Virginia Film Festival offers students a sneak peak of festival schedule.
University students got a first look at the Virginia Film Festival's schedule Tuesday, a month before its release to the general public.
United under the theme of "$," classic films including "Citizen Kane," Buster Keaton's "Second Chances," and "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," will be shown.
Scheduled celebrity appearances include Paul Junger Witt who produced 1999's military treasure hunt "Three Kings" starring George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and Ice Cube and screenwriter Frank Pierson who wrote the bank heist Al Pacino vehicle "Dog Day Afternoon," for which he won an Oscar. Pierson is expected to conduct a shot-by-shot discussion of the film, much like last year's dissection of "Chinatown" by film critic Rodger Ebert.
The festival will also feature screenwriters Wayne and Donna Powers, who wrote this summer's adaptation of "The Italian Job."
Films premiering at the festival are expected to include David William's "Long Art," John Sayles' "Casa de los Babys," and "The Cooler," starring Alec Baldwin and William H. Macy. The festival, now in its 16th year, is scheduled for October 23-26 and will take place in the Newcomb Hall theater and Vinegar Hill theater downtown.
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