:: Great Line-Up for the 2008 Gold Coast Film Fantastic

By: Carmine Pascuzzi

The Gold Coast Film Fantastic is proud to announce the screening program for the 2008 festival which will be held October 16-19 at Birch Carroll & Coyle Cinemas Pacific Fair. Opening the festival is the hilarious supernatural comedy GHOST TOWN starring Ricky Gervais (The Office) and Greg Kinnear (Little Miss Sunshine). Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais), is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts. Even worse, they all want something from him.

Other film program highlights include PENELOPE a magical modern day fairytale starring Reese Witherspoon (Legally Blonde) and Christina Ricci (Speed Racer); UK comedy smash POPCORN which will be presented by director Darren Paul Fisher; the world premiere of locally produced feature film THE DARK LURKING; and an exclusive preview screening of MUTANT CHRONICLES.

Hot off the plane from Comic Con 2008, MUTANT CHRONICLES will be the first public showing in the Southern hemisphere of this steam punk action-adventure from producer Edward R. Pressman (The Crow). Starring Thomas Jane (The Mist), Ron Perlman (Hellboy II) and John Malkovich (Con Air), MUTANT CHRONICLES is the story of a disparate squad of former enemy soldiers who undertake a suicide mission into the seething heart of the otherworldly mutant scourge who are forcing human extinction.