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Animated Frankenweenie to open London film fest
LONDON -- London Film Festival organizers say this year's event will open in October with Tim Burton's canine monster movie Frankenweenie.
The animated black-and-white tale of a boy's attempts to bring his beloved dead dog back to life will have its European première at the festival on Oct. 10.
It will have a red-carpet gala première at London's Odeon Leicester Square and will be screened simultaneously at 30 theatres across Britain.
The film is a feature-length expansion of Burton's 1984 live-action short of the same name.
Festival chief Clare Stewart said Thursday that Burton's "funny, dark and whimsical" tale "playfully turns the Frankenstein story on its bolted-on head."
The 56th London Film Festival runs Oct. 10-21. The full lineup will be announced next month.
-- The Associated Press
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition August 24, 2012 D2
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