‘Ponyo on a Cliff by the Sea’ to Close LA Film Fest

Ponyo will be the closing film of this year’s Los Angeles Film Festival on June 28. The festival runs from June 18-28, 2009. The story follows an ordinary boy named Sosuke (Frankie Jonas) and his friendship with Ponyo (Noah Cyrus), a goldfish who wishes to be human.

The Los Angeles Film Festival is also showing three live-action films from Japan: Tadashi Mori’s Panda Diary, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Still Walking, and Koji Wakamatsu’s United Red Army.

As what we have mentioned earlier, Walt Disney Pictures will open the film throughout the United States on August 14.

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Disney to Release Ponyo on August 14th in The United States

Ponyo on a Cliff by the Sea will finally be hitting US theaters on August 14, 2009. The original which has since grossed over getting ¥15.0 billion ($153.1 million) in Japan will be retitled as Ponyo.

The English voice cast includes Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Tina Fey, Cloris Leachman, Liam Neeson, Lily Tomlin, Betty White, and Frankie Jonas as Sosuke, a young boy who befriends Ponyo. Noah Cyrus provides the voice of the baby goldfish named Ponyo who desires to be a human.

Via the Disney blog.