UPCOMING FROM FOCUS FEATURES

Last updated: Wednesday, March 5, 2008

UPCOMING FROM FOCUS FEATURES

Check out official synopses for the following four films: Milk (TBD 2008), Hamlet 2 (August 29, 2008), Burn After Reading (September 12, 2008) and Coraline (February 6, 2009).

MILK

Sean Penn and James Franco

Director: Gus Van Sant
Cast: Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, James Franco
Synopsis: Academy Award nominee Gus Van Sant directs Academy Award winner Sean Penn as gay-rights icon Harvey Milk. Mr. Milk (1930-1978) was an activist and politician, and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in America; in 1977, he was voted to the city supervisors' board of San Francisco. The following year, both he and the city's mayor George Moscone were shot to death by another city supervisor, Dan White. Mr. Milk was previously the subject of the Academy Award-winning documentary feature "The Times of Harvey Milk," but "Milk" is the first non-documentary feature to explore the man's life and career. "Milk" is being filmed on location in San Francisco.

HAMLET 2

Steve Coogan and Catherine Keener

Director: Andrew Fleming
Cast: Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, Amy Poehler, David Arquette, Elisabeth Shue
Synopsis: A world premiere at – and the comedy smash of – the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. In the irreverent comedy, a failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama teacher (Steve Coogan) rallies his Tucson, AZ students as he conceives and stages a politically incorrect musical sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet.

BURN AFTER READING

George Clooney and Brad Pitt

Director: Joel and Ethan Coen
Cast: George Clooney, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton
Synopsis: A dark spy-comedy from Academy Award winners Joel and Ethan Coen. An ousted CIA official's (Academy Award nominee John Malkovich) memoir accidentally falls into the hands of two unwise gym employees intent on exploiting their find.

CORALINE

Dakota Fanning and Teri Hatcher

Director: Henry Selick
Cast: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Ian McShane
Synopsis: A high-definition stop-motion animated feature – the first to be originally filmed in 3-D – with spectacular CG effects, based on Neil Gaiman's international best-selling book. A young girl (Dakota Fanning) walks through a secret door in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life. On the surface, this parallel reality is eerily similar to her real life – only much better. But when this wondrously off-kilter, fantastical adventure turns dangerous, and her counterfeit parents (including Other Mother [Teri Hatcher]) try to keep her forever, Coraline must count on her resourcefulness, determination, and bravery to get back home – and save her family.

Source: Specialopsmedia.com

| Wednesday, March 5, 2008

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