.)
At 12:45 p.m., Never Apologize: A Personal Visit with Lindsay Anderson is Mike Kaplan’s documentary about the director of This Sporting Life (1963), which earned Academy Award nominations for Richard Harris and Rachel Roberts; If…. (1968), possibly the best movie ever made with a school setting; and O Lucky Man! (1973), starring a post-A Clockwork Orange Malcolm McDowell. Never Apologize: A Personal Visit with Lindsay Anderson’s archival footage features the likes of Laurence Olivier, Lillian Gish, Bette Davis, and Alan Bates, among others.
‘Caramel’ movie & Cannes winner ‘4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days’
At 3:45 p.m., Caramel is Nadine Labaki’s romantic comedy about five female Beirut denizens (including Labaki herself). Lebanon’s official submission for the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award, Caramel has won both the Audience and the Youth awards at this year’s San Sebastian Film Festival.
At 6:45 p.m., 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days is Cristian Mungiu’s stark drama about a young woman trying to have an (illegal) abortion in Communist Romania. Mungiu’s film won the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
At 7 p.m., Margot at the Wedding is Noah Baumbach’s comedy-drama about two sisters, one of whom is getting married. Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Jack Black star.
‘The Band’s Visit’ & Wayne Wang drama
At 7:15 p.m., The Band’s Visit is Eran Kolirin’s widely praised comedy-drama about a troupe of Egyptian musicians who find themselves stranded in a small Israeli town. The top winner at this year’s Israeli Academy Awards, The Band’s Visit was deemed ineligible for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar because more than 50 percent of its dialogue is in English.
At 10:45 p.m., A Thousand Years of Good Prayers is Wayne Wang’s family drama about a Chinese widower’s difficult relationship with his daughter living in the United States. Wayne’s film won the Golden Shell at this year’s San Sebastian Film Festival.
Featuring the likes of Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, John Sayles, Wayne Wang, John Landis, Laura Linney, Ellen Page, Jason Reitman, Javier Bardem, the voices of Catherine Deneuve and Danielle Darrieux (in Persepolis), and veterans Nancy Kwan, Turhan Bey, and Luise Rainer (all three in the documentary Hollywood Chinese), Los Angeles’ AFI FEST 2007 will be held Nov. 1–11 at the ArcLight Hollywood cinema complex. Additional special screenings and events will take place at the Academy of Motion Picture and Sciences’ Linwood Dunn theater, a couple of blocks down the street from the ArcLight.
AFI FEST 2007 movies (partial list)
GALA PRESENTATIONS
Opening Night Gala
LIONS FOR LAMBS (USA)
Director: Robert Redford.
Cast: Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Andrew Garfield.
North American Premiere.Centerpiece Gala
JUNO (USA)
Director: Jason Reitman.
Cast: Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney.Closing Night Gala
LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA (USA)
Director: Mike Newell.
Cast: Javier Bardem, Benjamin Bratt, Liev Schreiber, Laura Harring, Catalina Sandino Moreno.
North American Premiere.SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY / LE SCAPHANDRE ET LE PAPILLON (France | USA)
Director: Julian Schnabel.
Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Anne Consigny, Marie-Josée Croze, Max von Sydow, Marina Hands, Emma De Caunes.HOLLYWOOD CHINESE (USA)
Director: Arthur Dong.
Interviewees: Turhan Bey, Luise Rainer, Nancy Kwan, Ang Lee, Joan Chen, Tsai Chin, Christopher Lee, James Shigeta, Amy Tan, Wayne Wang.HONEYDRIPPER (USA)
Director: John Sayles.
Cast: Danny Glover, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Yaya DaCosta, Charles S. Dutton, Vondie Curtis-Hall.MARGOT AT THE WEDDING (USA)
Director: Noah Baumbach.
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, John Turturro, Jack Black, Ciarán Hinds.MR. WARMTH (USA)
Director: John Landis.
Featuring: Don Rickles, Robert De Niro, Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, Robin Williams, Sidney Poitier, Chris Rock.PERSEPOLIS (France)
Directors: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paranound.
