"The Big Chill" Cast To Reunite at Toronto Film Fest. for 30th Anniversary

[JamesG]

Toronto Brings Back The Big Chill Cast for 30-Year Reunion
by MIKE FLEMING JR
Thursday July 25, 2013


Here’s a reason for some of us to feel old. Could it really be 30 years ago since The Big Chill, the saga of yuppies reconnecting, pouring out angst and bed hopping to Motown songs?

The Toronto Film Festival will bring back the cast and crew of a film that debuted at the festival in 1983. It will happen September 5.





Here's the official word:

TORONTO — The guests of honor at this party, unlike the one thrown in the film, will definitely be in attendance. Thirty years after its world premiere at the 1983 Toronto International Film Festival, The Big Chill —and members of its cast and crew — are back.

To celebrate The Big Chill’s 30th anniversary, TIFF is hosting a reunion of its own for the cast and crew as part of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.





In attendance at the film’s anniversary screening: actors Glenn Close, Tom Berenger, Meg Tilly, Mary Kay Place and JoBeth Williams; director/writer Lawrence Kasdan; screenwriter Barbara Benedek; executive producer Marcia Nasatir; and producers Meg Kasdan and Michael Shamberg.

The screening of a newly restored 4K version of the film will be followed by an extended Q&A with the cast and crew, moderated by Variety’s chief film critic, Scott Foundas.





Following its opening night screening at the 1983 Festival, the film, about a group of college friends who reunite after the suicide of one of their own, went on to win the Festival’s prestigious People’s Choice Award and garner three Academy Award nominations (best film, screenplay and supporting actress).

The Big Chill would go on to become a classic and spawn a massively popular soundtrack of sixties-era hits. It continues to resonate today, not only with the postwar generation, but with audiences of all ages.



“In addition to helping its stars break through and its influence on cinema generally, 'The Big Chill' represents a landmark in TIFF’s own history,” says Piers Handling, Director and CEO, TIFF.

“It showcased the Festival’s ability to seek out and attract up-and-coming contemporary classics as well as our audiences’ ability to predict hits through the People’s Choice Awards, and helped the Festival move to the forefront of the international landscape.”



“The story of how 'The Big Chill' and the Toronto International Film Festival found each other is a fascinating one,” says Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director, Toronto International Film Festival.

“On this special night we’ll reunite the creative team that made an American classic, and indulge in a little glorious nostalgia. With that soundtrack, there might even be dancing.”




The Big Chill will screen on Thursday, September 5 at 7pm at the Princess of Wales Theatre.

http://www.deadline.com/2013/07/toro...-year-reunion/

[MickeyMac]

How come Kevin Kline, Jeff Goldblum, and William Hurt are not attending?

[gidgetgrape]

No William Hurt? Pass.

 Does anyone else think the part where Sarah (Glenn Close)

lets her husband, Harold (Kevin Kline) sleep with her friend (Mary Kay Place)

so she can have a child is bizarre?

[Penny Lane]

The Big Chill is my favorite movie ever! It would not be a complete reunion without all of the cast members. Each character was important to the story line and even one missing cast member would leave a big hole.

[MickeyMac]

Originally Posted by Penny Lane

The Big Chill is my favorite movie ever! It would not be a complete reunion without all of the cast members. Each character was important to the story line and even one missing cast member would leave a big hole.

Not my all time favorite, but its a movie I really like a lot and enjoy. Been a fan of this flick since I was a kid. Most people in my generation either dont get this or just dont like the film, but whatever I cant enjoy it enough.

[Penny Lane]

Originally Posted by MickeyMac

Not my all time favorite, but its a movie I really like a lot and enjoy. Been a fan of this flick since I was a kid. Most people in my generation either dont get this or just dont like the film, but whatever I cant enjoy it enough.

Yeah, the characters in this movie ARE of my generation. I also love the soundtrack.

[MickeyMac]

Originally Posted by Penny Lane

Yeah, the characters in this movie ARE of my generation. I also love the soundtrack.

The soundtrack is what got me to watch the film. Still have it.

[JamesG]

Toronto: The Big Chill Cast Gathers for 30th Anniversary
9/5/2013
by Bill Higgins


Before The Big Chill celebrated the 30th anniversary of its premiere at the 1983 Toronto International Film Festival, Glenn Close told THR she was excited by the prospect of the screening and cast reunion given that it echoes the film’s plot: old friends coming together again.

“But it’s like this time we’re coming back and we’re even more jaded by life,” joked the actress, who received a supporting actress Oscar nomination for her role as Sarah Cooper, a doctor who learns her old college friend has committed suicide.



The Toronto fest had given Chill a major prerelease boost when the Lawrence Kasdan-directed film won its people’s choice award. Though it went on to be nominated for three Oscars including best picture (losing to Terms of Endearment), Toronto’s arguably was its most significant win.

While Close’s memory of attending the Chill premiere in the festival’s seventh year is hazy (“There was something about it being an up-and coming festival and a good idea to bring the film there”), she has a vivid recollection of “wearing the ****tiest top I bought at a vintage clothing store to the premiere.”

"I just saw a picture from that night and I kept thinking, ‘Why did I wear that?’ Maybe I should wear it again this year.”

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...gathers-622458