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Thanks to smith, tarar714 and creeker! According to Dark Horizons "Thank You for Smoking" is scheduled to have its World Premiere at the 30th Toronto International Film Festival. Toronto Film Festival Premieres The 30th Toronto International Film Festival gets underway on September 8th and already the big events of the schedule have been announced reports Variety. Steve Martin's "Shop Girl" will world premiere as a special presentation. David Cronenberg's "A History of Violence" and Atom Egoyan's "Where the Truth Lies," both of which preemed at Cannes, will have their North American premieres as galas. Also "Water," the controversial third part of Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta's "Elemental Trilogy," will open the fest. "Thank You for Smoking," from director Jason Reitman, will world premiere as a special presentation. Based on the novel by Christopher Buckley, pic stars Robert Duvall, Katie Holmes, Adam Brody and Sam Elliott. Also getting a North American premiere is Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain," the gay cowboy love drama featuring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal. The South Africa/France/U.K. co-production "Wah-Wah," the feature debut and semi-autobiographical coming-of-age tale of thesp Richard E. Grant, will have its international premiere at the fest. Pic also stars Gabriel Byrne, Emily Watson, Julie Walters and Miranda Richardson. Also making its world premiere will be "Mistress of Spices" about an Indian woman (Aishwarya Rai) running a spice shop in San Francisco whose magic fails her when she falls in love. Pic is from Paul Mayeda Berges and Gurinder Chadha, the team behind "Bend It Like Beckham." Australian/U.K. co-prod "The Proposition," directed by John Hillcoat and written by Nick Cave, joins the visions program, as does "50 Ways of Saying Fabulous" from Stewart Main and "The Quiet," Jamie Babbit's follow-up to "But I'm a Cheerleader," starring Elisha Cuthbert. More Links: Video of TomKat at the WOTW LA Premiere: Tom's Special 'War': For the Fans! (video) Click on Tom and Katie cruise into Hollywood!. From: People.com WORLD PREMIERE |
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