12 New Inglourious Basterds Photos!
Take a look at 12 brand new photos from the upcoming “Inglourious Basterds” which will hit the theaters on August 21st 2009. Quentin Tarantino’s WWII epic has its world premiere next week at Cannes Film Festival (May 20th (8.30am, noon and 7pm) and May 21st (noon))
During World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as “the Basterds” are chosen to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris that is targeted by soldiers.
“Inglourious Basterds” stars Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Melanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Daniel Bruhl, Eli Roth, Samm Levine, B.J. Novak, Til Schweiger, Gedeon Burkhard, Paul Rust, Michael Bacall, Omar Doom, Sylvester Groth, Julie Dreyfus, Jacky Ido, August Diehl, Martin Wuttke, Richard Sammel, Christian Berkel, Sonke Mohring, Michael Fassbender, Mike Myers, Rod Taylor, Denis Menochet, Cloris Leachman, Maggie Cheung and Samuel L. Jackson.
Kevin Spacey Playing Jack Abramoff in Biopic
Kevin Spacey will star in the true story thriller “Casino Jack” where he will play Jack Abramoff, American former lobbyist, businessman and con man who was a central figure in a series of high-profile political scandals. He is currently incarcerated at the satellite prison camp adjacent to the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Cumberland, Maryland. He is scheduled to be released in December 2011.
Variety reported that Spacey and director George Hickenlooper (Factory Girl) were visiting the disgraced former lobbyist in prison — as part of their research for “Casino Jack,” which will start filming in Toronto this month, with the man who once played Keyser Soze in the lead role.
Gary Howsam, Bill Marks and George Vitezakis are producing the film. Richard Rionda Del Castro, Donald Zuckerman, Patricia Eberle and Lewin Webb are exec producing alongside Dana Brunetti for Spacey’s Trigger Street Prods.
Hannibal Pictures is handling worldwide sales, excluding North America, and will sell the film at the Cannes Film Festival. E1 Entertainment has purchased Canadian rights. William Morris and Paradigm are handling U.S. rights.
Kevin Spacey most recently starred in “21” and HBO’s “Recount,” both of which he produced through Trigger Street. He will next be seen in “Shrink,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and will be released in July. Other upcoming projects include “The Men Who Stare at Goats” alongside George Clooney and father-daughter comedy “Father of Invention.”
17 New Images From Pixar’s Up
Disney/Pixar has released 17 new images for their upcoming animated “Up” film.
“Up”, from the Disney Pixar studios, tells the story of 78 year-old Carl Fredricksen who sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America by tying thousands of balloons to his home. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he isn’t alone on his journey, since Russell, a young wilderness explorer, has inadvertently become a stowaway on the trip.
“Up,” directed by Pete Docter, who also directed the animated hit “Monsters, Inc.” and developed the story and characters for “Toy Story,” will be shown at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival opening ceremony on May 13, 2009.
The animated film is scheduled to appear in theaters on May 29th.
Cannes 2009: Polytechnique Movie Trailer And Poster
“Polytechnique,” will be featured at the 2009 edition of the Cannes Film Festival, as one of three Canadian films. The Canadian true crime drama – shot in black and white – will be shown in Directors’ Fortnight – out of competition.
The film depicts the Montreal Massacre of 1989, where a young man murdered 14 women at Montreal’s Polytechnique school. It was the deadliest school shooting of the 20th century, and remains to this day the deadliest massacre in Canadian history.
Students were either studying, having a good time or just speaking each other in the cafeteria. In between, a troubled and rejected young man enters the Polytechnique institution in Montreal in search of killing some “feminists”, somewhat responsible for his ruined life…Easily one of the most controversial films in Canadian cinema history.
Here we have the English trailer for the Canadian-Quebec film “Polytechnique”, based on the true story, released by Alliance Vivafilm and Remstar, and directed by Denis Villeneuve from the script by Jacques Davidts. There are two version of the trailer. Both trailers feature no spoken dialogue, and the only difference between the French and English versions is the wording.
“Polytechnique” stars Maxim Gaudette, Sébastien Huberdeau, Karine Vanasse, Evelyne Brochu, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Jonathan Dubsky, Marina Eva, Nathalie Girard, Pierre-Xavier Martel and Johanne-Marie Tremblay.
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Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight And Short Films Lineup
Lineup for Cannes’ 41st edition of Directors’ Fortnight has been fully announced Friday in Paris.
Cannes 2009 Official PosterFrancis Ford Coppola turned down Cannes’ non-competing slot, but his latest “Tetro” will open the program.
“After Coppola announced that he wouldn’t show “Tetro” out of competition, we asked to screen it for the Quinzaine. We loved it! And our enthusiasm convinced Coppola that an opening Fortnight slot would be the ideal place to debut his film,” Fortnight topper Olivier Pere said.
With five features, including “Tetro,” U.S. directors have a stronger presence in the Fortnight than in Cannes’ Competition.
