Earlier this month, the lineup for 2012's Sundance Film Festival was announced. The list of films and featured talent was impressive (as you can see here), but Sundance is not done thrilling us: as of this afternoon, four more films have been added to the film festival's schedule: Predisposed, Oslo, August 31st, This Must Be the Place and JOHN DIES AT THE END. Sean Penn, Jesse Eisenberg, Paul Giamatti, Frances McDormand, Tracy Morgan and Melissa Leo are among the actors starring in these films.Predisposed
U.S.A. (Directors & Screenwriters: Philip Dorling, Ron Nyswaner) - Eli Smith, a piano prodigy, is dealing with his troubled mother and enlisting help from a hapless drug dealer on the day he has an audition for a prestigious music program. Events spiral comically out of control as this gang of misfits faces the mistakes of the past, the challenges of the future, and the possibilities of love. Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Melissa Leo, Tracy Morgan, Sarah Ramos, Isiah Whitlock, Jr. World Premiere.
Predisposed will be added to the Premieres portion of the festival.
This Must Be the Place
Italy, France, Ireland (Director: Paolo Sorrentino, Screenwriter: Umberto Contarello, Paolo Sorrentino) - A bored, retired rock star sets out to find his father's executioner, an ex-Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the U.S. Cast: Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch. North American Premiere
This Must Be the Place will be added to the Spotlight portion of the festival.
Oslo, August 31st
Norway (Director: Joachim Trier, Screenwriters: Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier based on a novel by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle) - One man, one city, 24 hours. Oslo, August 31st is a portrait of contemporary Oslo. A visually striking and quietly shattering drama about a man in deep existential crisis. Cast: Anders Danielsen Lie, Hans Olav Brenner, Ingrid Olava, Tone B. Mostraum.
Oslo, August 31st will be added to the Spotlight portion of the festival.
JOHN DIES AT THE END
U.S.A. (Director: Don Coscarelli, Screenwriter: Don Coscarelli, based on a novel by David Wong) - On the street they call it Soy Sauce - a drug that allows users to drift across time and dimensions. But some who come back are no longer human. Can John and David stop the oncoming horror? No. They can't. Cast: Chase Williamson, Rob Mayes, Paul Giamatti, Clancy Brown, Glynn Turman. World Premiere
JOHN DIES AT THE END will be added to the Park City at Midnight portion of the festival.