"In Bruges" to open Sundance
“In Bruges,” from first time feature filmmaker and award-winning playwright, Martin McDonagh, will open the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. The film stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as two hit men forced to take a vacation in
“In many ways IN BRUGES is a quintessential Sundance film-- it’s brutal, philosophical, funny, and totally original,” said Geoffrey Gilmore, Director, Sundance Film Festival.
McDonach won Olivier Awards for his plays The Lieutenant of Inishmore and The Pillowman as well as Tony noms for The Beautry Queen of Leenane, The Lonesome West, and The Pillowman.
He also won an Oscar for best live-action short film in 2006 for “Six Shooter.”
Here's a NY Times story on McDonagh.
Photo of Gleeson and Farrell in "In Bruges" by Japp Buitendijk.
Michael Jones is the film festival editor at Variety.com. 
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