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Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016

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E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial and Highlander
E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (Country: US; Year: 1982; Director: Steven Spielberg; Writer: Melissa Mathison; Stars: Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, K. C. Martel, Sean Frye, Tom Howell, Erika Eleniak, David M. O'Dell, Richard Swingler, Frank Toth)
Spielberg's beloved classic about a stranded and lonely alien.
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Finding Dory (Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane; Writer: Andrew Stanton, Victoria Strouse, Bob Peterson; Stars: Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Kate McKinnon, Idris Elba, Bill Hader, Dominic West, Kaitlin Olson, Diane Keaton, Ed O'Neill, Ty Burrell, Eugene Levy, Andrew Stanton, Hayden Rolence, Bennett Dammann, Torbin Xan Bullock)
The forgetful fish is back.
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Highlander (Country: US, UK; Year: 1986; Director: Russell Mulcahy; Writer: Gregory Widen; Stars: Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown, Roxanne Hart, Beatie Edney, Sheila Gish)
Immortal warriors compete in a game of decapitation with only one possible survivor.
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Tommy's Honour (Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Jason Connery; Writer: Pamela Marin, Kevin Cook; Stars: Sam Neill, Ophelia Lovibond, Peter Mullan, Jack Lowden, Peter Ferdinando, Max Deacon, James Smillie, Ian Pirie, Seylan Baxter, Paul Reid, Therese Bradley, Jim Sweeney, Brett Alan Hart, Colin MacDougall, Kylie Hart)
Story about the father and son relationship between the founders of the modern game of golf.
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Opening night film
Whisky Galore! (Country: UK; Year: 2016; Director: Gillies MacKinnon; Writer: Peter McDougall; Stars: Ellie Kendrick, James Cosmo, Eddie Izzard, Sean Biggerstaff, Tim Pigott-Smith, Michael Nardone, Fenella Woolgar, Naomi Battrick, Kevin Guthrie, Gregor Fisher, Brian Pettifer, Kevin Mains, Iain Robertson, Ken Drury, Annie Louise Ross)
Remake of the island classic.
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Closing night film
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