Voice Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni, Danielle Darrieux.THE SAVAGES (USA)
Director: Tamara Jenkins.
Cast: Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco.SOUTHLAND TALES (USA)
Director: Richard Kelly.
Cast: Seann William Scott, Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mandy Moore, Cheri Oteri, Kevin Smith, Miranda Richardson, Will Sasso, Jon Lovitz.A THOUSAND YEARS OF GOOD PRAYERS (USA)
Director: Wayne Wang.
Cast: Henry O, Faye Yu, Vida Ghahremani.INTERNATIONAL FEATURE COMPETITION
THE ART OF NEGATIVE THINKING (KUNSTEN A TENKE NEGATIVT) Cast: Fridtjov Saheim, Kjersti Holmen, Henrik Mestad DIR: Bard Breien PROD: Dag Alveberg. Norway
AUTUMN BALL Cast: Rain Tolk, Taavi Eeimaa, Sulevi Peitola DIR: Vieko Ounpuu PROD: Katrin Kissa. Estonia
CHOP SHOP Cast: Alejandro Polanco, Isamar Gonzales, Rob Sowulski DIR: Ramin Bahrani PROD: Lisa Muskat, Marc Turtletaub, Jeb Brody. USA
CONTINENTAL, A FILM WITHOUT GUNS (CONTINENTAL, UN FILM SANS FUSIL) Cast: Réal Bossé, Marie-Ginette Guay, Fanny Mallette DIR: Stéphane Lafleur PROD: Kim McCraw, Luc Dery. Canada
MUNYURANGABO Cast: Jeff Rutagengwa, Eric Ndorunkundiye, Jean Marie Vianney Nkurikiyinka DIR: Lee Isaac Chung PROD: Lee Isaac Chung EXEC PROD Han Gil Chung, Robert Liang, Alex Hsiong Chu.Rwanda/USA
USED PARTS (PARTES USADAS) Cast: Eduardo Granados, Alan Chavez, Carlos Ceja DIR: Aaron Fernandez PROD: Aaron Fernandez, Martezu Mohammadi. Mexico/France
WITH YOUR PERMISSION (TIL DODEN OS SKILLER) Cast: Lars Brygmann, Sidse Babett, Knudsen, Rasmus Bjerg DIR: Paprika Steen PROD: Leila Vestgaard, Thomas Heinesen EXEC PROD Kim Magnusson, Tivi Magnussori. Denmark
Sex, abortion, and Nazis: AFI FEST 2007 World Cinema (image: Catherine Breillat’s ‘The Last Mistress’)4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS (4 LUNI 3 SAPTAMINI SI 2 ZILE). DIR: Cristian Mungiu PROD: Oleg Mutu, Mihaela Poenaru EXEC PROD: Florentina Onea. Romania
ALEXANDRA. DIR: NICHOLAS KAISER PROD: ANDREJ SIGLE Russia
THE BAND’S VISIT (BIKUR KATIZMORET). DIR: Eran Kolirin PROD: Eilon Ratzkovsky, Ehud Bleiberg, Yossi Uzrad, Koby Gal-Raday, Guy Jacoel. Israel
CARAMEL. Cast: Nadine Labaki, Yasmine Al Masri, Joanna Moukarzel, Gisele Aouad, Adel Karam, Sihame Haddad, Aziza Semaan, Fatme Safa, Dimtri Stancofski, Fadia Stella, Ismail Antar. DIR: Nadine Labaki PROD: Anne-Dominique Toussant. Lebanon/France
THE COUNTERFEITERS (DIE FALSCHER). Cast: Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow, Martin Brambach, August Zirner. DIR: Stefan Ruzowitzky Austria/Germany
THE DUCHESS OF LANGEAIS. DIR: Jacques Rivette PROD: Martine Marignac, Maurice Tinchant. France
THE FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON / LE VOYAGE DU BALLOON ROUGE Cast: Juliette Binoche, Simon Iteanu, Song Fang, Hippolyte Girardot. DIR: Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan/France
