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Cory Monteith’s last film to debut at TIFF

Cory Monteith in a scene from 'McCanick.'. Handout

TORONTO — Cory Monteith’s final two movies will have their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

Organizers announced Tuesday that McCanick, in which Monteith plays a drug addicted hustler, will be screened at the festival — joining the previously announced All The Wrong Reasons starring Monteith.

The Calgary-born Glee star died July 13 in Vancouver of a toxic combination of heroin and alcohol.

McCanick, directed by Josh C. Waller, was Monteith’s last project.

“He wanted to do [the film] so badly,” Waller told the Los Angeles Times. “He was very vocal about his past, and said he wanted to tap into things from his youth that he hadn’t been able to use as an actor yet.”
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TIFF also announced an adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Child of God, written, directed and starring James Franco, will also be shown.

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Other titles added to the festival line-up include the Vancouver-shot Words and Pictures starring Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche; The Face of Love starring Robin Williams and Annette Bening; and Fading Gigolo with Woody Allen and Sharon Stone.

The Last of Robin Hood, a film about the late Errol Flynn starring Kevin Kline and Susan Sarandon, will also screen at TIFF.

The festival runs Sept. 5 to 15.

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