Trucker will be screened at the Austin Film Festival this October. The 15th Annual Austin Film Festival will be held October 16-23.

Trucker is featured in the festival’s Narrative Feature Competition and will be screened at 7:15pm on Sunday 19 October at the Bob Bullock Spirit Theater and 7pm Tuesday 21 October at Arbor.

For more information on the Austin Film Festival visit their website at www.austinfilmfestival.com

Schedule:
Sunday, October 19 2008, 7:15pm
Bob Bullock Spirit Theater
1800 Congress Ave, Austin, TX

Tuesday October 21 2008, 7:00pm
Regal Arbor Cinema @ Great Hills
9828 Great Hills Trail, Austin, TX

I’m told that “Trucker,” the really cool indie film we saw at the Tribeca Film Festival, may soon have a release date. This means that Michelle Monaghan may yet get her name in the awards mix before the end of the year. Her portrayal of a female trucker is so good it would be a shame not see it get a little recognition along with say Melissa Leo in “Frozen River.” …

• Source: www.foxnews.com

Speaking with Michelle Monaghan & James Mottern about Trucker at the Tribeca Film Festival.

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Still, among the titles generating some buzz, was first-time director James Mottern’s “Trucker,” which stars Michelle Monaghan as a steely truck driver. (Ms. Monaghan also stars in the upcoming “Made of Honor” with Patrick Dempsey.) Many buyers compared the movie, which premiered Thursday night, to “Sherrybaby,” another American independent film which garnered a Golden Globe nomination for actress Maggie Gyllenhaal last year.

Ms. Rattray said she chose to premiere “Trucker” at Tribeca “as opposed to getting lost in a bigger festival like Toronto.” But she said it will most likely take some time to find a distributor and close on a deal. “At Sundance, we’ve been lucky to have bidding wars where films have sold that night. Tribeca is a different market,” she said. “The expectations are so different.”

• Full Article: Wall Street Journal

-This year’s Tribeca Film Festival had barely begun when the fest received the kind of vindication it has eagerly been seeking: A screening for the Michelle Monaghan family drama “Trucker” on Thursday night brought out execs from such studio specialty divisions as Miramax and Paramount Vantage, and even the Weinstein Co.’s Harvey Weinstein.

…The premiere of Plum Pictures’ “Bart Got a Room” played strongly Friday as Brian Hecker’s coming-of-age dramedy earned high marks for its depiction of teenage romance and family life in the South Florida suburbs. The screening of “Trucker,” another Plum movie, bore fruit, with at least two buyers said to be interested in acquiring the title. Other buzz titles included the Celia Cruz documentary “Celia the Queen,” Sissy Spacek’s “Lake City” and the Frank Langella thriller “The Caller.”

…Tribeca deals seemed likely to cook at their traditional slow burn. Titles like “Bart” and “Trucker” could find deals by fest’s end. Others may take longer and yield smaller pacts. (One overseas TV deal materialized: Channel 4/More 4 acquired U.K. TV rights to Julie Checkoway’s Billy Pappas doc “Waiting for Hockney.”)

• Full Article: www.hollywoodreporter.com