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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

McDonagh’s In Bruges To Open Sundance

On January 17th, Martin McDonagh’s debut film will open the celebrated independent film festival in Utah. A black comedy, In Bruges sees hitmen Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson chill out in the Belgian capital after a London ‘gig’ goes tits up. The guys get into a series of scrapes with the locals, tourists and afilm crew.
With a budget of only €1 million and co-produced by Focus Features, Blueprint Pictures, Scion Films and FilmFour, In Bruges’ backing managed to wangle Ralph Fiennes into the impressive cast. McDonagh was happy with the news: "I'm stunned and thrilled that In Bruges will be opening a festival as prestigious, and as cool, as Sundance, and I simply can't wait to attend.” The full story can be read here.
There’s nary even a clip to be seen on the net, let alone a trailer, so we’ll have to do with this grainy, hand-held shot of a Ralph Fiennes scene from a bystander’s camcorder. In the background, and with the right kind of eyes, you can just make out Bigfoot.

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