New Soderbergh’s “Che” (Guevara) Poster
We’ve got today a brand new Cannes Film Festival promo poster for the Steven Soderbergh’s drama “Che“.
Latest Soderbergh’s project is a set of two films shot back-to-back about Che Guevara titled individually “The Argentine” and “Guerrilla“. Both are premiered at the Cannes Film Festival under the name “Che” as a 268 minute presentation.
Benicio Del Toro won the best actor prize at Cannes Film Festival 2008 for his role in “Che”.
“The Argentine”: On November 26, 1956, Fidel Castro sails to Cuba with eighty rebels. One of those rebels is Ernesto “Che” Guevara, an Argentine doctor who shares a common goal with Fidel Castro - to overthrow the corrupt dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. Che proves indispensable as a fighter, and quickly grasps the art of guerrilla warfare. As he throws himself into the struggle, Che is embraced by his comrades and the Cuban people. This film tracks Che’s rise in the Cuban Revolution, from doctor to commander to revolutionary hero. Read the rest of this entry
First Soderbergh’s “Che” (”Guerilla”) International Trailer
A pair of films by Steven Soderbergh about the life of Argentinian revolutionary Che Guevara
debuted at Cannes Film Festival 2008.
Benicio Del Toro as “Che” won the best actor prize at Cannes Film Festival 2008 for his role.
“Che” - “The Argentine” and “Guerilla,” are two-part biopic with a total running time of 268 minutes.
Each of the two films will focus on a different episode in Che’s life:
“The Argentine” dramatises the struggle of Che and Fidel Castro to topple Cuba’s Batista regime in 1956, and “Guerrilla” will chart the episode when, eight years later, Che travelled to New York to address the United Nations.
Benicio Del Toro discussed Soderbergh’s “Che” with Castro
Benicio Del Toro has revealed that he discussed playing Che Guevara in an upcoming biopic with Fidel Castro.
Del Toro, who won the best actor prize at Cannes Film Festival 2008 for his role in Steven Soderbergh’s ”Che,” met the former president of Cuba briefly to talk about his friendship with revolutionary Che Guevara.
“I met Fidel Castro for five minutes and he knew about the project, he knew about the work we were doing. And he said to me that he was very happy that we had spent so much time researching the subject,”
Del Toro said.
“I would like for him to see it. I would take his comments. No-one probably knew Che better than he did.”
Benicio del Toro as Ernesto “Che” Guevara - First Official Photos
A pair of films by Steven Soderbergh about the life of Argentinian revolutionary Che Guevara is likely to prove an early favourite to win the Palme d’Or at next month’s Cannes film festival.
Amid a line-up notably light on British filmmakers and actors, the Soderbergh diptych stars Benicio del Toro as Ernesto “Che” Guevara de la Serna.
Each of the two films will focus on a different episode in Che’s life:
The Argentine dramatises the struggle of Che and Fidel Castro to topple Cuba’s Batista regime in 1956,
And The Guerrilla will chart the episode when, eight years later, Che travelled to New York to address the United Nations.
‘The Wolf Man’ - Del Toro and Weaving photos
You saw the previous photos we brought of Benicio Del Toro as the Wolfman, and here we have
the latest pics of Hugo Weaving and Benicio Del Toro from ‘The Wolf Man‘.
Benicio Del Toro plays Lawrence Talbot, who is bitten by a werewolf and turns into one. His human love interest is played by Emily Blunt, while Anthony Hopkins plays his father, Sir John Talbot. Hugo Weaving is Detective Aberline who investigates the Wolfman’s murders. That top hat has detective written all over it.
The Wolfman is currently scheduled to hit theaters on April 3rd, 2009.
‘The Wolfman’ - First Look
EW.com has a first look at Benicio Del Toro as The Wolfman in director Joe Johnston’s new film, which Universal Pictures will release on February 13, 2009.
Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt and Hugo Weaving co-star in the horror pic in which a man (Del Toro) gets bitten by a werewolf and begins a hairy moonlight existence.
