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Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is a series of hundreds of fall films debuting over 11 days at dozens of theaters simultaneously. Second only to Cannes Film Festival in size, it’s where movie business deals are negotiated, and stars appear to promote their films. In 1983, “The Big Chill” premiere was a TIFF award winner. The photo shows Glenn Close, William Hurt, Kevin Kline and Jeff Goldblum at the film in 1983. What we saw was a 30th anniversary celebratory showing of the film, with a brand new digital print.
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Big Chill film stars, including Glenn Close and Mary Kay Place took questions from the audience. Apparently Glenn Close really wanted Mary Kay Place’s role in the film, but director Lawrence Kasdan chose Close as the more maternal character and Place as the business woman.
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Crowds lined up for blocks to see “The Big Chill”, despite the fact that they could have seen it in their living room for the last 30 years! Meg Tilly (now a grandmother) signed autographs for an adoring crowd. Hundreds of stars were in Toronto including Nicole Kidman, Daniel Radcliffe, Sandra Bullock, and Hugh Jackman. |
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I had a few precious minutes with Kevin Kline – just enough for a fan gush of compliments. He was not only here for The Big Chill, but is playing Erroll Flynn in his new movie, “The Last Days of Robin Hood” premiering at TIFF. |
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Susan Sarandon and Dakota Fanning also star in
“The Last Days of Robin Hood” and discussed the
illusions of Hollywood, including age (Sarandon,
looking incredible at 66, played a 50 year old)
and height (Sarandon is 5’7″ and Fanning is 5’4″).
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Store displays in Toronto played up the movie theme, in this case, Cartier diamonds and popcorn. The winner at this year’s festival was “12 Years a Slave” about pre-Civil war slavery, starring Brad Pitt. (He was there, too!)
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