Coach
Carter To Open Palm Springs Film Festival
Posted by: Paul Heath
Date: December 17, 2004
Source: 
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new Samuel L. Jackson movie Coach Carter will open the
Palm Springs Film Festival, which runs from January 6th-16th
2005. 190 films from 65 countries will play during the festival,
and they include the Charles Dance directorial debut Ladies
In Lavender, which stars Dames Maggie Smith and Judi Dench,
which will close proceedings.
"This year's lineup is especially auspicious, featuring
as it does a number of major premieres from both well-established
auteurs and promising emerging filmmakers based in America and
abroad," festival executive director Darryl Macdonald
told The Hollywood Reporter.
"The breadth and depth of the talent encompassed by the
lineup is truly heartening, and we're especially delighted to
have such a strong lineup of films from current cultural hotbeds
of world cinema such as Argentina, Israel, China, Italy and
Germany -- all of whom are undergoing a resurgence of sorts
of their national cinemas."
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