TIFF `12 Scenes: The End of the Road

By Christopher Bird, and Steve Kupferman • Photos by Christopher Drost

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196428

"And then I killed him. With these fingers. The lawyers said I shouldn't tell that story in public, but fuck them."<br /> <br /> <em>(Christopher Drost/Torontoist)</em>

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196424

Robert Duvall was going to dress up for the premiere of <em>Jayne Mansfield's Car</em>, but then realized he was 81 and said "hell with <em>that</em> noise."<br /> <br /> <em>(Christopher Drost/Torontoist)</em>

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196425

Billy Bob Thornton envies Robert Duvall's way with the ladies, and makes plans in his head to do even better when <em>he</em> turns 81.<br /> <br /> <em>(Christopher Drost/Torontoist)</em>

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196427

"Look at me! I am being very spontaneous!"<br /> <br /> <em>(Christopher Drost/Torontoist)</em>

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196426

The rare Billy Bob Caught Off Guard While Walking The Red Carpet shot.<br /> <br /> <em>(Christopher Drost/Torontoist)</em>

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196417

Did you know Jared Leto has a band? And that they made a documentary about themselves? We did! (You're not really missing out.)<br /> <br /> <em>(Christopher Drost/Torontoist)</em>

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196418

It looks comedic until you realize that is someone else's tongue.<br /> <br /> <em>(Christopher Drost/Torontoist)</em>

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196419

"It's me! That guy! Who is in things!"<br /> <br /> <em>(Christopher Drost/Torontoist)</em>

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196422

And then Spike Lee spoke for forty minutes about how the Knicks let Jeremy Lin get away.<br /> <br /> <em>(Christopher Drost/Torontoist)</em>

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196420

Brand new Toronto Raptor forward (and former New York Knick) Landry Fields, shown here trying to avoid getting into a conversation with Spike Lee. "If anybody asks, just pretend I'm Drake."<br /> <br /> <em>(Christopher Drost/Torontoist)</em>

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196421

Spike Lee, the director of <em>Bad 25</em>, shown here reminding everybody that he can be a douchebag about sports teams <em>other</em> than the New York Knicks. (Seriously, Spike. Fuck the Yankees. Fuck those pinstripe-wearing bastards right to hell.)<br /> <br /> <em>(Christopher Drost/Torontoist)</em>

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196423

Javier Bardem, producer of <em>Sons of the Clouds</em>, reflects on how it takes film festival schmoozing to get his documentary about human rights abuses in the Western Sahara noticed, and considers the multiple ironies involved. While looking very handsome, of course, because he <em>is</em> still Javier Bardem.<br /> <br /> <em>(Christopher Drost/Torontoist)</em>

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196416

Emile Hirsch believes that a beard will make him appear less baby-faced. He is wrong.<br /> <br /> <em>(Christopher Drost/Torontoist)</em>

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196415

Italian actor and director Sergio Castellitto—here at TIFF with <em>Twice Born</em>—poses for the cameras, but mostly for the benefit of the one lonely Italian photographer here stringing from overseas who will recognize him.<br /> <br /> <em>(Christopher Drost/Torontoist)</em>

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196413

Tommy Lee Jones cannot hide his lack of enthusiasm for this vehicle.<br /> <br /> <em>(Christopher Drost/Torontoist)</em>

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Matthew Fox tries to take action before the press notices that Tommy Lee Jones has seemingly wet himself. He fails.<br /> <br /> <em>(Christopher Drost/Torontoist)</em>

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196412

This is Eugene Nomura, the producer of the World War II epic drama <em>Emperor</em>. We just thought it was nice that he brought his kid along. That's kind of awesome.<br /> <br /> <em>(Christopher Drost/Torontoist)</em>

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Aaron Jackson goes FULL DERP.<br /> <br /> <em>(Christopher Drost/Torontoist)</em>

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196410

"GODDAMNIT STOP CALLING ME RON WEASLEY! I AM NOT RON WEASLEY! I AM NOT ANY FUCKING KIND OF WEASLEY!"<br /> <br /> <em>(Christopher Drost/Torontoist)</em>

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Is this Chicken Lady cosplay intentional or accidental? Either way, it is glorious.<br /> <br /> <em>(Christopher Drost/Torontoist)</em>

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The Toronto International Film Festival’s closing weekend mustered a decent last hurrah, as the handful of visiting actors and directors not yet en route to Pearson walked the final few red carpets of 2012. From now until TIFF 2013, Toronto will settle back into its usual celebrity-spotting rhythm. The only movie stars most of us will see walking down the city’s streets will be those in town to shoot big-budget sci-fi films.

Thursday’s Jayne Mansfield’s Car premiere at Roy Thomson Hall brought Robert Duvall and Billy Bob Thornton out in front of an enthusiastic crowd, while Friday’s screening of Artifact delivered Jared Leto, whose current beard-to-face ratio is something like 3:1. Also on Friday was the premiere of Emperor, which stars Tommy Lee Jones as a conquering General MacArthur in the aftermath of World War II. Spike Lee was arguably the festival’s final major draw of the year. He was up on stage Saturday night to talk about Bad 25, his 25th-anniversary documentary ode to the 1987 Michael Jackson album of the same name.

We’ll miss you, TIFF. Let’s do it again soon. But not too soon, because we’re exhausted.

Text by Steve Kupferman; captions by Christopher Bird.