'Fantastic Mr. Fox' kicks off AFI
Fest boasts free screening tickets this year
AFI raised the curtain on its 2009 film festival at the Chinese Theater Friday with Wes Anderson's "Fantastic Mr. Fox."
Fest boasts free screening tickets this year
Posted: Mon., Nov.
2, 2009, 1:24pm PT
AFI prexy-CEO Bob Gazzale kicked off the night by asking how many people were sick of talking about the economy before quickly reminding the crowd that tickets to fest screenings were free this year.
Anderson said the last time he'd been in the Chinese Theater was in 1996 to see "Independence Day" and figured it was about as full.
Among the crowds who filtered past a shiny Audi R8 to the after-party at the Roosevelt Hotel were the pic's Bill Murray and Jason Schwartzman as well as guests including Peter Bogdanovich and Ivan Reitman.
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Medal of Honor
Six years after his impressive feature debut, "Maria," Romanian-born, German-raised helmer Calin Peter Netzer returns with a less stygian riff on his native country's post-Ceausescu woes. Buoyed, like "Maria," by strong lead performances -- here, theater vet Victor Rebengiuc and actress Camelia Zorlescu -- "Medal of Honor" recalls typical Central Euro yarns, as a pensioner finds he's suddenly awarded a decoration for a WWII act of heroism he hardly remembers. Drily humorous pic takes a while to work its spell but, as the ironies mount, becomes thoroughly engaging. Further fest kudos and smallscreen tributes loom.
Cartagena
Dancing on Ice
20th Century Boys: Chapter 3
Six years after his impressive feature debut, "Maria," Romanian-born, German-raised helmer Calin Peter Netzer returns with a less stygian riff on his native country's post-Ceausescu woes. Buoyed, like "Maria," by strong lead performances -- here, theater vet Victor Rebengiuc and actress Camelia Zorlescu -- "Medal of Honor" recalls typical Central Euro yarns, as a pensioner finds he's suddenly awarded a decoration for a WWII act of heroism he hardly remembers. Drily humorous pic takes a while to work its spell but, as the ironies mount, becomes thoroughly engaging. Further fest kudos and smallscreen tributes loom.
Cartagena
Dancing on Ice
20th Century Boys: Chapter 3
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