Damon, Winslet, Law In Town For TIFF Over Weekend
Posted September 11, 2006 12:00 pm.
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The weekend couldn’t have been any more star-studded than it was as celebrities turned out to promote their movies at the Toronto International Film Festival.
One of the biggest premieres was for the film All The King’s Men – its stars Sean Penn, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Mark Ruffalo, James Gandolfini and Patricia Clarkson were all there on the red carpet to talk about their movie.
“It felt incredible resonance to the world today. It felt like it was telling a great historical story, and it was also filled with wonderful actors and a great script and a great director,” Law said.
Damon was in town to host a fundraiser for Toronto-based charity OneXOne, which aims to improve the lives of children around the world by supporting groups like War Child, Childfind and the African Children’s Choir.
The Oscar winner said he doesn’t get involved in such events for the publicity.
“Nobody involved with this movement is doing it for attention and accolades, starting with (U2’s) Bono and (UN special adviser) Jeffrey Sachs,” he said in an interview before the gala fundraiser, which drew his Ocean’s Eleven co-star and buddy Brad Pitt.
“It’s just not about that.”
The evening featured performances by Chantal Kreviazuk, Our Lady Peace frontman Raine Maida, and R&B star John Legend.
Damon recently travelled to Africa and said the experience gave him hope.
“I feel like everyday Canadians and everyday Americans are good souls and they want to help,” he said.
“It’s just confusing sometimes how to help, and also sometimes people can feel overwhelmed and feel like it’s hopeless and feel like it’s a mountain we can’t climb. I really want to do my best to dispel that notion because that was not my experience at all.”
Damon is helping produce a OneXOne documentary called Running the Sahara, which follows three men – a Canadian, an American and a Taiwanese – running in a marathon next year from Senegal to Egypt, about 6,500 kilometres.
