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Hail, Cae­sar! to open the 66th Berlin Film Festival

04 Dec 2015

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Man in suit, tie, and serious expression sitting at desk in office with vintage signs.
Joel and Ethan Coen’s will have its world pre­mière at the Berli­nale on 11 February.

One of our most hot­ly antic­i­pat­ed film of 2016, the Coen broth­ers’ Hail, Cae­sar! will open the 66th Berlin Inter­na­tion­al Film Festival.

The film takes place dur­ing the autumn of Hollywood’s Gold­en Age and fol­lows a day in the life of stu­dio fix­er Eddie Man­nix (Josh Brolin), who’s tasked with keep­ing some of the studio’s biggest stars (read: divas) in check.

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Oh, and did we men­tion the cast list: George Clooney, Alden Ehren­re­ich, Ralph Fiennes, Jon­ah Hill, Scar­lett Johans­son, Frances McDor­mand, Til­da Swin­ton, Chan­ning Tatum. Pret­ty tasty, eh?

Hail, Cae­sar! is released in the UK on 26 February.

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