Sam Mendes’ Away We Go To Open Edinburgh Film Festival

It has been announced that Sam Mendes’ latest movie will open Edinburgh Film Festival which runs from June 17- 29, 2009.

Mendes’ (”Road to Perdition,”"Jarhead,”"Revolutionary Road” and Oscar-winning “American Beauty”) road-trip comedy “Away We Go” will be the Opening Gala at this year’s festival.

This funny and heartfelt film, from an original screenplay by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida, follows the journey of an expectant couple (John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph), as they travel the U.S. in search of the perfect place to put down roots and raise their family. Along the way, they have misadventures and find fresh connections with an assortment of relatives and old friends who just might help them discover “home” on their own terms for the first time.
The movie features the music of Alexi Murdoch.
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