The U.S. selection also includes “I Love You Phillip Morris,” directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa which stars Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor; lowbudget comedy “Humpday,” written and directed by Lynn Shelton; Josh and Benny Safdie’s “Go Get Some Rosemary” and immigrant indie dramedy “Amreeka” directed by U.S.-born Palestinian/Jordanian Cherien Dabis.
Here’s a complete list of the this year’s Fortnight lineup.
DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT LINEUP
“La Pivellina,” Austria, Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel
“The Alasness of Things,” Belgium-Netherlands, Felix van Groeningen
“Eastern Plays,” Bulgaria-Sweden, Kamen Kalev
“Carcasses,” Canada, Denis Cote
“J’ai tue ma mere,” Canada, Xavier Dolan
“Polytechnique,” Canada, Denis Villeneuve
“Navidad,” Chile, Sebastian Lelio
“Oxhide II,” China, Liu Jia Yin
“La famille Wolberg,” France-Belgium, Axelle Ropert
“Land of Madness,” France, Luc Moullet
“Le roi de l’evasion,” France, Alain Guiraudie
“Les beaux gosses,” France, Riad Sattouf
“Yuki & Nina,” France-Japan, Nobuhiro Suwa, Hippolyte Girardot
“Ajami,” Israel-Germany, Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani (closer) “Daniel & Ana,” Mexico-Spain, Michel Franco
“Karaoke,” Malaysia, Chan Fui (Chris) Chong
“Ne change rien,” Portugal-France, Pedro Costa
“Here,” Singapore-Canada, Tzu-Nyen Ho
“Like You Know It All,” South Korea, Hong Sang-soo
“Amreeka,” U.S., Cherien Dabis
“Go Get Some Rosemary,” U.S.-France, Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
“Humpday,” U.S., Lynn Shelton
“I Love You Phillip Morris,” U.S.-France, Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
“Tetro,” Argentina-Spain-Italy, Francis Ford Coppola (opener)
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Cannes 2009 Lineup
UPDATE May 24, 2009 – Cannes 2009 Winners
The official lineup for the 62nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival, which will run from May 13 to 24, 2009, has been unveiled and it promises to be one of the best line-ups in years, on paper, at least.
We’ve got four Palme D’or winners – Quentin Tarentino, Ken Loach, Jane Campion, Lars von Trier and a number of returning vets – Pedro Almodovar, Alain Resnais, Marco Bellocchio and Tsai Ming-liang.
Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week will be fully announced Friday in Paris.
Here’s the list:
OPENER
“Up,” U.S., Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
CLOSER
“Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky,” France, Jan Kounen – Out of Competition
IN COMPETITION
“Bright Star,” Australia-U.K.-France, Jane Campion
“Spring Fever,” (”Chun Feng Chen Zui De Ye Wan”) China-France, Lou Ye
“Antichrist,” Denmark-Sweden-France-Italy, Lars von Trier
“Enter the Void,” France, Gaspar Noe
“Face,” (”Visage”) France-Taiwan-Netherlands-Belgium, Tsai Ming-liang
“Wild grass,” (”Les Herbes folles”) France-Italy, Alain Resnais
“In the Beginning,” (”A L’origine”) France, Xavier Giannoli
“A Prophet,” (”Un Prophete”) France, Jacques Audiard
“The White Ribbon,” (”Das Weisse Band”) Germany-Austria-France, Michael Haneke
“Vengeance,” Hong Kong-France-U.S., Johnnie To
“The Time That Remains,” Israel-France-Belgium-Italy, Elia Suleiman
“Vincere,” Italy-France, Marco Bellocchio
“Kinatay,” Philippines, Brillante Mendoza
“Thirst,” (”Bak-Jwi”) South Korea-U.S., Park Chan-wook
“Broken Embraces,” (Los Abrazos Rotos) Spain, Pedro Almodovar
“Map of the Sounds of Tokyo,” Spain, Isabel Coixet
“Fish Tank,” U.K.-Netherlands, Andrea Arnold
“Looking for Eric,” U.K.-France-Belgium-Italy, Ken Loach
“Inglourious Basterds,” U.S., Quentin Tarantino
“Taking Woodstock,” U.S., Ang Lee
OUT OF COMPETITION
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,” Canada-France, Terry Gilliam
“The Army of Crime,” France, Robert Guediguian
“Agora,” Spain, Alejandro Amenabar
62nd Cannes Film Festival To Premiere Zemeckis’ 3D Christmas Carol
Robert Zemeckis‘ 3-D motion capture adaptation of Charles Dickens’s classic tale “A Christmas Carol” will be shown on May 18, 2009 at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Disney studio has announced.
“A Christmas Carol” directed by Robert Zemeckis stars Jim Carrey, Colin Firth, Robin Wright Penn and Gary Oldman.
In the new version of Dickens’s story, Carrey takes on the role of Ebenezer Scrooge and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. Firth will star as Scrooge’s nephew Fred, while Gary Oldman plays Jacob Marley, Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim.
Ebenezer Scrooge (Carrey) begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk (Gary Oldman) and his cheery nephew (Firth). But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it’s too late. “A Christmas Carol” is scheduled to appear at IMAX and conventional theaters on November 6th.
