Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Film Nashville Film Festival Announces Opening Night Feature
Posted by Jim Ridley on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:39 AM
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(500) Days of Summer, an indie comedy starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel (pictured left), has just been announced as the opening-night feature for next month's 40th anniversary Nashville Film Festival, which runs April 16-23 at Regal's Green Hills megaplex.
A romantic comedy about a greeting-card copywriter looking back on his busted relationship with a woman who claims not to believe in love, (500) Days got a bright reception when it premiered at Sundance earlier this year. Nashville marks its third stop on the festival circuit after its screening at Austin's SXSW, and it's been picked up for release by Fox Searchlight. Director Marc Webb will attend the screening.
Even by Nashville Film Festival standards, this year's lineup is studded with wild cards. There's the world premiere of the documentary William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet, with Shatner, Brad Paisley and composer/producer Ben Folds scheduled to attend; a screening of America's Lost Band: The Remains and a performance by the reunited Boston garage-rock legends (featuring longtime Middle Tennessean Barry Tashian); and a closing-night 40th-anniversary screening of Easy Rider that could well be momentous.
Already announced are the Southeastern premieres of That Evening Sun, a William Gay adaptation with stars Hal Holbrook, Dixie Carter, Walton Goggins, Ray McKinnon and veteran character actor Barry Corbin (No Country for Old Men) scheduled to appear; and Poundcake, a rocky family comedy for which Oscar-nominated actress Kathleen Quinlan is scheduled to attend along with co-star Jay O. Sanders. Lee Ann Womack, cult favorite Michael Parks (Kill Bill) and Dominique Swain are expected to attend with their drama Noble Things.
Festival laminates are available now with the purchase of a patron's membership ($225) or higher. Individual tickets go on sale online April 7.
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500 DAYS OF SUMMER is also @ the Florida Film Festival late this month. Props to BIG RIVER MAN - great film.
Posted by
TL
on March 18, 2009 at 2:51 PM
Looks like a nice lineup. Too bad the festival schedules itself during the same week as the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Vegas. A LOT of local film/video professionals will be there and not at the festival. Seems they don't think that through.
Posted by
ls
on March 19, 2009 at 6:21 PM
