by Larry Richman
September 16, 2007 10:29 PM

I attended the World Premiere of Juno on Saturday night, September 8 at the Toronto International Film Festival. Jason Reitman directed from a stunning Diablo Cody script. Earlier we posted a brief review of the experience.

Juno is a side-splitting, poignant comedy and we've chosen it as our #1 Top Pick from the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival. Juno was the first runner-up for the Audience Award at the festival, beating out 352 other entries. And as we announced on Friday, Fox Searchlight has moved up the film's release date -- Juno hits theaters on December 14.

The brilliant enemble cast featuring Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Olivia Thirlby, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner, J.K. Simmons, and Allison Janney, all of whom joined Reitman and Cody onstage for the Q&A afterward. Also see our video.


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Director Jason Reitman with actors Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney, J.K. Simmons, Olivia Thirlby, writer Diablo Cody, and producers



Reitman, Page, Cera, Garner, Bateman, Janney, Simmons, and Thirlby



Reitman, Page, Cera, Garner, and Bateman



Janney, Simmons, Thirlby, and Cody (left)
Simmons and Thirlby (right)



Bateman, Janney and Simmons (left)
Janny and Simmons (right)



Garner, Bateman, Janney, and Simmons



Writer Diablo Cody (left), Director Jason Reitman (right)



Page, Cera, and Garner (left)
Page, Cera, Garner and Bateman (right)



Page, Cera, and Garner



Cera, Garner, and Bateman (left)
Page and Cera (right)



Page, Cera, and Garner



Page, Cera, and Garner



Jason Reitman (left), Ellen Page (center), Jennifer Garner (right)