NEW YORK (AP) — NEWSNOW: The world premiere of Richard Linklater’s « Last Flag Flying » will kick off the…
NEW YORK (AP) — NEWSNOW:
The world premiere of Richard Linklater’s « Last Flag Flying » will kick off the 55th New York Film Festival on Thursday night.
« Last Flag Flying » is about the road-trip reunion of three former Navy men who are something like older, grown-up versions of the main characters in Hal Ashby’s 1973 film, « The Last Detail. » It stars Bryan Cranston, Steve Carell, Laurence Fishburne. The trio reunites to bring home the dead son of Carell’s character, a young soldier killed in Iraq.
The 18-day festival will include new films from Woody Allen, Todd Haynes, Agnes Varda and Greta Gerwig.
Allen’s « Wonder Wheel » will close the festival, one of the most prestigious in North America. « Wonder Wheel » is set in 1950s Coney Island and stars Kate Winslet.
