Venice Film Festival Lineup / “Burn After Reading” World Premiere
The 65th Venice International Film Festival (Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica di Venezia), organised by the Venice Biennale, will take place on the Venice Lido from August 27th to September 6th 2008.
The world premiere of Joel and Ethan Coen’s “Burn After Reading” opens the Festival on Wednesday, out of competition.
George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich and Tilda Swinton are expected to be on Lido’s red carpet.
The festival continues with its first full day including the first competition screenings on Thursday.
The line-up of the 65th Venice Film Festival:
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Wim Wenders to head 65th Venice Film Festival jury
German director Wim Wenders will head the main jury of the 65th Venice Film Festival, organizers said on Friday.
Wenders is perhaps best know for his films “The Buena Vista Social Club” (1998) and “Paris, Texas” (1984), both of which scooped up international awards.
Wenders, who won the Venice Golden Lion 10 years later for “The State of Things,” was most recently at the Lido with “Land of Plenty” in 2004.
His first appearing at Venice Film Festival was with the “Goalkeeper’s Fear of the Penalty Kick” in
1972.
His latest film, “Palermo Shooting” starring Dennis Hopper, had its premiere at the Cannes film festival last month.
The festival, in its 65th edition this year, runs from Aug 27 to Sept 6 and the Coen Brothers‘ comedy “Burn After Reading” will open the fest.
The Venice lineup will be announced July 29.
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‘Burn After Reading’ to open 65th Venice Film Festival
The Coen brothers’ ‘Burn After Reading‘ will open the 65th Venice Film Festival.
That will be the world premiere of the dark spy comedy, starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand and Tilda Swinton, will launch from the Venice Lido Aug. 27.
‘Burn After Reading’ has its U.K. release on Sept. 5 via Universal Pictures and goes out Stateside via Focus Features on Sept. 12.
“Burn After Reading,” which the Coens wrote and directed, revolves around an ousted CIA official, played by John Malkovich, whose memoir falls into the hands of two Washington, D.C., gym employees, who decide to attempt to exploit their find.
Highly awaited Coen brothers’ latest is a Working Title production, produced by Joel and Ethan Coen, and executive-produced by Working Title’s Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Robert Graf.
It has not yet been decided whether “Burn After Reading” will be in competition or out-of-competition at 65th Venice Film Festival.
The Coens were last on the Lido with “Intolerable Cruelty,” starring Clooney opposite Catherine Zeta Jones, in 2003, out-of-competition.
The Venice Film Festival will run Aug. 27-Sept 6.
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