EXCLUSIVE: Sidewalk 2010 to open with Adrian Grenier’s ‘Teenage Paparazzo’
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Actor Adrian Grenier is returning for another opening night in Birmingham.
Sort of.
The “Entourage” star directed the documentary “Teenage Paparazzo,” which opens the 2010 Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival on Sept. 24. Grenier also stars in the movie. He was also in the 2008 Sidewalk opening night film, “Adventures of Power.”
“Teenage Paparazzo” features 13-year-old photographer Austin Visschedyk and Grenier as they develop a relationship based on fame, celebrity and mutual exploitation. Grenier turns the tables on his pursuer by filming Austin and his budding career as a paparazzo.
Also added to the lineup:
- Closing night film “Brotherhood,” with Jon Foster and Trevor Morgan.
- “The Disappearance of McKinley Nolan,” by director and producer Henry Corra.
- “Dogtooth” from director, producer and writer Giorgos Lanthimos,
- “Black, White and Blues,” starring Michael Clarke Duncan, Luke Perry, Taryn Manning and Alabama’s Morgan Simpson, and directed by Mario Van Peebles.
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‘Teenage Paparazzo’
- Starring Alec Baldwin, Lewis Black, Noam Chomsky, Matt Damon, Whoopi Goldberg, Jake Halpem, Paris Hilton, Perez Hilton, Martin Landau, Lindsay Lohan, Eva Longoria Parker, Mario Lopez, Rosie O’Donnell, Michelle Rodriguez and Jaleel White.
- Directed by Adrian Grenier.
- Official site | IMDB | Facebook | Sidewalk page
- 8 p.m. Sept. 24 at the Alabama Theatre.
- Scheduled to attend: co-producer Evan Ferrante.
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The Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival takes place Sept. 24-26 in downtown Birmingham. Tickets: three-day pass, $50, $40 for members and students; one-day pass, $20, $15 for members and students.
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