Spike Lee’s Filmed Version Of ‘American Utopia’ To Open This Year’s TIFF

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ongoing pandemic.«The names you already know are doing brand new things this year, and there's a whole crop of exciting new names to discover,» said TIFF artistic director and co-head, Cameron Bailey.The 45th Toronto International Film Festival will open on Sept. 10 with Spike Lee's concert film,, and run through Sept.

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NEW YORK -- The 45th Toronto International Film Festival will be a much diminished event this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but it has an opening-night film. Spike Lee's filmed version of David Byrne's Broadway theatrical concert “American Utopia” will kick off the largely virtual fall festival.

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HBO's Spike Lee–directed filmed version of David Byrne’s American Utopia Broadway stage play is set to open the virtual Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 10, fest organizers said on Tuesday (July 22). David Byrne's American Utopia features the Talking Heads frontman and 11 musical artists from around the world performing songs from the 2018 album American Utopia, as well as songs from Byrne's Talking Heads and solo catalog.

The Toronto International Film Festival has announced its opening-night film.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorThe Toronto Film Festival is to open with Spike Lee’s filmed version of David Byrne’s hit Broadway show, American Utopia.TIFF will this year be a mix of physical and online screenings with a much-reduced industry presence due to coronavirus.American Utopia hit Broadway in the fall of 2019 and was a hot-ticket through February of 2020. Lee shot the production during its Hudson Theatre run and the concert film will debut on HBO this fall.