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Toronto slots gala premieres for Clooney

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-07-11 08:45





George Clooney attends the premiere of 'Ocean's Thirteen' at the
Grauman's Chinese theatre
in Hollywood, California June 5, 2007 file photo. [Reuters]

The Toronto International Film Festival unveiled another slew of
premieres on Tuesday, including gala slots for George Clooney starrer
"Michael Clayton" and Gavin Hood's "Rendition" starring Reese
Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal and Meryl Streep.

"Clayton," the directorial debut of "Bourne Identity" screenwriter Tony
Gilroy, will receive the red carpet treatment at Roy Thomson Hall. The
Warner Bros. legal drama is expected to bow in Venice and possibly play
at the Deauville festival before shifting to Toronto for its North
American premiere. It opens October 5 in the U.S.

Also getting a gala sendoff in Toronto is "Rendition," a New Line Cinema
thriller set for an October 21 release stateside and a December 21 bow in
Canada.

Hood's "Tsotsi" helped raise the profile of South African films, earning
the top audience award at Toronto in 2005 before going on to win the
Academy Award for best foreign-language film.

Films from veteran directors headed to the festival's Special
Presentations sidebar include Neil Jordan's "The Brave One," a Warner
Bros. release starring Jodie Foster and Mary Steenburgen, and Peter
Greenaway's "Nightwatching," a Rembrandt biopic that will have its
international premiere here after bowing in the Netherlands.

Toronto also has booked "Nothing Is Private," the feature directorial
debut of "Six Feet Under" creator Alan Ball. Ball penned the screenplay
for "American Beauty," which bowed in Toronto in 1999 before going on to
Oscar acclaim. Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello and Toni Collette topline the
drama about sexual politics and bigotry set against the backdrop of the
Gulf War in 1991.

Indian director Santosh Sivan ("Asoka") will make his English-language
debut in Toronto with "Before the Rains," a tale set in 1930s India about
a married British colonialist (Linus Roache) accused of having an affair
with his housemaid (Nandita Das). And Julian Schnabel's Cannes award
winner "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" will unspool as part of the
sidebar.

The Toronto International Film Festival runs September 6-15.










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