Knightley, Worthington drama to close Toronto fest

In this film publicity image released by the Toronto Film Festival, Carey Mulligan, left, and...
In this film publicity image released by the Toronto Film Festival, Carey Mulligan, left, and Keira Knightley are shown in a scene from "Never Let Me Go."
Keira Knightley and Sam Worthington are slated to be the closing attractions at September's Toronto International Film Festival.

"Pirates of the Caribbean" actress Knightley and "Avatar" leading man Worthington star alongside Eva Mendes in the marital drama "Last Night," announced on Tuesday as the closing-night film for the festival, which runs September 9-19.

Other premieres newly added to the lineup include director Clint Eastwood's "Hereafter," a drama about mortality starring Matt Damon; "Slumdog Millionaire" filmmaker Danny Boyle's "127 Hours," a mountain-climbing survival tale with James Franco; and Dan Rush's "Everything Must Go," featuring Will Ferrell as a motivational speaker staging a colossal lawn sale after his life falls apart.

Director Danny Boyle, whose "Slumdog Millionaire" played Toronto in 2008 and went on to win best picture at the Academy Awards, returns to the festival with "127 Hours," a mountain-climbing survival tale starring James Franco.

Also in the lineup: Casey Affleck's documentary "I'm Still Here," chronicling brother-in-law Joaquin Phoenix's retirement from acting to pursue a hip-hop music career; Matt Reeves' "Let Me In," starring Chloe Moretz ("Kick-Ass") in an English-language remake of the vampire tale "Let the Right One In"; Mitch Glazer's "Passion Play," with Mickey Rourke, Megan Fox and Bill Murray in the story of a down-and-out jazz trumpeter and a woman born with wings who works as a carnival sideshow attraction; and John Carpenter's "The Ward," featuring Amber Heard as a woman tormented by evil forces in a mental institution.

A major showcase for upcoming films, the Toronto festival has featured such Oscar winners as "American Beauty," ''Crash," ''The Last King of Scotland" and "Brokeback Mountain."

 

 

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