The Big Chill returns 30 years later to TIFF

The college friends reunion movie with the groovy 1960s soundtrack and had glimpses of Kevin Costner (Dances with Wolves) playing a dead body in a casket (all of his flashback scenes were taken out) is returning to the festival responsible for its world premiere back in 1983.  The Big Chill is getting the 30th anniversary celebration treatment with a screening and Q&A with the cast and crew moderated by Variety's chief film critic, Scott Foundas on the opening day of the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.

“In addition to helping its stars break through and its influence on cinema generally, The Big Chill represents a landmark in TIFF’s own history,” stated Piers Handling, Director and CEO, TIFF. “It showcased the Festival’s ability to seek out and attract up-and-coming contemporary classics as well as our audiences’ ability to predict hits through the People’s Choice Awards, and helped the Festival move to the forefront of the international landscape.”

Attending the screening of a newly restored 4K version of The Big Chill will be actors Glenn Close (Fatal Attraction), Tom Berenger (Platoon), Meg Tilly (Body Snatchers), Mary Kay Place (Being John Malkovich) and JoBeth Williams (Poltergeist); director/writer Lawrence Kasdan (Body Heat); screenwriter Barbara Benedek (Men Don’t Leave); executive producer Marcia Nasatir (Vertical Limit); and producers Meg Kasdan (Grand Canyon) and Michael Shamberg (Pulp Fiction).