LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Richard Linklater's "Bernie," starring Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine and Matthew McConaughey, has been selected to serve as the opening night film of the Los Angeles Film Festival.
In the movie, which will kick off the fest on June 16 at the Regal Cinema Stadium 14 L.A. Live, Black plays a mortician in a small Texas town and MacLaine appears as the town's richest and meanest widow.
Produced and financed by Mandalay Vision and Wind Dancer Films, the film, will be a world premiere.
Festival director Rebecca Yeldham described it as "a delicious black comedy -- a treat from one of the most original and exciting voices in independent film."
The festival also announced Monday that Quincy Jones and Frank Pierson will appear together for a conversation about the late director Sidney Lumet.
The lineup also includes conversations with James Franco and Julie Taymor.
Guillermo del Toro, who is serving as this year's guest director, has chosen to screen the 1966 Italian film "The Arcane Encounter," written and directed by Pupi Avati, as an example of film that has influenced him.
The festival, which is produced by Film Independent, runs through June 26 at various locations throughout Los Angeles.
(Editing by Chris Michaud)
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