Sundance 2008 Opening Film
Sundance Institute announced the Opening Night Film for its 2008 Sundance Film Festival is IN BRUGES, written and directed by first-time feature filmmaker and award-winning playwright, Martin McDonagh. McDonagh’s first foray into filmmaking was with the short film, SIX SHOOTER, also starring Gleeson, which won the Academy Award for best live-action short film in 2006. (A short clip of that film can be viewed on YouTube.
“In many ways IN BRUGES is a quintessential Sundance film—it’s brutal, philosophical, funny, and totally original,” said Geoffrey Gilmore, Director, Sundance Film Festival. “Martin McDonagh is a masterful storyteller, a tremendously gifted playwright and provocative risk-taker and we are thrilled to showcase his feature-length directorial debut.” The film stars Ralph Fiennes, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, IN BRUGES tells the twisted tale of two London hit men ordered to take a forced vacation in Bruges, Belgium, and how their subsequent time in exile goes awry.
The 2008 Sundance Film Festival runs January 17-27, 2008 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah.
