Not exactly last minute as we are more than 30 days away from the festival launch, but organizers have added three titles to their Premieres categories and this includes Rob Minkoff’s Flypaper, Miranda July’s The Future (which was among our predictions list) and Alex Gibney’s latest doc (he teams with Alison Ellwood) entitled Magic Trip (formerly titled “Magic Bus”), which we tweeted would most likely be a candidate as well. Here are the synopses provided by the fest.
Flypaper / U.S.A. (Director: Rob Minkoff; Screenwriters: Jon Lucas and Scott Moore) — When two gangs try to rob the same bank at the same time, a clever hostage in the middle must save the day. Cast: Patrick Dempsey, Ashley Judd, Mekhi Phifer, Jeffrey Tambor, Tim Blake Nelson, Pruitt Taylor Vince.
The Future / Germany, U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Miranda July) — When a couple decides to adopt a stray cat their perspective on life changes radically, literally altering the course of time and space and testing their faith in each other and themselves. Cast: Hamish Linklater, Miranda July, David Warshofsky, Isabella Acres, Joe Putterlik.
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Magic Trip / U.S.A. (Directors: Alison Ellwood and Alex Gibney) — In 1964 Ken Kesey, author of ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,’ and his band of Merry Pranksters set out on a cross-country road trip to the New York World’s Fair. Fueled by large doses of LSD, they filmed the entire journey. Forty-plus years later, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney and co-director Alison Ellwood use that footage, audio recordings and photographs to create an immersion experience of the legendary trip.
