Richard Linklater's “Last Flag Flying” to open New York Film FestJune 13, 2017 - 11:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Richard Linklater’s Last Flag Flying will be the first title of the upcoming New York Film Festival, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. The Amazon title will make its world premiere at Alice Tully Hall on Sept. 28 as the opening-night film of the fest. Starring Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston and Laurence Fishburne, the film is set to open theatrically Nov. 17. Linklater’s lyrical road movie centers on three aging Vietnam-era Navy vets — soft-spoken Doc (Carell), unhinged and unfiltered Sal (Cranston) and quietly measured Mueller (Fishburne) — as they reunite to perform a sacred task: the proper burial of Doc’s only child, who has been killed in the early days of the Iraqi invasion. "Last Flag Flying is many things at once — infectiously funny, quietly shattering, celebratory, mournful, meditative, intimate, expansive, vastly entertaining and all-American in the very best sense," NYFF director and selection committee chair Kent Jones said Monday in a statement. "But to isolate its individual qualities is to set aside the most important and precious fact about this movie: that it all flows like a river. That’s only possible with remarkable artists like Steve Carell, Laurence Fishburne and Bryan Cranston, and a master like Richard Linklater behind the camera.” "It’s always special to be at the New York Film Festival, but to be premiering our movie on opening night, when you look at the half-century of films that have occupied that slot, is a wonderful honor," said Linklater. The 55th New York Film Festival, presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, is set to run Sept. 28-Oct. 15. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for children Moscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said. Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. |