Jude Law - Stars Come Out For Minghella

Stars including JUDE LAW, ALAN RICKMAN and MARTIN FREEMAN are to launch a memorial event for late director ANTHONY MINGHELLA.

The actors have teamed up to launch the Minghella Movie Marathon - a mini film festival in tribute to the star, who died last year (08) after a battle with cancer.

The event will take place in Newport on the Isle of Wight - a tiny island off the south coast of England - this weekend (14-15Mar09) and will feature screenings of some of Minghella's most famous films.

Rickman will kick off the event with 1990's Truly, Madly, Deeply while Law will introduce a showing of his 1999 movie The Talented Mr Ripley.

A statement on behalf of the Minghella family reads, "Anthony was passionate about everything he loved, including film making and the Isle of Wight. It seems entirely fitting to celebrate his memory with a movie marathon on the island and we look forward to welcoming his many, many film industry friends to Newport this weekend."