21 to open SXSW.
Robert Luketic's
21 will open
SXSW Film on March 7. Starring
Jim Sturgess,
Kate Bosworth,
Kevin Spacey and
Laurence Fishburne,
21 is based on
Ben Mezrich's book,
Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions.
Other films already lined up for the festival running through March 15:
From Steve James and Peter Gilbert, director and producer, respectively, of Hoop Dreams: At the Death House Door, which "centers on the wrongful execution of Carlos DeLuna and the Death House Chaplain, Pastor Carroll Pickett, who spent the last day of DeLuna's life with him," notes Kimberly Nordyke in the Hollywood Reporter. "Pickett believed DeLuna was innocent, and the film will track the investigative efforts of a team of Chicago Tribune reporters who have turned up evidence that strongly suggests he was."
Erik Nelson's doc on Harlan Ellison, Dreams With Sharp Teeth.
Michael Radford's Flawless, starring Michael Caine and Demi Moore.
David Schwimmer's big hit in the UK, Run Fatboy Run, starring Simon Pegg.
Celia Maysles's Wild Blue Yonder, recently covered by Brian Brooks at indieWIRE.
Posted by dwhudson at January 2, 2008 12:00 PM
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