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URL:https://livewirecalgary.com/events/calgary-international-film-festival
 -2025-opening-gala/
SUMMARY:Calgary International Film Festival 2024 Opening Gala
DESCRIPTION:Catch the excitement of a Hollywood red carpet opening at the J
 ack Singer Concert Hall\, as stars of CIFF2025's opening film The Thicket 
 as Leslie Grace walks the red carpet.\n\nFilmed in and around Calgary and 
 adapted from the novel of the same name by Joe Lansdale\, THE THICKET make
 s its Canadian Premiere as the Opening Night Gala film of the 2024 Calgary
  International Film Festival.\n\nWhen fierce bounty hunter Reginald Jones 
 (Peter Dinklage) is recruited by a desperate man to track down a ruthless 
 killer known only as Cutthroat Bill (Juliette Lewis)\, he rallies together
  a band of unlikely heroes including a grave-digging ex-slave and a street
 -smart woman-for-hire. Together\, they embark on a perilous quest to track
  down Cutthroat Bill\, leading them into the deadly “no-man’s-land” 
 known as…THE THICKET.\n\nA film about vengeance\, justice\, and unlikely
  companionship\, THE THICKET also stars Levon Hawke (BLINK TWICE)\, Leslie
  Grace (IN THE HEIGHTS)\, Esme Creed-Miles (HANNA)\, Gbenga Akinnagbe (THE
  OLD MAN)\, Macon Blair (I CARE A LOT)\, James Hetfield (METALLICA) and An
 drew Shulz (YOU PEOPLE).
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CATEGORIES:Calgary International Film Festival,Festivals
LOCATION:Jack Singer Concert Hall\, 225 8 Avenue SE\, Calgary\, Alberta\, T
 2G 0K9\, Downtown Core\, Canada
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