TORONTO – ‘Stone of Destiny,’ about four Glasgow University students who hatched a plan in 1950 to retrieve the ancient coronation stone of the Scots from England, will close the Toronto International Film Festival.
The film stars Brenda Fricker (‘My Left Foot’) and Robert Carlyle (‘The Full Monty,’ ‘Angela’s Ashes).
Festival co-director Cameron Bailey says the film “wills you over with its charm, its sense of mischief and its pure Scottishness.”
The annual movie-lovers bonanza, which runs Sept. 4 to 13, also announced 20 special presentations Wednesday, including films starring Jennifer Aniston, Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Colin Firth, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Catherine Keener.
Among them is “The Brothers Bloom,” in which Brody and Ruffalo star as a pair of accomplished con men.
Firth will star in an adaptation of the Noel Coward play ‘Easy Virtue,’ alongside Jessica Biel and Kristin Scott Thomas.
Also screening at the festival will be ‘Me and Orson Welles,’ an ode to the legendary director starring Zac Efron and Claire Danes. It’s directed by Richard Linklater (‘School of Rock’).
‘Zack and Miri Make a Porno,’ from director Kevin Smith, will have its world premiere at the festival. It stars Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks as lifelong friends facing hard times.
Acclaimed director Steven Soderbergh will be at the festival with ‘Che: Part One’ and ‘Che: Part Two.’ The first film tracks Che’s rise in the Cuban Revolution, from doctor to commander to revolutionary hero, while the second looks at how he remains a symbol of idealism and heroism.
And Hoffman will be at the festival with ‘Synecdoche,’ from director Charlie Kaufman.
It also stars Keener, Dianne Wiest, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Emily Watson and Hope Davis.