Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2006
The organisers said: "Someone say talent? This is the section that hosts the big names of both now and the future. Bring on the cameras, the stars are coming to town for these blue-chip movies."
10 films · 10 reviews
(Country: US; Year: 2006; Director: Terry Zwigoff; Writer: Daniel Clowes; Stars: Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich, Jim Broadbent, Matt Keeslar, Ethan Suplee, Joel Moore, Nick Swardson, Anjelica Huston, Adam Scott, Jack Ong)
International Premiere
(Country: US; Year: 2006; Director: Kevin Smith; Writer: Kevin Smith; Stars: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Trevor Fehrman, Rachel Larratt, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Shannon Larratt, Jason Lee, Wanda Sykes, Ben Affleck)
UK Premiere
What is his dream? To beat the World Hour Record. What’s that? You bicycle solo round an indoor track for 60 minutes. Is this cinematically rewarding, or understandable? No.
(Country: UK; Year: 2006; Director: Douglas Mackinnon; Writer: John Brown, Declan Hughes, Simon Rose; Stars: Jonny Lee Miller, Sean Brown, Joseph Carney, Brian Cox, Crawford McInally-Keir, Jan Plazalski, Niall Macgregor, Julie Austin, Morag Calder, Billy Boyd, Laura Fraser, Jean Marie Coffey)
Opening Night Film. World Premiere
(Country: US; Year: 2005; Director: Cory Edwards, Todd Edwards; Writer: Cory Edwards, Todd Edwards; Stars: Voices of Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, James Belushi, Patrick Warburton, Anthony Anderson)
UK Premiere
Writer Michael Arndt has cleverly captured the bribery and corruption which lie at the heart of most families.
(Country: US; Year: 2006; Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris; Writer: Michael Arndt; Stars: Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear, Paul Dano, Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, Marc Turtletaub, Beth Grant, Jill Talley, Brenda Canela)
UK Premiere
While the ending is not too difficult to guess, the subtleties reverberate beyond the simplistic plot.
(Country: US; Year: 2006; Director: Patrick Stettner; Writer: Armistead Maupin, Terry Anderson, Patrick Stettner; Stars: Robin Williams, Toni Collette, Joe Morton, Bobby Cannavale, Rory Culkin, Sandra Oh)
UK Premiere
A gloriously enjoyable light comedy.
(Country: US; Year: 2006; Director: Billy Kent; Writer: Adam Wierzbianski; Stars: Parker Posey, Paul Rudd, Mischa Barton, Danny DeVito, Miranda Bailey, Liza Minnelli, Keith David, Robert John Burke, Tim Russ, James Kisicki, Adam Nelson)
International Premiere
Even if almost all of Johnny's journey into darkness takes place on foot, only his first steps are truly pedestrian.
(Country: UK; Year: 1947; Director: Carol Reed; Writer: F.L. Green, R.C. Sherriff, from the novel by F.L. Green; Stars: James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack, Kathleen Ryan, F.J. McCormick, William Hartnell, Fay Compton, Denis O'Dea, W.G. Fay, Maureen Delaney, Eleyn Brook-Jones, Robert Beatty, Dan O'Herlihy, Kitty Kirwan, Beryl Measor, Roy Irving, Joseph Tomelty, Arthur)
Closing Night Film
Part mystery, part psychological drama, and, towards the end, a harrowing thriller of unexpected intensity.
(Country: US; Year: 2006; Director: Hilary Brougher; Writer: Hilary Brougher; Stars: Tilda Swinton, Amber Tamblyn, Timothy Hutton, Denis O'Hare, Melissa Leo, Jim Gaffigan, Halley Feiffer, Kel O'Neill, Deirdre O'Connell, Neal Huff, John Ellison Conlee)
International Premiere
At first captivating, the endless litany of inconsequential detail and forced humour soon begins to wear.
(Country: US; Year: 2006; Director: Oren Rudavsky; Writer: Daniel Saul Housman, Daniel Menaker, Oren Rudavsky; Stars: Chris Eigeman, Ian Holm, Famke Janssen, Stephanie March, Harris Yulin)
UK Premiere
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