Glasgow Film Festival 2009

This year's biggest, brightest, and most eagerly anticipated openers.

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Synecdoche, New York and In The Loop
Awaydays (Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Pat Holden; Writer: Kevin Sampson; Stars: Stephen Graham, Nicky Bell, Liam Boyle, Oliver Lee, Lee Battle, Sean Ward, Michael Ryan, Ian Puleston-Davies, Holly Grainger, Sacha Parkinson, Samantha McCarthy) , Official Site , Trailer
Tragic romance, based on Kevin Sampson's book about Tranmere Rovers hooligans in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
The Divine Lady (Country: US; Year: 1929; Director: Frank Lloyd; Writer: Forrest Halsey, based on the book by E. Barrington.; Stars: Corinne Griffith, Victor Varconi, H.B. Warner, Ian Keith, Marie Dressler, Montagu Love)
A portrait of the illicit romance between Admiral Nelson and the married Lady Hamilton.
Flash Of Genius (Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Marc Abraham; Writer: Philip Railsback, John Seabrook; Stars: Greg Kinnear, Alan Alda, Laura Graham, Dermot Mulroney) , Official Site , Trailer
A part-time inventor devotes his life to suing the Ford Motor Company for stealing his idea.
Franklyn (Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Gerald McMorrow; Writer: Gerald McMorrow; Stars: Sam Riley, Eva Green, Ryan Phillippe, Bernard Hill, Susannah York, Art Malik, Chris Wilson, Mark Wingett, Kika Markham, Jay Fuller, Gary Pillai)
Futurisic thriller which paints a picture of London in which there is no separation between Church and State.
Friday the 13th (Country: US; Year: 1980; Director: Sean S. Cunningham; Stars: Ari Lehman, Jeannine Taylor, Kevin Bacon, Robbi Morgan, Betsy Palmer, Peter Brouwer, Ronn Carroll, Ron Millkie, Walt Gorney)
A series of vicious murders occurs at a summer camp.

Flash Of Genius and Franklyn
Gran Torino (Country: USA, Australia; Year: 2008; Director: Clint Eastwood; Writer: Nick Schenk, Dave Johannson; Stars: Clint Eastwood, Christopher Carley, Bee Vang, Ahney Her, Brian Haley, Geraldine Hughes, Dreama Walker, Brian Howe, John Carroll Lynch, William Hill)
Foul-mouthed racist pensioner stands up to gang leaders in his neighbourhood.
Good (Country: UK, Germany; Year: 2008; Director: Vicente Amorim; Writer: John Wrathall, based on the play by C.P. Taylor.; Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Jason Isaacs, Jodie Whittaker, Steven Mackintosh, Mark Strong, Gemma Jones, Anastasia Hille, Ruth Gemmell, Ralph Riach, Steven Elder) , Official Site , Trailer
An examination of the people who thought of themselves as 'good', yet allowed the Nazis to rise to power.
Hamlet 2 (Country: USA; Year: 2008; Director: Andrew Fleming; Writer: Pam Brady, Andrew Fleming; Stars: Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, Joseph Julian Soria, Skylar Astin, Phoebe Strole, Melonie Diaz, Arnie Pantoja, Michael Esparza, Natalie Amenula, Marshall Bell)
In this rambunctious comedy, a high school drama teacher injects love and passion for theatre into his students by creating a musical sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Hell's Pavement (Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Andy Kemp; Stars: Pauline Mclynn, Conor Byrne, Keeki Bennetts, Diveen Henry)
A young girl experiences the child care and fostering system, where good intentions don't always lead to good results.
Hush (Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Mark Tonderai; Writer: Mark Tonderai; Stars: William Ash, Christine Bottomley, Guy Burnet, Clive Cope, Robbie Gee, Allan Gentleman, Claire Keelan, Stuart McQuarrie, Rupert Procter, Sheila Reid, Jon Rumney)
Cat and mouse thriller sees a young couple fall foul of a trucker on the motorway.

Last Chance Harvey and Good
In The Loop (Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Armando Iannucci; Writer: Jesse Armstrong, Armando Iannucci; Stars: Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, Chris Addison, James Gandolfini, Mimi Kennedy, Anna Chlumsky, Steve Coogan, David Rasche, Gina McKee, Olivia Poulet) , Official Site , Trailer
Politicians spin while they're winning on the brink of a Middle East war. Plus read our interview with .
Is Anybody There? (Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: John Crowley; Writer: Peter Harness; Stars: Michael Caine, Bill Milner, David Morrisey, Anne-Marie Duff, Linzey Cocker, Garrick Hagon, Rosemary Harris, Thelma Barlow)
An elderly magician reluctantly entering a retirement home bonds with an inquisitive young boy and persuades him life is for living.
Last Chance Harvey (Country: UK, US; Year: 2008; Director: Joel Hopkins; Writer: Joel Hopkins; Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Eileen Atkins, Kathy Baker, Liane Balaban, James Brolin, Richard Schiff) , Official Site , Trailer
An awkward American visiting London for his daughter's wedding falls head over heels for a younger woman.
Marley & Me (Marley And Me) (Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: David Frankel; Writer: Scott Frank and Don Roos, based on the book by John Grogan.; Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson, Kathleen Turner, Eric Dane, Alan Arkin, Nathan Gamble, Haley Bennett, Finley Jacobsen, Bryce Robinson, Benjamin Hyland) , Official Site , Trailer
A family struggle to live with the world's worst dog, who is loveable but just won't behave.
Mr 73 (Country: France; Year: 2008; Director: Olivier Marchal; Writer: Olivier Marchal; Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Olivia Bonamy, Catherine Marchal, Francis Renaud, Gérald Laroche, Guy Lecluyse, Philippe Nahon) , Trailer
A policeman who sees himself as a failure gets a job protecting a woman from her parents' murderer, who is just out of prison, in this tense thriller.

Paris 36 and Awaydays
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (Country: Australia; Year: 2008; Director: Mark Hartley; Writer: Mark Hartley; Stars: Phillip Adams, Christine Amor, Glory Annen, Victoria Anoux, Ian Barry, Briony Behets, Steve Bisley, Jamie Blanks, Graeme Blundell, Russell Boyd)
Documentary charting a key moment in Aussie cinema.
O'Horten (La Nouvelle Vie De Monsieur Horten) (Country: Norway, Germany, France; Year: 2007; Director: Bent Hamer; Writer: Bent Hamer; Stars: Bård Owe, Espen Skjønberg, Ghita Nørby, Henny Moan, Bjørn Floberg) , Official Site , Trailer
An engine driver adjusting to retirement has a series of strange adventures.
Surprise Movie.
Paris 36 (Faubourg 36) (Country: France, Germany, Czech Republic; Year: 2008; Director: Christophe Barratier; Writer: Christophe Barratier, Pierre Philippe; Stars: Gérard Jugnot, Clovis Cornillac, Kad Merad, Nora Arnezeder, Pierre Richard, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Maxence Perrin) , Official Site , Trailer
A group of workers try to take over their music hall when it's threatened with closure, but the arrival of a beautiful new singer leads to tragedy.
Synecdoche, New York (Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Charlie Kaufman; Writer: Charlie Kaufman; Stars: Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Samantha Morton, Tom Noonan, Michelle Williams, Emily Watson, Hope Davis, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Paul Sparks, Stanley Krajewski, Christopher Evan Welch) , Official Site , Trailer
The story of a theatre director's drive to produce his masterwork.
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