CARNAGE SLIPPING AWAY
Word from multiple sources yesterday afternoon that Roman Polanski"s "Carnage" will open the New York Film Festival. That puts a dagger into its heart for all practical purposes in as far as Telluride is concerned. NYFF will have required exclusivity for booking it as the opener. So, Goodbye Jodie! Goodbye Kate! Goodbye Christoph and John.
Can't say that I'm really surprised though.
CANNES RECONSIDERED
With the announcement earlier this week that the Toronto International Film Festival Special Presentation list included "Habemus Papum" (We Have a Pope), it seems we might have to reconsider some of the other titles of films that played at Cannes and that could conceivably be in Telluride in September.
In addition to "Habemus Papum," ( IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1456472/) I think we might give a slight chance to three other Cannes films:
Polisse (a Police procedural written and directed by one time actress Maiwenn Le Bosco..she was The Diva in "The Fifth Element") IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1661420/
Footnote (dueling father/son Jewish scholars dir. Joseph Cedar) IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1445520/
and, of course, Gus Van Sant's "Restless" featuring Mia Wasikowska. IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1498569/
Sony Pictures Classics most commonly has a significant presence at Telluride. Last year for example:
Inside Job
The Illusionist
Of Gods and Men
Tamara Drewe
Incendies
Another Year
But this year...maybe not as much. To wit:
Carnage...at Venice and it would be a surprise to show up anywhere else, much less Telluride.
A Dangerous Method...at Toronto and Venice and I'll bet that's it.
The Skin I Live In...after Cannes, I was dubious. Now I think it has a 60/40 shot at T-ride
Footnote...lukewarm reception at Cannes, but a thin SPC slate makes it more likely.
Restless...the same note here as for Footnote above.
In Darkness...we know almost nothing...WWII rescue film.
Damsels in Distress...closing film for Venice...so it's off the table.
And I think that's it as far as what SPC has available in its stable right now. Kind of hard to believe.
AND WHAT ABOUT???
Three really interesting sounding films that aren't on the Toronto list;
Angelina Jolie's directing (and writing) debut "In the Land of Blood and Honey"
John (Shakespeare in Love) Madden's "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"
and John Hillcoat's (The Road/The Proposition) "The Wettest County"
Where are these? Done? Undone? Headed to Telluride? Somewhere else? New York's Film Fest perhaps.
I don't know, but I am interested.
HAMMOND DITTOED
I reported earlier this week that Pete Hammond is adamant that Jason Reitman's "Young Adult" starring Charlize Theron will NOT play ANY of the festival circuit, including what I thought was a virtually certain stop in Telluride.
Jeff Wells at Hollywood Elsewhere picked up on that report late in the week and repeated it. But I have to say, Wells seems kind of dubious...a sliver of doubt?
Check the Wells story and see what you think:
http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2011/07/adult_surprise.php
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