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8:30 a.m., Holiday II: "Grizzly Man," a Canadian documentary by Werner Herzog, looks at the life of Timothy Treadwell, who was killed by one of the Alaskan grizzly bears he devoted his life to studying.
8:30 a.m., Prospector Square: "Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School" sees the life of a baker (Robert Carlyle) changed when he helps a car-accident victim (John Goodman); with Marisa Tomei, Mary Steenburgen, Danny DeVito, Sean Astin and Donnie Wahlberg.
9:15 a.m., Eccles: "Lonesome Jim," a dramatic-competition film, directed by character actor Steve Buscemi, has a young man (Casey Affleck) on the heels of failure, returning from New York to his Midwest home, only to be reminded of why he left; with Liv Tyler, Mary Kaye Place, Seymour Cassel.
10 a.m., Holiday IV: "Wolf Creek," a creepy Australian thriller about a deadly road trip in the outback, has already been purchased for release.
11:30 a.m., Prospector Square: "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room," a documentary-competition film, about the '90s Enron corporate scandal, has already been picked up for distribution.
11:30 a.m., Racquet Club: "The Dying Gaul," a dramatic-competition film, is an adaptation by Craig Lucas of his play about a fledgling screenwriter whose integrity is challenged by a Hollywood offer, with Patricia Clarkson, Peter Sarsgaard and Campbell Scott.
Noon, Eccles: "Junebug," a dramatic-competition film, looks at a tightly wound family that unravels when an outsider, in the person of a sophisticated big-city wife of one family member, arrives; with Amy Adams, Embeth Davidz.
Noon, Egyptian: "Cronicas," a dramatic film from Ecuador, stars John Leguizamo as a TV journalist covering the police investigation of a serial rapist/murderer who stalks young children.
2:30 p.m., Racquet Club: "The Squid and the Whale," a dramatic-competition film, stars Jeff Daniels and Laura Linney in a dysfunctional domestic drama, written and directed by Noah Baumbach (who co-wrote "The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou").
3 p.m., Eccles: "Heights" has Glenn Close as a Broadway diva who discovers her husband is cheating on her, and whose wedding-photographer daughter (Elizabeth Banks) is going through an identity crisis and fighting with her fiance; Eric Bogosian and Jesse Bradford co-star.
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