Tag: Guillermo Arriaga
Brad Pitt In Darren Aronofsky’s The Tiger
When you see this kind of title, then you already know some adventure thriller is coming. But, trust us, this is even more, because two well-known names are involved in the whole project: Brad Pitt and Darren Aronofsky. Yes, exactly!
Ok, maybe you were little disappointed with The Fountain thing, but still, let’s give them another chance and see this upcoming movie, based on a forthcoming book called The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival.
So, this is how the story goes: “It’s December 1997 and a man-eating tiger is on the prowl outside a remote village in Russia’s Far East. The tiger isn’t just killing people, it’s annihilating them, and a team of men and their dogs must hunt it on foot through the forest in the brutal cold.
Charlize Theron’s Burning Plain Trailer
“The Burning Plain” is the directorial debut by acclaimed Mexican screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga who is best known for his scripts that include well received dramas “Amores perros“, “21 Grams” and “Babel“, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. Arriaga also wrote “The Burning Plain.”
Here is the first international trailer for the movie although “The Burning Plain” has already appeared in the main competition at the Venice Film Festival 2008. It played also at the Toronto, Glasgow, and Seattle Film Festivals and is currently scheduled to appear in the US on September 18th, 2009 in limited release.
Charlize Theron’s THE BURNING PLAIN Poster
“The Burning Plain” is a drama that explores the mysterious connection between several characters separated by time and space: Mariana (Jennifer Lawrence), a 16-year-old girl trying to put together the shattered lives of her parents in a Mexican border town; Sylvia (Charlize Theron), a woman in Portland who must undertake an emotional odyssey to burnish a sin from her past; Gina, Sylvia’s mother (Kim Basinger) and Nick (Joaquim de Almeida), a couple who must deal with an intense and clandestine affair; and Maria (Tessa Ia), a young girl who helps her parents find redemption, forgiveness and love.
Javier Bardem Is “Biutiful”
Javier Bardem will star in Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu‘s film “Biutiful.”
Spanish-language movie “Biutiful,” which Gonzalez Inarritu wrote, shoots on location in Barcelona next week.
The film is about a man embroiled in shady dealings who is confronted by a childhood friend, now a policeman.
Venice 2008 – “The Burning Plain”
“The Burning Plain” is a drama that explores the mysterious connection between several characters separated by time and space: Mariana (Jennifer Lawrence), a 16-year-old girl trying to put together the shattered lives of her parents in a Mexican border town; Sylvia (Charlize Theron), a woman in Portland who must undertake an emotional odyssey to burnish a sin from her past; Gina, Sylvia’s mother (Kim Basinger) and Nick (Joaquim de Almeida), a couple who must deal with an intense and clandestine affair; and Maria (Tessa Ia), a young girl who helps her parents find redemption, forgiveness and love.
The film is the first of five U.S. entries to appear in the main competition at the Venice Film Festival.
