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‘Life of Pi’ to open NYFF: Ang Lee’s 3D film launches 50th festival
"Life of Pi," the upcoming 3D outing from helmer Ang Lee, will open the 2012 New York Film Festival prior to its 20th Century Fox release in November. It'll mark the first return to NYFF for Lee since his pic "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" closed the Gotham event in 2000. His movie "The Ice Storm" opened the fest in 1997. A 3D film has never before been presented as part of the NYFF main slate, a tightly curated lineup that usually encompasses between 25 and 30 films. Last year Martin Scorsese's "Hugo" was presented in 3D as a "surprise screening" that wasn't part of the festival's central lineup.
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