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SXSW 2010 starts today in Austin, Texas. Here’s just a peek into what films will be shown there over the 10 days of the festival.
Two big films will have screenings on Friday night alone, with Matthew Vaughn showing his adaptation of Mark Millar’s comic Kick-Ass and Robert Rodriguez will unveil Predators to his hometown audience. Saturday will have both Elektra Luxx and 13 screening. MacGruber will also be screened on Monday, though there is ongoing legal trouble with the creators of MacGyver regarding the film. The Runaways had its premiere at Sundance, but will be screening at SXSW as well.
Other films are generating a lot of buzz is Aaron Schneider’s Get Low, which stars Robert Duvall and Bill Murray. BARRY MUNDAY, written and directed by Chris D’Arienzo has an impressive cast which includes Patrick Wilson, Chloë Sevigny and Malcom Macdowell. Chloë Sevigny has two films making their World Premieres at the festival, with the other being Mr. Nice, written and directed by Bernard Rose and also stars Rhys Ifans, David Thewlis and Crispin Glover.
Documentary Feature films are a big part of the festival. The People vs George Lucas examines the dynamic between the filmmaker and his fans over the past three decades. SATURDAY NIGHT is a documentary directed by James Franco who had full behind the scenes access to the writers, actors and producers of the show Saturday Night Live and shows what it takes to put together just one episode of the show. American Grindhouse explores the American Exploitation film. Lemmy delves into the personal and public life of Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister.
SXSW goes from March 12-21 and is more than just a film festival, with musicians, filmmakers, internet and gaming creators showing their wares to a very eclectic and accepting audience. For those of you lucky enough to go this year, here is a list of feature films screening at SXSW over the next ten days:
Headliners Category
Cyrus – Directors & Screenwriters: Jay and Mark Duplass; Cast: John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei, Catherine Keener, Matt Walsh
Four Lions – Director: Chris Morris; Screenwriters: Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Simon Blackwell and Chris Morris; Cast: Riz Ahmed, Arsher Ali, Nigel Lindsay, Kayvan Novak, Adeel Akhtar
Get Low – Director: Aaron Schneider; Screenwriters: Chris Provenzano and C. Gaby Mitchell ; Cast: Cast: Robert Duvall, Bill Murray
Kick-Ass – Director: Matthew Vaughn; Screenwriters: Jane Goldman and Matthew Vaughn; Cast: Aaron Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Mark Strong, Chloë Grace Moretz and Nicolas Cage. (World Premiere)
MacGruber – Director: Jorma Taccone; Screenwriters: Will Forte & John Solomon & Jorma Taccone; Cast: Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, Ryan Phillippe, Powers Boothe, Maya Rudolph and Val Kilmer (World Premiere)
Micmacs / Micmacs à tire-larigot – Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet; Screenwriters: Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Guillaume Laurant; Cast: Dany Boon (U.S. Premiere)
Mr. Nice – Director and Screenwriter: Bernard Rose; Cast: Rhys Ifans, Chloë Sevigny, David Thewlis, Luis Tosar, Crispin Glover, Omad Djalili. (World Premiere)
The Runaways – Director and Screenwriter: Floria Sigismondi; Cast: Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Scout Taylor-Compton, Michael Shannon, Alia Shawkat, Tatum O’Neal.
Spotlight Premieres Category
American Grindhouse (Documentary) – Director: Elijah Drenner (World Premiere)
BARRY MUNDAY – Director and Screenwriter: Chris D’Arienzo; Cast: Patrick Wilson, Judy Greer, Chloë Sevigny, Jean Smart, Malcolm McDowell, Cybill Shepherd, Billy Dee Williams (World Premiere)
Cargo – Directors: Ivan Engler & Ralph Etter. Screenwriters: Ivan Engler & Patrik Steinman; Cast: Anna Katharina Schwabroh, Martin Rapold, Regula Grauwiller, Yangzom Brauen, Michael Finger (U.S. Premiere)
Cold Weather – Director and Screenwriter: Aaron Katz; Cast: Cris Lankenau, Trieste Kelly Dunn (World Premiere)
Elektra Luxx – Director and Screenwriter: Sebastian Gutierrez; Cast: Carla Gugino, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Timothy Olyphant, Malin Akerman, Adrianne Palicki (World Premiere)
Greenlit (Documentary) – Director: Miranda Bailey (World Premiere)
Haynesville: A Nation’s Relentless Hunt for Energy (Documentary) – Director: Gregory Kallenberg (North American Premiere)
Hood To Coast (Documentary) – Director: Christoph Baaden (World Premiere)
Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee – Director and Screenwriter: Shane Meadows; Cast: Paddy Considine, Dean Palinczuk, Olivia Colman (North American Premiere)
Leaves of Grass – Director and Screenwriter: Tim Blake Nelson; Cast: Edward Norton, Keri Russell, Tim Blake Nelson, Melanie Lynskey, Richard Dreyfuss (U.S. Premiere)
Lebanon, Pa. – Director and Screenwriter: Ben Hickernell; Cast: Josh Hopkins, Samantha Mathis, Mary Beth Hurt, Rachel Kitson, Iain Merrill Peakes (World Premiere)
Lemmy (Documentary) – Director: Greg Olliver and Wes Orshoski (World Premiere)
No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson (Documentary) – Director: Steve James (World Premiere)
One Night in Vegas (Documentary) – Director: Reggie Rock Bythewood (World Premiere)
The People vs. George Lucas (Documentary) – Director: Alexandre O. Philippe (World Premiere)
Richard Garriott – Man on a Mission (Documentary) – Director: Mike Woolf (World Premiere)
The Ride (Documentary) – Director: Meredith Danluck (World Premiere)
SATURDAY NIGHT (Documentary) – Director: James Franco (World Premiere)
The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights (Documentary) – Director: Emmett Malloy
