Venice Film Festival
Venice 2008 After Burning
“Burn After Reading” (George Clooney, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand) finally had its long awaited premiere at Venice Film Festival.
The movie re-unites Joel and Ethan Coen with George Clooney, who appeared in “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” and actress Frances McDormand (Joel’s wife) who won an Oscar for her role in their 1996 film “Fargo“.
“I’ve done three films with them and they call it my trilogy of idiots”
Clooney told reporters after a press screening (”O Brother, Where Art Thou?”, “Intolerable Cruelty” and “Burn After Reading”).
He plays a nervous, twitchy federal marshal whose extra-marital affairs bring him into contact with a gym instructor, played by Pitt, desperately seeking to extort money from a sacked CIA analyst whose memoirs go missing.
“After reading the part, which they said was hand-written for myself, I was not sure if I should be flattered or insulted”
said Brad Pitt, whose character the directors describe as a “knucklehead”.
Brad was asked how the chosen ones are doing.
“The Day the Earth Stood Still” New Movie Still
The Day the Earth Stood Still - Keanu Reeves
Today we have the new photo from sci-fi “The Day the Earth Stood Still“.
“The Day the Earth Stood Still” is 20th Century Fox’s contemporary reinvention of its 1951 classic. Keanu Reeves portrays Klaatu, an alien whose arrival on our planet triggers a global upheaval. As governments and scientists race to unravel the mystery behind the visitor’s appearance, a woman (Jennifer Connelly) and her young stepson get caught up in his mission - and come to understand the ramifications of his being a self-described “friend to the Earth.”
The film also stars Kathy Bates, Jaden Smith, Jon Hamm and Kyle Chandler.
“The Day the Earth Stood Still” is scheduled to hit theaters on December 12th.
Venice Film Festival Lineup / “Burn After Reading” World Premiere
The 65th Venice International Film Festival (Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica di Venezia), organised by the Venice Biennale, will take place on the Venice Lido from August 27th to September 6th 2008.
The world premiere of Joel and Ethan Coen’s “Burn After Reading” opens the Festival on Wednesday, out of competition.
George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich and Tilda Swinton are expected to be on Lido’s red carpet.
The festival continues with its first full day including the first competition screenings on Thursday.
The line-up of the 65th Venice Film Festival:
Wim Wenders to head 65th Venice Film Festival jury
German director Wim Wenders will head the main jury of the 65th Venice Film Festival, organizers said on Friday.
Wenders is perhaps best know for his films “The Buena Vista Social Club” (1998) and “Paris, Texas” (1984), both of which scooped up international awards.
Wenders, who won the Venice Golden Lion 10 years later for “The State of Things,” was most recently at the Lido with “Land of Plenty” in 2004.
His first appearing at Venice Film Festival was with the “Goalkeeper’s Fear of the Penalty Kick” in
1972.
His latest film, “Palermo Shooting” starring Dennis Hopper, had its premiere at the Cannes film festival last month.
The festival, in its 65th edition this year, runs from Aug 27 to Sept 6 and the Coen Brothers‘ comedy “Burn After Reading” will open the fest.
The Venice lineup will be announced July 29.
“The Duchess” - Poster
One of the mentioned films to premiere at The 65th Venice International Film Festival is Saul Dibb’s ”The Duchess”. Check out the poster for the movie below.
“The Duchess” is the story of an extraordinary woman who rose to fame by staying true to her passions in a world of protocol, gossip and social rules - and paid the price.
Academy Award nominee Keira Knightley and Academy Award winner Ralph Fiennes head an international cast that also includes Dominic Cooper as the abolitionist Charles Grey, the Duchess’s favorite lover, Haley Atwell as the Duchess’s alluring best friend and rival, Lady Elizabeth “Bess” Spencer; and Charlotte Rampling as the Duchess’s mother, the Lady Spencer.
Here, you can see ”The Duchess” trailer
Venice 2008 soon after Cannes 2008
The 65th Venice International Film Festival (Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica di Venezia), organised by the Venice Biennale, will take place on the Venice Lido from August 27th to September 6th 2008.
Marco Müller will be the director of the upcoming edition, continuing the work he began in 2004.
Along with Enrico Magrelli, the Director’s right hand for cultural programming, sixteen consultants will participate in the selection and search process for the 65th Venice Film Festival.
The 2008 Selection Committee will include: Violetta Bellocchio, Paolo Bertolin, Marie-Pierre Duhamel, Claudio Masenza and Alberto Pezzotta.
Venice’s 22-film competition lineup has been made up entirely of world premieres the past two years, and the festival is said to be looking to make it three in a row.
More than three months before the Coen brothers‘ “Burn After Reading” opens the festival, few contracts have been signed.
Films mentioned to premiere ( ‘Burn After Reading’ is already confirmed) at Venice include:
Saul Dibb’s “The Duchess” - Kiera Knightley and Ralph Fiennes
Ridley Scott’s “Body of Lies” - Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe
Baz Luhurmann’s “Australia” - Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman
Marco Bechis’ contemporary drama “Birdwatchers“
Spike Lee’s Italian-American co-production “Miracle at St. Anna“
Samira Makhmalbaf’s “Two-Legged Horse“
Sandra Nettelbeck’s “Helen“
Diane English comedy “The Women ” - Eva Mendes, Meg Ryan and Carrie Fisher
Of course that this is not official.
The line-up of the 65th Venice Film Festival will be announced during a press conference that will take place at the end of July in Rome.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
