Acclaimed Irish Playwright Martin McDonogh is exhibiting his film "In Bruges" at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
McDonogh wrote and directed the film, which is a comic-thriller about two London-based hit men who are ordered to hide in Belgium after a bothced 'job.'
The film is the first festuare for McDonogh, but he also wrote and directed the Academy-Award winning short film "Six Shooter," which I saw on the Sundance Channel recently. The short is a hysterical film starring Brendan Gleeson about a surreal train ride that a middle-age man takes in the English countryside after his wife's suicide.
The current film stars Gleeson as well-established movie star Colin Farrell.
McDonogh is best known for the provacative play "The Pillowman," which was performed at Studio Theatre in Washington, DC, last year. The play won the 2004 Olivier Award for best play.
Salt Lake City film critic Jeff Vice saw the film at Sundance, and he enjoyed it.
It is one of the early hits from this year's festival.
On a personal note, my thoughts go out to the family and friends of Heath Ledger. A genuine star who had just given a remarkable performance in "I'm Not There."
He will be missed.
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