“A Christmas Carol” will be released in IMAX 3-D and conventional cinemas on November 6, 2009.
Cannes 2009 Poster Unveiled
Cannes Film Festival 2009 has unveiled its official poster.
Created by Annick Durban, the image of a mysterious female is meant to evoke a window opening on the magic of cinema. The poster for the 62nd Cannes Film Festival edition was inspired by Michelangelo Antonioni’s “L’avventura,” which won the fest’s jury prize in 1960.
Cannes Film Festival 2009 Official Selection On April 23
UPDATE May24, 2009 CANNES 2009 WINNERS
UPDATED April 27, 2009
UPDATED April 24, 2009
DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT AND SHORT FILMS LINEUP
More about Cannes 2009 at Cannes Film Festival FF Movie Page
UPDATED April 23, 2009.
Cannes 2009 official lineup unveiled
The official selection for the 62nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival, which will run from May 13 to 24, 2009, will be unveiled on April 23, 2009 at the traditional press conference. Fest director Thierry Fremaux and his selection committee still have numerous films to watch. Fremaux prefers to keep his options open to a certain extent until he’s seen everything, leaving anxious filmmakers, distribs and sales companies in the dark until the final bell. If you saw Barry Levinson’s “What Just Happened” you know how they feel now.
The news are coming and by now we know that the fest will have movies from top international filmmakers as directors including Ang Lee, Jane Campion, Michael Haneke, Quentin Tarantino, Ken Loach, Pedro Almodovar, Bong Joon-ho, Marco Bellocchio, Lars von Trier and Johnnie To among others.
At the moment it’s been confirmed that Disney Pixar’s “Up” directed by Pete Docter will open Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday May 13th, 2009 and we know French actress Isabelle Huppert will head the jury at this year’s Festival de Cannes.
It’s also been confirmed Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” will have its world premiere during the prestigious French film festival. “Inglorious Bastards” will be “in competition.”
Fest toppers saw Ang Lee’s “Taking Woodstock,” and the movie was offered an immediate invitation to screen in Cannes.
Longtime Ang Lee collaborator, James Schamus, wrote the script based on a book by Elliot Tiber with Tom Monte and the film stars Liev Schreiber, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Paul Dano, Kelli Garner, Demetri Martin, Imelda Staunton, Henry Goodman, Jonathan Groff, Emile Hirsch, Eugene Levy… Set in 1969, the film is described by Focus as the story of a man, “who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the famed happening it was.” Focus is planning an August release for the movie.
If Ang Lee’s movie is on the Cannes roster, it is widely expected to join opening night film “Up” from Pixar, Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglorious Basterds,” Pedro Almodovar’s “Los Abrazos rotos,” and Lars Von Trier’s “Antichrist,” a horror drama with Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg as a couple who retreat to a secluded forest cabin after the death of their son.
Francis Ford Coppola won’t be bringing his new film, Argentine family drama “Tetro,” with Vincent Gallo to next month’s Cannes Film Festival, declining an offer to screen his film out of competition. Coppola said, “While I very much appreciate the invitation, this is an independent film, self-financed and self released, and I felt that being invited for a non-competition gala screening wasn’t true to the personal and independent nature of this film.” He will instead debut the movie at the Seattle International Film Festival on June 10th, 2009.
UPDATED April 24, 2009.
Francis Ford Coppola turned down Cannes’ non-competing slot, but his latest “Tetro” will open the program.
“After Coppola announced that he wouldn’t show “Tetro” out of competition, we asked to screen it for the Quinzaine. We loved it! And our enthusiasm convinced Coppola that an opening Fortnight slot would be the ideal place to debut his film,” Fortnight topper Olivier Pere said.
Cannes Film Festival 2009 To Celebrate Fellini’s “La dolce vita”
UPDATE May 24, 2009 – Cannes 2009 Winners
This year’s Cannes Film Festival will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Golden Palm (Palm d’Or) Winner Federico Fellini’s “La dolce vita” with the world premiere of a documentary about the making of this classic movie.
Titled “We Who Made “La dolce vita” (”Noi che abbiamo fatto ‘La dolce vita‘) the tribute is directed by Gianfranco Mingozzi who was Fellini’s a.d. on the film “La dolce vita.”
The documentary unspools interviews with Anita Ekberg (Sylvia) who bathed in the Trevi Fountain in the movie, Yvonne Furneaux (Emma), who plays protag Marcello Mastroianni’s (Marcello Rubini) suicidal girlfriend and with Anouk Aimée (Maddalena), who plays his lover.
It also features commentary from Rome paparazzi of that time from whom Fellini drew inspiration.
“The film was a great adventure for everyone, and the documentary captures that spirit,” said Fellini Foundation topper Vittorio Boarini.
Federico Fellini directed “La dolce vita” and worked on the script with Ennio Flaiano. “The Sweet Life,” shot in 1959 and premiered in Cannes in 1960 won Golden Palm 50 years ago.
