Venice Film Festival line-up unveiled

Films included in the festival line-up for the 66th Annual Venice Film Festival include Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story, Jaco van Dormael's English-language debut Mr. Nobody, Tom Ford's (yes, that Tom Ford) directorial debut A Single Man, and John Hillcoat's The Road. According to Variety (via RopeofSilicon) there will be 71 world premiers.

Steven Soderbergh's The Informant and Grant Heslov's The Men Who Stare at Goats will also be included in the line-up, but they will be out of competition.

Midnight movies include Antoine Fuqua's Brooklyn's Finest, which is set for a November 27 release and Nicolas Winding Refn's Valhalla Rising starring Mads Mikkelsen.

The Golden Lion Lifetime Achievement Award will be given to John Lasseter and the 3-D versions of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 will be screened for the award.

RopeofSilicon gives us a pretty good list and you can head on over to Variety for the full list.

66TH ANNUAL VENICE FILM FESTIVAL LINEUP COMPETITION

• Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Werner Herzog (U.S.)
• Capitalism: A Love Story, Michael Moore (U.S.)
• The Road, John Hillcoat (U.S.)
• Soul Kitchen, Fatih Akin (Germany)
• Survival of the Dead, George Romero (U.S.)

OUT OF COMPETITION

• The Informant!, Steven Soderbergh (U.S.)
• The Men Who Stare at Goats, Grant Heslov (U.S.)
• REC 2, Jaume Balaguero, Paco Plaza (Spain)
• South of the Border, Oliver Stone (U.S.)

MIDNIGHT MOVIES

• Brooklyn's Finest, Antoine Fuqua (U.S.)
• Valhalla Rising, Nicolas Winding Refn (Denmark)

GOLDEN LION FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT 2009
JOHN LASSETER AND THE DISNEY/PIXAR DIRECTORS

• Toy Story 3-D (New Version), John Lasseter (U.S.)
• Toy Story 2 3-D (New Version), John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich, Ash Brannon (U.S.)