Whatever Works opens Tribeca

http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2009/04/ ... _works.php

Doesn't sound like a contender.

Cannes List

Opening Night Film:

» Up, US., Pete Docter, Bob Peterson

In Competition:

» Bright Star, Australia-UK.-France, Jane Campion
» Spring Fever, China-France, Lou Ye
» Antichrist, Denmark-Sweden-France-Italy, Lars von Trier
» Enter the Void, France, Gaspar Noe
» Face, France-Taiwan-Netherlands-Belgium, Tsai Ming-liang
» Les Herbes Folles, France-Italy, Alain Resnais In the Beginning, France, Xavier Giannoli
» A Prophet, France, Jacques Audiard
» The White Ribbon, Germany-Austria-France, Michael Haneke
» Vengeance, Hong Kong-France-US., Johnnie To
» The Time That Remains, Israel-France-Belgium-Italy, Elia Suleiman
» Vincere, Italy-France, Marco Bellocchio
» Kinatay, Philippines, Brillante Mendoza
» Thirst, South Korea-US., Park Chan-wook
» Broken Embraces, Spain, Pedro Almodovar
» Map of the Sounds of Tokyo, Spain, Isabel Coixet
» Fish Tank, UK.-Netherlands, Andrea Arnold
» Looking for Eric, UK.-France-Belgium-Italy, Ken Loach
» Inglourious Basterds, US., Quentin Tarantino
» Taking Woodstock, US., Ang Lee

A Certain Regard:

» Mother - Bong Joon Ho
» Irene - Alain Cavalier
» Precious - Lee Daniels
» Demain Des L’Aube - Denis Dercourt
» Adrift - Heitor Dhalia
» Nobody Knows About the Persian Cats - Bahman Ghobadi
» The Wind Journeys - Ciro Guerra
» Le Pere De Mes Enfants - Mia Hansen-Love
» Tales From the Golden Age - Hanno Hofer, Razvan Marculescu, Cristian Mungiu, Constantin Propescu and Ioanna Uricaru
» Tale in the Darkness - Nikolay Khomeriki
» Dogtooth - Yorgos Lanthimos
» Tzar - Pavel Lounguine
» Independencia - Raya Martin
» Police, Adjective - Corneliu Porumboiu
» Nymph - Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
» To Die Like a Man - Joao Pedro Rodrigues
» Eyes Wide Open - Haim Tabakman
» Samson & Deliah - Warwick Thornton
» The Silent Army - Jean Van De Velde
» Air Doll - Hirokazu Kore-Eda

Out of Competition:

» The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Canada-France, Terry Gilliam
» The Army of Crime, France, Robert Guediguian
» Agora, Spain, Alejandro Amenabar

Midnight Screenings:

» A Town Called Panic, Belgium, Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar
» Ne te Retourne Pas, France-Belgium-Luxembourg-Italy, Marina de Van
» Drag Me to Hell, US, Sam Raimi

Special Screenings:

» Petition, China, Zhao Liang
» L’epine dans le Coeur, France, Michel Gondry
» Min Ye, France-Mali, Souleyumane Cisse
» Jaffa, Israel-France-Germany, Keren Yedaya
» Manila, Philippines, Adolfo Alix Jr., Raya Martin
» My Neighbor, My Killer, US., Anne Aghion

Closing Night Film:

» Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky, France, Jan Kounen

The opening film isn't in competition, right?
Can't wait for the reactions to Up, Parnassus and Inglourious Basterds.

I'm not sure what the rule is exactly. But I agree, it's going to be great to get early word on many of the films.

Up is not in ze competition.

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2nd (?) year in a row Philippines has a movie in competition. Interesting.

The Lovely Bones has screened

Funny People...BP Nominee?

http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2009/04/ ... ps_his.php

If they wouldn't recognize the brilliance of The Truman Show or Eternal Sunshine or Man On The Man or Sandler's own Punch-Drunk Love, it'll be goddamn hard for an Actor nom and pretty much impossible for Picture. But Apatow can certainly get a Screenplay nomination (finally), and a Supporting nomination somewhere. It'll need to make more than Knocked Up, though.

more Lovely Bones photos

http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/04/25/mor ... more-26060

The period detail looks really strong. Also, Brian Eno may have an Oscar next year.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=55526

I'm hoping to god this is deceptive marketing and not an indication of studio tampering, because the footage that is obviously not stock looks amazing.

Where's Bright Star?

It will bring Jane Campion back to the Oscars. Mark my words.

Nine was screened in Cannes, any early word on it?

I highly doubt that. It could do well in the techs, though.

For Oscar contenders this Cannes Festival a=has been pretty underwhelming. The only film with a lot of buzz is likely to put half of the Academy membership into comas (Antichrist).

In the past it may have, but now they just don't bother to watch anything that's slightly out of the mainstream.

Up increased on Tuesday, which is crazy. If it manages $300 million somehow, can it imitate Wall-E's performance this award season?

I always saw Up as a better awards magnet than Wall-E. I think it can imitate Wall-E performance regardless of the final gross outcome.

Best Animated Film
Best Original Screenplay
Best Score
Best Sound
Best Sound Editing

Best Animated Film is pretty set, unless Princess And The Frog does miracles. It's also a strong contender to win Original Screenplay as long as all the Best Picture nominees are adapted. Score is possible, as Giacchino is rising fast, but I have a feeling Eno will take it for The Lovely Bones. It'll be nominated for both Sound awards if Ratatouille was, but it won't win either.

I think the Academy could give Pixar a legacy best picture nod sometime in the next four years. There are three occasions for that:

2010: Up: Pixar's 10th film, and a possible $300 m grosser.

2011: Toy Story 3: Pixar's return to their iconic franchise. Given that the last Toy Story film won a GG for best picture, it could happen.

2013: The Bear and the Bow: A longshot, but given that it is Pixar's first film to open in December, it would be hard to ignore if it did very well with critics and at the box office, especially at that time of year.

They don't have anything in 2012?

Bear and the Bow won't do it. Toy Story 3 won't do it.

To be quite honest. I am shocked to my core that we haven't gotten the wave of "Up is gonna get nominated for BP" threads and rants so far this year, when this would be the first time I'd actually think it could be a possibility. I have yet to see the film though. But, stellar gross, untoppable reviews, and subject matter that may be more relatable to voters

The Bear and the Bow is 2012 (as are Cars 2) because it comes out in 2011. Newt is scheduled for 2012, so that one is for 2013.

If it's going to happen it's gonna happen with Up or Toy Story 3 if it delivers. The Bear and the Bow, Cars 2 and Newt aren't giving off good vibes for now IMHO.

I dunno, Newt sounds very good to me.

Not Toy Story 3, no matter how good it is. Sequel.

Up is a possibility, but the reason nobody is going balls-out to predict it is because of last year. I'd keep my eye on Bear & The Bow, if any of these movies. It looks more "traditional" and easier to swallow.

I don't know why people are iffy on Newt. Don't most agree that they are best when working on the smallest character scale?