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2001 Sundance Film Festival Dramatic Competition Lineup
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(indieWIRE/12.5.00) -- The Dramatic Competition Lineup for the 2001 Sundance Film Festival:
"30 YEARS TO LIFE, "directed by Vanessa Middleton
An ensemble comedy that follows the lives of six friends in New York City during the twelve-month period in which they each reach their 30th birthday.
"AMERICAN ASTRONAUT," directed by Cory McAbee
This campy musical follows Captain Samuel Curtis, an independent shipping contractor out of Nevada, as he is pursued through a rustic solar system by Professor Hess, a complex man with an unnatural fixation to kill without reason. The band: The Billy Nayer Show
"THE BELIEVER," directed by Henry Bean
A young Jewish man rebukes his faith and rebels to become the other extreme a neoNazi fascist.
"THE BUSINESS OF STRANGERS," directed by Patrick Stettner
A dark drama about a successful businesswoman and a young female assistant stuck in an airport hotel, telling lies, raising hell, and playing with dim-witted businessmen.
"THE DEEP END," directed by Scott McGehee & David Siegel
A mother wakes to find her closeted 17-year-old son's gay lover dead. She hides the body in a lake only to find herself and her family in even greater danger when the body is found.
"DONNIE DARKO," directed by Richard Kelly
A teenager tempts fate and must slip through a time portal to save those he loves.
"GREEN DRAGON," directed by Timothy Linh Bui
Set in California in 1975, a young Vietnamese brother and sister are sent to live on a refugee camp in Camp Pendleton Marine Base at the end of the Vietnam War.
"HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH," directed by John Cameron Mitchell
Based on the Off-Broadway musical, the film tells the story of Hedwig, an "internationally ignored" rock and roll songstress hailing from Communist East Berlin. (New Line)
"IN THE BEDROOM," directed by Todd Field
The state of love before it is lost, after it is lost, and the grief that follows.
"L.I.E.," directed by Michael Cuesta
A young man in the throws of adolescence, is befriended by an old man with secrets of his own.
"LIFT," directed by DeMane Davis & Khari Streeter
A mother-daughter drama set in the inner-city of Boston which follows a young African-American woman as she tries to escape the seductive world of professional shop-lifting while mending her relationship with her estranged mother.
"MACARTHUR PARK," directed by Billy Wirth
A homeless man living in MacArthur Park must confront the reality of his addiction when he comes face-to-face with his son who he abandoned five years ago.
"MEMENTO," directed by Christopher Nolan
A man suffers from a rare and incurable form of memory loss. He must devise new techniques and keep his wits to track down his wife's killer. (Newmarket)
"SCOTLAND, PA," directed by Billy Morrissette
Scotland, PA is a black comedy adaptation of Shakespeare's "Macbeth," set in early 1970s Pennsylvania. The McBeths, a down and out couple, conspire to take over the local fast food restaurant.
"THE SLEEPY TIME GAL," directed by Christopher Munch
A woman facing death in her 50s longs to reconnect with a daughter put up for adoption at birth, who, meanwhile seeks to know her mother.
"SOME BODY," directed by Henry Barrial
A woman searches for change from the tediousness of her relationship and discovers that the pursuit for this "new life" can be far from romantic.
