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Al Pacino gets a new crime thriller called 88 Minutes
October 11, 2005 12:18
Los Angeles - Oscar-winning US superstar Al Pacino is taking on the role of a college professor who doubles as an FBI forensic psychologist in a new crime thriller called 88 Minutes, the industry press said on Monday.
Pacino, 65, will be joined by co-stars Leelee Sobieski, Alicia Witt and Neal McDonough in the movie that is scheduled to begin production in the Canadian city of Vancouver on Saturday.
The film is to be directed by Jon Avnet, the maker of the hit 1991 comedy-drama Fried Green Tomatoes starring Kathy Bates, according to Daily Variety.
In the new movie, the 30-year-old Witt, who had roles in Two Weeks Notice (2002) and Vanilla Sky (2001) starring Tom Cruise, will play a teaching assistant who falls for Pacino's character.
Sobieski, 23, will play one of Pacino's students, while Minority Report star McDonough will play a death row inmate Pacino's character suspects is orchestrating his murder.
Source: News24
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