IRINA PALM Cast: Marianne Faithfull, Jenny Agutter, Miki Manojlovic, Kevin Bishop. DIR: Sam Garbarski USA
JELLYFISH / MEDUZOT Cast: Sarah Adler, Nikol Leidman, Gera Sandler, Noa Knoller. DIR: Etgar Keret, Shira Geffen Israel
THE LAST MISTRESS (UNE VIEILLE MAITRESSE). Cast: Asia Argento, Fu’ad Aït Aattou, Roxane Mesquida, Yolande Moreau, Claude Sarraute. DIR: Catherine Breillat PROD: Jean-François Lepetit. France
MAD DETECTIVE. Cast: Lau Ching-wan, Andy On, Lee Kwon Lun, Lam Ka Tung. DIR: Johnnie To PROD: Ka-Fai Wai Hong Kong/China
NIGHT TRAIN. Cast: Liu Dan, Qi Dao, Xu Wei, Wu Yuxi, Wang Zhenijia, Mena Haivan. DIR: Yinan Diao PROD: Vivian Qu, Steve Chow CO PROD Natacha Devillers, Julien Fayre, Luca Matrundola, Pascal Vaguelsy EXEC PROD: Shu Yao, Yinghua Lu, Sean Chen. China
SECRET SUNSHINE / MILYANG
Cast: Jeon Do-yeon, Song Kang-ho, Seon Jeong-yeob. DIR: Chang Dong Lee PROD: Yong-kyou Cho EXEC PROD: Kim In-su, Lee Changdong. South KoreaTHE TRACEY FRAGMENTS. Cast: Ellen Page, Ari Cohen. DIR: Bruce McDonald PROD: Sarah Timmins EXEC PROD Paul Barkin. Canada
AFI FEST 2007 International Documentary Competition
AFGHAN MUSCLES DIR: Andreas Mol Dalsgaard PROD: Jesper Morthorst, Michael Haslund-Christensen. Denmark
ATENCO, A CRIME OF STATE (ATENCO, UN CRIMEN DE ESTADO) DIR: Klamve Colectivo Mexico
CHRIS & DON. A LOVE STORY. Cast: DIR: Guido Santi, Tina Mascara PROD: Julia Scott, Tina Mascara, Guido Santi, James White. USA
ORANGE REVOLUTION DIR: Steve York PROD: Steve York EXEC PROD Peter Ackerman. USA
PLEASE VOTE FOR ME DIR: Weijun Chen PROD: Don Edkins. China
THE QUEST FOR THE MISSING PIECE (BEHIKVOT AHATIHA AHASERA) DIR: Oded Lotan PROD: Claudia Levin. Israel
AFI FEST 2007 Documentary Showcase
BIG RIG DIR: Doug Pray PROD: Brad Blondheim USA
BODY OF WAR DIR: Ellen Spiro, Phil Donahue EXEC PROD: Phil Donahue CO-PROD: Karen Bernstein USA
LYNCH Featuring: David Lynch DIR: blackANDwhite EXEC PROD: Rips Penderis, Ole Johan Roska, Matt Semi PROD: Soren Larsen, Brynn McQuade, Jon Nguyen, Jason S. USA
THE MAN IN THE SHADOWS: VAL LEWTON. DIR/SCR: Kent Jones PROD: Martin Scorsese, Margaret Bodde EXEC PROD: TNT Tom Brown USA
NEVER APOLOGIZE: A PERSONAL VISIT WITH LINDSAY ANDERSON Featuring: Malcolm McDowell DIR: Mike Kaplan PROD: Mike Kaplan, Malcolm McDowell, Peter Crane USA
PIERRE RISSIENT: MAN OF CINEMA
Featuring: Clint Eastwood, Quentin Tarantino, Werner Herzog, Abbas Kiarostami, Bertrand Tavernier, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Claude Chabrol. DIR/PROD: Todd McCarthy USASPINE TINGLER! THE WILLIAM CASTLE STORY Featuring: John Waters, John Landis, Joe Dante DIR: Jeffrey Schwartz PROD: Jeffrey Schwartz. USA
AFRICAN SHOWCASE
CLOUDS OVER CONAKRY / IL VA PLEUVOIR SUR CONAKRY (Guinea | France)
Director: Cheick Fantamady Camara.
