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Cannes in 60 Seconds: Monday, May 18, 2009
Filed under: Deals », Cannes », Festival Reports », Distribution », Cinematical Indie »
Cannes is not all about death, gloom, and independent movies. It's also about selling your motion-capture fantasy months in advance of its opening. Jim Carrey, Robin Wright Penn, and Colin Firth showed up in support of Robert Zemeckis' forthcoming A Christmas Carol. After the stars arrived by horse-drawn carriage, Carrey threw a fake snowball. Eight minutes of footage was shown to an invited audience.
Lars, Lars, Lars! Danish director Lars Von Trier's Antichrist shook up Cannes at a press screening on Sunday night, with word quickly spreading that the film was "intentionally unreleasable, chock full of intense violence, graphic sexuality, unforgivable misogyny ... and also beauty," as Karina Longworth described the buzz at Spout. Thus, Von Trier's press conference today, shortly after noon, just as quickly became required viewing -- Anne Thompson has a good report -- and his declaration, "I am the best film director in the world" shot around the world via Twitter. Photographers, depressed by the bloody movie, cheered up when they discovered Hayden Panettiere sunbathing in a bikini on a yacht in the harbor.
Key Screenings. Competition: Ken Loach's 'soccer fanatic / mailman' drama Looking For Eric. Directors' Fortnight: Alain Guiraudie's ''middle-aged homosexual man falls for a young woman romance' Le Roi de l'évasion, Michel Franco's kidnapped sibling drama Daniel & Ana. Un Certain Regard: Yorgos Lanthimos' 'isolated Greek family drama' Dog Tooth, Raya Martin's early 20th Century historical drama Independence.
After the jump: news on Asian action drama Warlords, lesbian romance Drool, and Cannes titles in play.
Celebrities at Cannes
Actors Rosanna Arquette and Jean-Marc Barr arrive for the screening of the film "Looking For Eric" in competition at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival, May 18, 2009. Twenty films compete for the prestigious Palme d'Or which will be awarded on May 24. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier (FRANCE ENTERTAINMENT)
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Actress Rosanna Arquette arrives for the screening of the film "Looking For Eric" in competition at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival, May 18, 2009. Twenty films compete for the prestigious Palme d'Or which will be awarded on May 24. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann (FRANCE ENTERTAINMENT)
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CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 18: Paris Hilton attends the Akvinta Presents 'A Night of Hollywood Domino' at The House at Cannes during the 62nd Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2009 in Cannes, France. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Paris Hilton
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US actress Rosanna Arquette and French actor Jean-Marc Barr arrive for the screening of the movie "Antichrist" directed by Danish director Lars Von Trier in competition at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2009. AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE (Photo credit should read LOIC VENANCE/AFP/Getty Images)
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CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 18: Paris Hilton attends the Akvinta Presents 'A Night of Hollywood Domino' at The House at Cannes during the 62nd Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2009 in Cannes, France. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Paris Hilton
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US actress Rosanna Arquette and French actor Jean-Marc Barr arrive for the screening of the movie "Antichrist" directed by Danish director Lars Von Trier in competition at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2009. AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE (Photo credit should read LOIC VENANCE/AFP/Getty Images)
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CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 18: Actress Marion Cotillard presents the award to actor David Kross at The Chopard Trophy held at the Martinez Hotel during the 62nd International Cannes Film Festival on May 18th, 2009 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Marion Cotillard;David Kross
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US actress Rosanna Arquette and French actor Jean-Marc Barr arrive for the screening of the movie "Antichrist" directed by Danish director Lars Von Trier in competition at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2009. AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE (Photo credit should read LOIC VENANCE/AFP/Getty Images)
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CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 18: TV presenter Myleene Klass attends The Chopard Trophy held at the Martinez Hotel during the 62nd International Cannes Film Festival on May 18th, 2009 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Myleene Klass
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CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 18: Jewellery worn by Paris Hilton as she attends the Akvinta Presents 'A Night of Hollywood Domino' at The House at Cannes during the 62nd Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2009 in Cannes, France. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Paris Hilton
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Casting Bites: Signs, Drool, and More!
Filed under: Comedy », Drama », Independent », Casting »
As we come out of the weekend, Juno's dad and Claire Fisher's conservative boyfriend are teaming up for a new film. The Hollywood Reporter posts that J.K. Simmons and Chris Messina are joining Jessica Alba in An Invisible Sign of My Own. Described as an Amelie-style film, the indie "follows the transformation of a sheltered, math-obsessed teacher when a new science teacher arrives at her school." No word on who Simmons and Messina will play, but does it really matter when we have Alba not only taking over the whimsical shoes of Audrey Tatou, but also trying to be a math nerd? Strrrange casting!And have you ever wondered what Thelma & Louise would've been like had they driven all over the place with a corpse? THR also posts that Laura Harring, Jill Marie Jones, and Oded Fehr have signed on to star in a new dark comedy called Drool. Basically, Harring will play an abused wife who accidentally kills her husband (Fehr) as she plans to leave her "better" half with the help of her friend (Jones). What does she do? She decides to "drive the body cross-country." That just doesn't sound sanitary.
To some, he's a dancer from Fame. To others, he's Baz's Mercutio in Romeo + Juliet. (He needs to do more Shakespeare!) To most these days, however, he's Michael Dawson from Lost. And now THR posts that Harold Perrineau is going to executive produce and star in a new indie drama called Case 219. Based on Walter Dean Myers' novel Shooter, the film focuses on three misfit teens after a high school shooting.
And one more little bit: Henry Thomas has joined Dear John.
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