Stars to shine on Toronto film festival

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

OTTAWA (AFP) — Actors Ben Kingsley, George Clooney, Peter O'Toole, directors Ethan and Joel Coen, and more star power than ever will be on hand for the upcoming 33rd Toronto International Film Festival, organizers announced Tuesday.

The festival, which runs from September 4-13, will showcase 249 feature films and 63 shorts from 64 countries this year, including 116 world premieres.

It opens with a gala presentation of Canadian filmmaker Paul Gross's World War I epic "Passchendaele," based on his own grandfather's experiences in this major battle of 1917.

Also hotly anticipated are the Coen brothers' latest dark film "Burn After Reading," starring Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich and Clooney; Gavin O'Connor's police drama "Pride and Glory" with...

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