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 A scene from Hue Rhodes’ St. John of Las Vegas, which will open the 11th CineVegas. Image provided by the film festival.“The Square” (Australia, 2009)
Director: Nash Edgerton
Cast: Nash Edgerton, Mirrah Foulkes, Chum Ehelepola, Bruno Xavier, Tony Lynch, Joel Edgerton
A man’s life begins to unravel when his mistress brings him a bag of cash.
“Stingray Sam” (USA, 2008)
Director: Cory McAbee
Cast: David Hyde Pierce (narrator), Cory McAbee, Crugie, Joshua Taylor, Willa Vy McAbee, Bobby Lurie, Frank Swart, Caleb Scott, Jessica Jelliffee, Ron Crawford, Michael DeNola, Michael Wiener
He does the things that folks don’t do that need to be done.
“Vegas: Based on a True Story” (USA, 2008)
Director: Amir Naderi
Cast: Mark Greenfield, Alexis Hart, Nancy La Scala, Zach Thomas, Walt Turner, Benjamin Weil
In a town that breeds obsession, the dream of home turns into a family’s nightmare.
Sure Bets (Advance screenings of high profile independent studio films)
“500 Days of Summer” (USA, 2009)
Director: Marc Webb
Cast: Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Geoffrey Arend, Chloe Grace Moritz, Matthew Gray Gubler, Clark Gregg, Rachel Boston, Minka Kelly
Funny, true-to-life and unique dissection of the unruly and unpredictable year-and-a-half of one young man’s no-holds-barred love affair.
“Adam” (USA, 2009)
Director: Max Mayer
Cast: Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving, Frankie Faison
Heartfelt romantic comedy, starring Hugh Dancy as Adam, a handsome but intriguing young man who has all his life led a sheltered existence - until he meets his new neighbor, Beth, a beautiful, cosmopolitan young woman who pulls him into the outside world, with funny, touching and entirely unexpected results.
“Black Dynamite” (USA, 2008)
Director: Scott Sanders
Cast: Michael Jai White, Tommy Davidson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Arsenio Hall, Byron Minns, Kym Whitley
When “The Man” murders his brother, pumps heroin into local orphanages, and floods the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor, Black Dynamite is the one hero willing to fight all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House.
“Bronson” (UK, 2008)
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Cast: Tom Hardy, Matt King, James Lance, Kelly Adams, Amanda Burton
With an intelligent, provocative and stylized approach, Bronson (based on a true story) follows the metamorphosis of Mickey Peterson into Britain’s most dangerous prisoner, Charles Bronson.
“The Headless Woman” (Argentina, 2008)
Director: Lucrecia Martel
Cast: Maria Onetto, Claudia Cantero, Ines Efron, Daniel Genoud, Cesar Bordon, Guillermo Arengo
In the days following a jarring car accident, a woman is dazed and emotionally disconnected from the people and events in her life.
“Humpday” (USA, 2009)
Director: Lynn Shelton
Cast: Mark Duplass, Josh Leonard, Alycia Delmore, Lynn Shelton, Trina Willard
Sometimes male bonding can be taken a little too far.
“In the Loop” (UK, 2008)
Director: Armando Iannucci
Cast: Peter Capaldi, James Gandolfini, Tom Hollander, David Rashe, Gina McKee, Chris Addison, Anna Chulmsky, Mimi Kennedy
The US President and UK Prime Minister fancy a war. But not everyone agrees that war is a good thing.
“Moon” (UK, 2008)
Director: Duncan Jones
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott, Benedict Wong, Matt Berry, Kaya Scodelario, Malcolm Stewart
250,000 miles from home, Sam Bell is about to come face to face with his biggest challenge - himself.
Area 52 (An underground collection of cult and midnight movies)
“Attack of the 50 Foot Woman” (USA, 1958)
Director: Nathan Juran
Cast: Allison Hayes, William Hudson, Yvette Vickers, Roy Gordon, George Douglas, Ken Terrell, Otto Waldis, Eileen Stevens, Michael Ross, Frank Chase
When an abused wife grows to giant size because of an alien encounter and an aborted murder attempt, she goes after cheating husband with revenge on her mind. The film will be presented in an outdoor drive-in theater in downtown Las Vegas.
