Edinburgh International Film Festival 2012

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Killer Joe Killer Joe
Killer Joe and Dr Seuss' The Lorax
1 Day (Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Penny Woolcock; Writer: Penny Woolcock; Stars: Chris Wilson, Dylan Duffus), Trailer
A day in the life of an inner city hustler in Birmingham.
Brave (Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, Steve Purcell; Writer: Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell, Brenda Chapman, Irene Mecchi, Brenda Chapman; Stars: Kelly Macdonald, Emma Thompson, Kevin McKidd, Julie Walters, Billy Connolly, Robbie Coltrane, Craig Ferguson, John Ratzenberger)
A princess gets more than she bargains for when she asks for a spell.
Blue Black Permanent (Country: UK; Year: 1992; Director: Margaret Tait; Writer: Margaret Tait; Stars: Celia Imrie, Jack Shepherd, Gerda Stevenson, James Fleet, Sean Scanlan, Hilary Maclean, Walter Leask, Sheana Marr, Eoim MacDonald, Jimmy Moar, Liz Robertson)
Edinburgh-based photographer comes to terms with the death of her mother.
Dr Seuss' The Lorax (Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Chris Renaud, Kyle Balda; Writer: Ken Daurio, Cinco Paul, Dr. Seuss; Stars: Danny DeVito, Ed Helms, Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Betty White, Rob Riggle, Jenny Slate, Nasim Pedrad, Joel Swetow, Michael Beattie, Dave B. Mitchell, Dempsey Pappion, Elmarie Wendel, Danny Cooksey, Stephen Tobolowsky)
A young man sets out to find the guardian of the forests as a swindler tries to trick people into paying for fresh air.
The Fourth Dimension (Country: US, Poland; Year: 2012; Director: Harmony Korine, Alexsey Fedorchenko, Jan Kwiecinski; Writer: Harmony Korine, Alexsey Fedorchenko, Jan Kwiecinski, Oleg Loevsky, Yaroslava Pulinovich; Stars: Val Kilmer, Igor Sergeev, Justyana Wasilewska, Pawel Tomaszewski, Pawel Smagala)
Triplet of short films, conforming to a fixed 'creative brief'.
The Fourth Dimension The Fourth Dimension
The Fourth Dimension and Brave
Killer Joe (Country: USA; Year: 2011; Director: William Friedkin; Writer: Tracy Letts; Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church, Gina Gershon, Scott A. Martin, Gralen Bryant Banks, Carol Sutton, Danny Epper, Jeff Galpin, Marc Macaulay, Gregory C. Bachaud, Charley Vance, Julia Adams, Blain Sanchez)
Life-insurance crime thriller.
Lawrence Of Arabia (Country: UK; Year: 1962; Director: David Lean; Writer: Robert Bolt, based on Seven Pillars Of Wisdom by T E Lawrence; Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Omar Sharif, Jose Ferrer, Anthony Quale, Claude Rains, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Wolfit)
A biopic of TE Lawrence focused on role in the Arab/Turkish conflict during the First World War.
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