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The festival runs Sept. 30 through Oct. 5.
Sayles' "Casa de Los Babys" is about a group of American
women waiting in Mexico to adopt Mexican children.
The ensemble cast includes Mary Steenburgen, Rita
Moreno, Lili Taylor, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Daryl Hannah
and Marcia Gay Harden.
Altman's "The Company" takes a dramatized, in-depth
look at a professional dance company. The film stars
Neve Campbell as a dancer and Malcolm McDowell as
the company director, and features members of the
Joffrey Ballet of Chicago.
"Breakfast with Hunter" is the first feature film
by Wayne Ewing of Aspen. It includes scenes from Thompson's
early '70s run for Pitkin County sheriff and interactions
with Johnny Depp , John Cusack, P.J. O'Rourke and
Benicio del Toro.
A panel discussion about American film-making in the
'70s will include directors Sydney Pollack and Bob
Rafelson, producer Polly Platt and cinematographer
Laszlo Kovacs.
Foreign work to be screened at the festival includes
"My Life Without Me", an English-language film by
Spanish director Isabel Coixet and executive producer
Pedro Almodvar; the Czech movie "Some Secrets" by
director Alice Nellis; and the French film "The Belleville
Triplets"; and "The Barbarian Invasions", by Canadian
director Denys Arand, which won best screenplay and
best actress at the Cannes Film Festival.
Aspen Filmfest: www.aspenfilm.org
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