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Jindabyne Takes Long Road to U.S.
Filed under: Drama », Independent », New Releases », Cannes », Sony Classics », Distribution », Remakes and Sequels », Toronto International Film Festival », Cinematical Indie »
Last month I got pretty excited about seeing Jindabyne, the new film from Australian director Ray Lawrence (Lantana), which premiered earlier this year at Cannes. On a few sites around the internet, its release date was listed as July 20, but it turned out that the date was only for distribution Down Under. At the time, I couldn't even get a response from producer April Films about when or how it would be brought to the U.S. Now, though, it has been announced that Sony Classics will be releasing the title here some time in the spring of 2007. For those who can't wait until then, it will also be screening at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film tells the story of four men who discover a body while on a fishing trip, an incident which consumes their lives. If the plot sounds a little familiar, that's because it's based on a short story by Raymond Carver, which was also adapted as part of Robert Altman's Short Cuts (the part with Huey Lewis' penis). This version stars Gabriel Byrne and Laura Linney, whose talent seems to be deteriorating from film to film, and shows promise of being a terrific psychological drama (watch the trailer). It's already a big hit in its homeland and has a strong rating on the IMDb.
Hopefully Sony will have a more specific release date soon.
It's about damn time: Altman to get honorary Oscar
Filed under: Classics », Comedy », Drama », Independent », Awards », Trophy Hysteric », Cinematical Indie »
Along with Martin Scorsese, Alfred
Hitchcock, King
Vidor, and Clarence
Brown, Robert
Altman holds the dubious record for most best director Oscar nominations without a win: all five men have been
"just happy to be here" five times. Now, though, Altman, whose nominations have been for MASH, The
Player, Nashville, Short Cuts, and Gosford Park, is going to get his well-deserved statuette, even if
it is just honorary.It's hard to overstate what Altman has meant to American movies. Always unconventional, his improvisational techniques, innovative use of sound, long takes, and broad, rambling stories have, over the years, given Hollywood entirely new ways too look at filmmaking. Though they can never like the man enough to just vote for him already, Academy members decided Altman deserves a lifetime award because of his "innovation, his redefinition of genres, his invention of new ways of using the film medium and his reinvigoration of old ones." Amen.
I think it's safe to assume that Altman will not be spending the next two months carefully revising his acceptance speech. Whatever he says, we'll get to hear it on March 5, during the thirteen hour Oscar ceremony.
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