Magic Moments at SIFF 2010: Ed Norton's Seattle Comeback

Edward Norton in Leaves of Grass

Edward Norton's bouncing back from his post-Hulk funk!

He'll take home the SIFF Golden Space Needle this month, and he plays an Ivy League prof and his own evil twin in Tim Blake Nelson's new Leaves of Grass (a SIFF biggie). Since Ed's a Yalie who got famous playing a two-faced fellow in 1996's Primal Fear, it's got to be great.

But if we could have anything we wanted at SIFF, we'd want to see Ed's movie about his ex-Seattle ex, Courtney Love.

Imagine the OPENING SCENE:

COURTNEY [crawling down a hotel corridor]: Someone gimme some CHOCOLATE!

ED: Shut up and get back in the room, you lunatic, it's 3am.! Who do you think you are?

COURTNEY: I...am...MY OWN EVIL TWIN!

Norton will make appearances at the following SIFF 2010 screenings: American History X on June 3 (he will take part in a post-show Q&A); Fight Club on June 4 (he will introduce the film); Leaves of Grass repeat screening on June 5 (post-show Q&A); 25th Hour on June 5 (he will introduce the film).

For more information, visit siff.net.