Cast: Alex Ogou, Moussa Keita, Tella Kpomahou.
FARO – GODDESS OF THE WATERS / FARO – LA REINE DES EAUX (Mali | France | Canada | Germany | Burkina Faso)
Director: Salif Traore.
Cast: Sotigui Kouvate, Fili Traore, Michel Mpambara.
WELCOME TO NOLLYWOOD (Nigeria | USA)
Director: Jamie Meltzer.
AMERICAN SHOWCASE
AMERICAN FORK
Director: Chris Bowman.
Cast: Hubbel Palmer, Mary Lynn Rajskub, William Baldwin, Kathleen Quinlan.
EXPIRED
Director: Cecilia Miniucchi.
Cast: Samantha Morton, Jason Patric, Teri Garr, Illeana Douglas.
THE LIVING WAKE
Director: Sol Tryon.
Cast: Mike O’Connell, Jesse Eisenberg, Jim Gaffigan.
NOISE
Director: Henry Bean.
Cast: Tim Robbins, Bridget Moynahan, William Hurt.
SMILEY FACE
Director: Gregg Araki.
Cast: Anna Faris, Adam Brody, John Krasinski, Danny Masterson, John Cho, Jane Lynch, Marion Ross, Danny Trejo.
AFI FEST 2007 Dark Horizons
ECHO (EKKO). Cast: Kim Bodnia, Villads Milthers Fritsche, Stine Fischer Christensen DIR: Andres Morgenthaler PROD: Sarita Christensen CO PROD: Louise Vesth, Marie Gade. Denmark
SAKURAN. Cast: Anna Tsuchiya, Kippei Shina, Hiroki Narimiya, Yoshino Kimura DIR: Mika Ninagawa PROD: Masao Teshima, Mitsuru Uda, Yoshinori Fujita. Japan
STRANGE CULTURE (Documentary). Cast: Tilda Swinton Peter Coyote. DIR: Lynn Hershman Leeson PROD: Lynn Hershman Leeson, Lise Swenson, Steven Beer. USA
AFI FEST 2007 Latin Showcase
THE AERIAL (LA ANTENA). Cast: Rafael Ferro, Florencia Raggi, Alejandro Urdapilleta DIR: Esteban Sapir ASST PROD: Juan Aguirre, Frederico Rotstein. Argentina
CYRANO FERNANDEZ. Cast: Edgar Ramírez DIR: Alberto Arvelo Venezuela, Spain
DEFICIT. Cast: Gael García Bernal, Luz Cipriota, Tenouch Huerta Mejia, Camila Sodi DIR: Gael Garcia Bernal PROD: Pablo Cruz, Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna, Luciana Kaplan. Mexico
HAPPY DESERT / DESERTO FELIZ. Cast: Nash Laila, Peter Ketnath, Hermila Guedes DIR: Paulo Caldas PROD: Germano Coelho EXEC PROD: Fernando Zagallo. Brazil, Germany
IT’S BETTER IF GABRIELA DOESN’T DIE / MEJOR ES QUE GABRIELA NO SE MUERA. Cast: Mauricio Isaac, Dagoberto Gama, Gabriela Roel DIR: Sergio Umansky EXEC PROD: Maite Arguellas, Carlos Morales. Mexico
MANUELA AND MANUEL (MANUELA Y MANUEL). Cast: Humbert Busto, Elena Iguina, Luz Maria Rondon DIR: Raul Marchand PROD: Frances Luusell Diaz. Puerto Rico
SILENT LIGHT / STELLET LICHT. Cast: Cornelio Well Fehr, Miriam Toews, Maria Pankratz DIR: Carlos Reygadas PROD: Jaime Romandia, Carlos Reygadas. Mexico, France
THE YEAR OF THE NAIL / AÑO UÑA. Cast: Diego Catana, Eireann Harper, Salvador Elizondo, Michele Alban DIR: Jonas Cuarón PROD: Alfonso Cuarón, Jonas Cuarón, Eireann Harper, Frida Torresblanco. Mexico
AFI FEST 2007 International Shorts Competition
DEAR BILL GATES. Director: Sarah J. Christman, USA
GOD PROVIDES (Documentary). Director: Brian M. Cassidy, USA, Canada
NAKED (NAAKT). Director: Albert Jan van Rees, Holland
