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Berlin International Film Festival Berlinale 2008: Scarlett Johansson, Julia Roberts and Natalie Portman added to festival lineup By Bryan Meissner BERLIN – Scarlett Johansson, Julia Roberts and Natalie Portman were added to a star-filled Berlin International Film Festival lineup Friday that already includes Martin Scorsese, the Rolling Stones and Madonna. Festival director Dieter Kosslick has packed the Out of Competition section of the main program with a formidable collection of Hollywood stars. The Berlinale, the first major European festival of the new year, rounded out its 26-film main program with the final eight selections after it earlier picked Scorsese's documentary on veteran British rock bank the Rolling Stones as its opener. "Fireflies in the Garden," starring Roberts as well as "The Other Boleyn Girl" with Johansson, Bana and Portman, will be making their world premiere in Berlin, considered one of the world's top festivals. Also added to the competition is French-German co-production "I've Loved You So Long," starring Kristin Scott Thomas. The festival will include the directorial debut of pop star Madonna, who is expected to attend. Her film "Filth and Wisdom" is part of the "Panorama" avant garde section. Organizers have already said that Oscar-winning director Scorsese and the Rolling Stones will make an appearance. "Shine A Light" draws on footage from two Stones concerts at the Beacon Theatre in New York in late 2006, which include guest appearances by Jack White of the White Stripes, Christina Aguilera, and Buddy Guy. Showcasing will be "Happy-Go-Lucky" by Britain's Oscar-nominated director Mike Leigh, and "Elegy," a U.S. production based on a Philip Roth novel and starring Dennis Hopper and Penelope Cruz. Among other is a film based on the biography of a child soldier during Eritrea's independence struggle, "Heart of Fire," which tells the story of a girl who says she was abandoned to a guerrilla group and trained to kill. The closing film of the festival, which runs from February 7-17, is "Be Kind Rewind" featuring Mia Farrow and Danny Glover. © Preems.com |
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