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Telluride Film Festival Lineup Includes ‘Saturday Night’, ‘The Piano Lesson’, ‘Conclave’ & ‘Nickel Boys’ World Premieres
The 51st Telluride Film Festival lineup includes premieres for Saturday Night, Conclave, The Piano Lesson, Piece By Piece, Nickel Boys and more.
Among the films appearing in the mountains for the first time anywhere are director Jason Reitman’s ode to the 1975 first episode of SNL, Saturday Night;the film version of August Wilson’s acclaimed stage play The Piano Lesson, a Washington family affair with producer Denzel, director Malcolm and star John David; Oscar winner Edward Berger’s papal thriller Conclave; Scott Magehee and David Siegel’s heartwarming The Friend, starring Naomi Watts, Bill Murray and scene-stealing Great Dane Bing (it’s also a sales title, and look for the dog to hit town to help it along); and MGM, Orion and Plan B’s Nickel Boys, an adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer-winning novel. From left: Kim Matula as Jane Curtin, Emily Fairn as Laraine Newman, Gabriel LaBelle as Lorne Michaels, Rachel Sennott as Rosie Shuster and Matt Wood as John Belushi in ‘ Saturday Night ‘ Sony Another Silver Medallion tributee is French director Jacques Audiard, who is bringing his Cannes Film Festival-winning Emilia P é rez to Telluride for its North American premiere (yet another movie with a unique musical hook this year).
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