Glasgow Film Festival 2010
January 21, 2010 by localnews
The sixth Glasgow Film Festival launches on 18 February with a special gala screening of ‘Micmacs’, the new movie by Amelie director Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Big name stars who will appear on screen include Nicolas Cage in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Robert De Niro in Everybody’s Fine and Pierce Brosnan in The Greatest. The country focus will feature movies from Japan, including a tribute to Akira Kurosawa, whose centenary is celebrated throughout 2010. There will also be a retrospective celebrating the career of Cary Grant. The programme also features several mini-festivals, including the Glasgow Music & Film Festival, the Glasgow Short Film Festival, FashionArtFilm and FrightFest to showcase the best in horror.
Special guests will include ‘voice of Darth Vader’ James Earl Jones and Scottish directors Peter Mullan and Kevin Macdonald. Star of ‘The Wire’ Dominic West will star along with Maggie Smith in the new Julian Fellowes movie ‘From Time to Time’. Fellow ‘Wire’ alumni Idris Elba and Clarke Peters star in the world premiere of the thriller Legacy, which closes the festival on Sunday 28 February.
The Glasgow Film Festival runs from February 18-28th. Tickets are on sale from 11am on 21 January from www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk Further information and updates can be also found at www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk
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