ONE DAY ACROSS THE VALLEY. Director: Andrea Giacomini, USA
OUSMANE. Director: Gaye Dyana Senegal, France
SURGERY (CIRUGOA). Director: Alberto Gonzalez, Spain
AFTERMATH ON MEADOWLARK LANE. Director: David and Nathan Zellner USA
LIFE AND TIMES OF ROBERT KENNEDY STARRING GARY COOPER. Director: Aaron Valdez, USA
SALIVA. Director: Esmir Filho, Brazil
SOUTH CENTRAL FARM: OASIS IN A CONCRETE DESERT (Documentary) Featuring: Daryl Hannah, Martin Sheen, James Cromwell. Director: Sheila Laffey USA
WHITE MAN IN A BLACK BOX (HOMME BLANC DANS UNE BOITE NOIRE). Director: Jerome Jourlait Namibia-France
H.R. GIGER’S SANCTUARY (Documentary) Featuring: H.R. Giger. Director: Nick Brandestini, Steve Ellington Switzerland
THE HUNTER. Cast: Larry Fessenden. Director: Benjamin Gray USA
SPIDER. Director: Nash Edgerton Australia
PSYCHO HILLBILLY CABIN MASSACRE!. Director: Robert Cosnahan USA
DESTINY MANIFESTO. Director: Martha Colburn USA
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD Voices: Ian McKellen, Steve Coogan. Director: Joe Tucker UK
I MET THE WALRUS. Director: Josh Raskin Canada
MY BIODEGRADABLE HEART. Director: Dana Adam Shapiro USA
SHUTEYE HOTEL. Director: Bill Plympton USA
American Film Market movies
The 28th American Film Market (AFM), which takes off today, will screen a total of 522 films in the next seven days in Santa Monica, Calif. Billed as “the largest motion picture trade event in the world,” AFM 2007 will serve as the launching pad for 106 industry world premieres and 364 market premieres.
Among the films making their industry world premieres are: Flick, with Academy Award winner Faye Dunaway; Mad Money, starring Katie Holmes, Academy Award winner Diane Keaton, and Queen Latifah; Sanjuro, written by the late Akira Kurosawa; Tales of the Riverbank, starring Academy Award winner Jim Broadbent and Stephen Fry; and The Neighbor, with Matthew Modine.
Among the other films on the AFM 2007 screening schedule are All Gods Children Can Dance, starring Joan Chen; Bill, starring Jessica Alba, Aaron Eckhart, and Timothy Olyphant; Disengagement, with Juliette Binoche; Lars and the Real Girl, starring Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, and Patricia Clarkson; Married Life, with Pierce Brosnan, Patricia Clarkson, Chris Cooper and Rachel McAdams; Nobel Son, featuring Ted Danson, Danny De Vito, Bill Pullman, Alan Rickman, and Mary Steenburgen; Purple Violets, starring Edward Burns and Debra Messing; and When a Man Falls in the Forest, starring Timothy Hutton and Sharon Stone (Rigel Entertainment).
AFI FEST 2007 – Milestones
FAAT KINE (2000) (Ousmane Sembene)
THE PASSENGER (1975) (Michelangelo Antonioni)
SHAME (SKAMMEN) (1968) (Ingmar Bergman)
TERRORIZER (KONGBU FENZI) (1986) (Ed Yang)
TORN FROM THE FLAG (A LYUKAS ZASZLO) (2007) (Laszlo Kovacs)
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes photo: Frederick M. Brown | Getty Images.
Catherine Deneuve photo: Brigitte Lacombe.