“Impolex” (USA, 2009)
Director: Alex Perry
Cast: Riley O’Bryan
At the end of WWII, the United States sent soldiers across Europe to locate and retrieve the rockets and rocket science that Germany perfected before losing the war. Impolex is the story of one soldier and his mission to find the last two undetonated German rockets.
“Modus Operandi” (USA, 2009) World Premiere
Director: Frankie Latina
Cast: Randy Russell, Mark Borchardt, Michael Sottile, Danny Trejo, Barry Poltermann, Sarah Price, Xavier Leplae, Ayesha Mohan
Modus Operandi is a revenge tale about a desperate CIA agent on a mission to find the man who murdered his wife.
“The Revenant” (USA, 2009) World Premiere
Director: Kerry Prior
Cast: Chris Wylde, David Anders, Louise Griffiths, Jacy King
A Satirical treatise on friendship, regret, and the nature of evil under the guise of a rootin’-tootin’ vampire buddy movie.
“Watts and Volts from Across the Field”
Director: Brent Green
A collection of films with live music from animator Brent Green and friends.
Nevada Filmmaking Feature (Feature produced in Nevada by a local filmmaker)
“Thor at the Bus Stop” (USA, 2008) World Premiere
Director: Jerry Thompson
Cast: Mike Thompson, Jerry Thompson
Comedy about the mythical Thor, who is making his final journey through a suburban neighborhood on the day he knows he is going to die fighting a giant serpent to save the world.
Nevada Filmmaking Shorts (Short films produced in Nevada or by local filmmakers)
“& Teller” (Director: Frank Ippolito)
“& Teller 2” (Director: Frank Ippolito)
“Communion” (Director: Markus Kirschner)
“DAISy” (Director: Tyler Hymanson)
“Jodi” (Director: Jordan Auten)
“Nancy Boy” (Director: Jonpaul Lewis)
“Path” (Director: E.S. Frushtick)
“The Secret Life of Orange Traffic Cone Assassins” (Director: Anthony Maranville)
“Tokyo Rose” (Director: A.J. Ovio)
“The Unfortunate Story of a Lost Soul 2” (Director: Joel Schoenbach)
“Where Da Girls At: CineVegas Clubhouse Project” (Director: Jonpaul Lewis)
CineVegas will also feature a selection of student films from the CSN and UNLV programs.
Shorts Program (Some will be shown before features, while others are combined to make feature-length programs).
“Acting For The Camera” (Director: Justin Nowell)
“The Adventures of Ledo and Ix” (Director: Emily Carmichael)
“Asshole” (Director: Chad Harbold)
“Captain Coulier” (Space Explorer) (Director: Lyndon Casey)
“Countertransference” (Director: Madeleine Olnek)
“The Dirty Ones” (Director: Brent Stewart)
“The Feast of Stephen” (Director: James Franco)
“Fiddlestixx, Episode 1: Brain Powerz” (Directors: Zellner Brothers)
“Fiddlestixx, Episode 2: Habeas-Schmabeas” (Directors: Zellner Brothers)
“Fiddlestixx, Episode 3: Larry Blindon” (Directors: Zellner Brothers)
“From Burger It Came” (Director: Dominic Bisignano)
“The Ghost and Us” (Director: Emily Carmichael)
“Kings of London” (Director: Sean Conway)
“Logorama” (Director: H5)
“My Mom Smokes Weed” (Director: Clay Liford)
“Offshore Bank” (Director: Tom Barndt)
“Short Term 12” (Director: Destin Cretton)
“Team Taliban” (Director: Benjamin Kegan)
“TEN: THIRTYONE” (Director: Lev Gorn, Co-Director: Gabe Fazio)
“The Transformation of Genesis P-Orridge” (Directors: Eline Jongsma and Kel O’Neill)
“Uprush” (Director: Kim Hall)
“Whiskeypriest, Episode 1” (Director: Randy Walker)
“The Young and Evil” (Director: Julian Breece)
Check out indieWIRE’s New Guide to Film Festivals (listings will be updated throughout the year):
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