Steven Soderbergh’s “Che” Teaser Trailer
A teaser trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s movie ”Che” (”The Argentine” and “Guerilla“, two-part biopic with a total running time of 268 minutes) is online. Benicio Del Toro, who played the title in Soderbergh’s “Che” won the prize for best actor at Cannes Film Festival 2008.
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.
Two New Posters for Soderbergh’s Che
Here we’ve got two new international (French) posters for Steven Soderbergh’s “Che.” The posters are split up like the movie “Che” is - “The Argentine” and “Guerrilla.”
Benicio Del Toro, who played Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara won the prize for best actor at Cannes Film Festival 2008.
London Film Festival 2008
52nd London Film Festival is set to be bigger than ever, with a huge selection of screenings, talks and special events lined up.
London film fest artistic director Sandra Hebron unveiled a program that includes 15 world, 20 European and 119 U.K. preems.
“We are excited that London in October will play host to world renowned directors, writers and actors, as well as to some of the most important new voices in international cinema,”
she said and added:
“I spent the weekend reading about the Venice Film Festival and some of the things that I read suggested that it wasn’t a vintage year for cinema. Well, luckily for us, while we do give awards for short films, the fact that we are not a prize-giving festival gives us much freer reign to screen a series of great films.”
The festival’s opening and closing gala screenings had already been announced: Ron Howard’s “Frost/Nixon” reimagines a series of interviews between the British TV personality and the disgraced American president and Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire.”
With films from all over the world, each year there are close to 180 feature films screened as well as documentaries, restored classics, shorts, animation and artists’ film and video installations, featuring approximately 20 screenings and special events every day.
This year’s London Film Festival includes a record number of world and European premieres with a total of 189 features and 108 shorts screening.
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. Continue Reading…
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.
Hollywood and Cannes Film Festival
Clint Eastwood’s film “The Changeling“, starring Angelina Jolie as a woman searching for her missing son in 1920s Los Angeles and “Synechdoche, New York,” screenwriter Charlie Kaufman’s directorial debut.joins a competition list.
Steven Soderbergh, who took the top Cannes award in 1989 for “Sex, Lies and Videotape“, won a race against time to complete his four-hour epic “Che“, on the life of the revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara in time for the festival.
Steven Soderbergh’s inclusion looks like a last-minute decision. He competes with two pic ”Che” bio – “The Argentine” and “Guerrilla”
As predicted, Steven Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” world preems down on the Croisette, possibly on Sunday May 18. It promises this fest’s must-attend, highest-glam event.
Thierry Fremaux, the festival’s head said the presence of Steven Spielberg and the stars of “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”, which will premiere outside the main competition, would ensure “a magnificent red carpet”.
Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett and George Lucas are expected to join Spielberg on the steps outside the Palais des Festivals, guaranteeing the kinds of flashing cameras that add essential glamour to the festival’s arthouse fare.
Out-of-competition, DreamWorks Animation’s “Kung Fu Panda,” an adventure, comedic chop-soc tooner, promises another Hollywood red-carpet cavalcade.
Also non-competing, as is Woody Allen’s custom, is the Spain-shot “Vicky Cristina Barcelona.”
After its debut at the Sundance Film Festival, the Hollywood satire “What Just Happened?” will get a second chance at Cannes – closing night, but we are not sure yet because organizers said they would announce the movies that open and close the festival in a few days.
Robert De Niro stars an embattled Hollywood producer whose life falls apart during one turbulent week. In a life-imitating-art turn, the film’s climactic scene takes place at the Cannes Film Festival, with the producer’s fictional movie-within-a-movie opening the event.
“What Just Happened?” also stars Catherine Keener as a tough-as-nails studio chief and features a number of stars, including Sean Penn and Bruce Willis, playing themselves in self-parodying roles. Barry Levinson directs from an adaptation of “Into the Wild” producer Art Linson’s memoir.
The film generated strong buzz going into January’s Sundance Film Festival, and was expected to sell for a significant seven-figure sum. But the movie received a mixed critical.
