NEW YORK, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Ang Lee's big-screen adaptation of Yann Martel's best-selling novel "Life of Pi" is to open the New York Film Festival next month, organizers said Monday.
Lee is a member of a small group of filmmakers -- including Robert Altman, Pedro Almodovar and Francois Truffaut -- who have had more than one movie open the festival, the festival Web site noted. Lee's "The Ice Storm" kicked off the event in 1997 and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" closed the festival in 2000.