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Organizers of the festival said on Wednesday that Joe Pesci,
Ray Liotta, Lorraine Bracco and Paul Sorvino will discuss the
1990 Oscar-nominated film with comedian Jon Stewart after the
screening on April 15 at the Beacon Theatre.
Scorsese, who won the best-director Academy Award in 2007 for
"The Departed," said he was moved to learn that the film based
on the best-selling book "Wiseguy" by Nicholas Pileggi will be
closing the festival.
"We wanted to make a movie that was true to Nick Pileggi's book
and to the life of (gangster) Henry Hill and his friends, which
means we broke some rules and took some risks," Scorsese said in
a statement.
Nearly 100 feature-length films from 31 countries will be
screened during the 14th Tribeca Film Festival. The world
premiere of "Live from New York!," about the NBC late-night
comedy sketch show "Saturday Night Live," will open the festival
on April 15.
The slate will include films starring Richard Gere, James Franco
and Dakota Fanning and documentaries on topics ranging from drag
racers in Cuba and an expose of the impact of the financial
crisis to a couple's efforts to make a videogame about their
son's battle against cancer.
The festival was founded in 2001 by De Niro, producer Jane
Rosenthal and investor Craig Hatkoff to revitalize the downtown
New York neighborhood following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on
the nearby World Trade Center.
(Reporting by Patricia Reaney)
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