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'Bell' to open Woodstock festival

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By DADE HAYES

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The eighth Woodstock Film Festival, which unspools Oct. 10-14, will be bookended by "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" and "I'm Not There."

The centerpiece titles are "Under the Same Moon" and "Married Life."

A launch party to be held Sept. 18 in downtown Gotham will tout the fest to citybound film bizzers, many of whom make the trek north for the emerging fest. The full lineup of 150 films and accompanying events will be announced then.

Organizers noted the themes of the opening and closing pics were a good fit for Woodstock, which for more than a century has been a hive of art and independent thought.