AFI FEST picks "The Wrestler" and "Che"
Two targets for awards season voters have been slotted at AFI FEST -- Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler" and Steven Soderbergh's "Che" will unspool as Centerpiece Galas. Pics will have their West Coast preems November 1 and November 6, respectively, at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
It marks the second visit to AFI FEST for Aronofsky, who preemed "The Fountain" there in 2006.
The films have spent a lot of time together on the road. At Cannes, "Che" preemed as "Wrestler" peeked some of its scenes at the Wild Bunch office. They saw each other in Toronto and New York film fests, and now will meet at AFI FEST -- an adrenaline-fueled wrestler and a communist revolutionary sharing yet more cheap, film fest wine. Love is in the air.
The fest also announced four additional special screenings: Rian Johnson's con men tale "The Brothers Bloom," Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck's baseball pic "Sugar," James Gray's drama "Two Lovers" starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Joaquin Phoenix, and the assemble film "Tokyo!"
AFI FEST 2008 will run October 30 - November 9.
It marks the second visit to AFI FEST for Aronofsky, who preemed "The Fountain" there in 2006.
The films have spent a lot of time together on the road. At Cannes, "Che" preemed as "Wrestler" peeked some of its scenes at the Wild Bunch office. They saw each other in Toronto and New York film fests, and now will meet at AFI FEST -- an adrenaline-fueled wrestler and a communist revolutionary sharing yet more cheap, film fest wine. Love is in the air.
The fest also announced four additional special screenings: Rian Johnson's con men tale "The Brothers Bloom," Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck's baseball pic "Sugar," James Gray's drama "Two Lovers" starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Joaquin Phoenix, and the assemble film "Tokyo!"
AFI FEST 2008 will run October 30 - November 9.
Michael Jones is the film festival editor at Variety.com. 
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