HIDDEN FIGURES UNHIDDEN
It's a late entry in the end of the year film sweepstakes and not really a highly likely Telluride candidate but you never know. Theodore Melfi's Hidden Figures (from Fox 2000) debuted a trailer during Olympic coverage last night and then any number of press outlets offered it as well. The film tells the true story of African American employees of NASA and their contributions to America's successful entry into the space race.
Here's the trailer from YouTube:
Hidden Figures stars Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Keven Costner. It's set for release (at least for the time being) on Jan. 13, 2017. However, the film has been reportedly test screening.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hidden-figures-trailer-taraji-p-919428
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/08/14/hidden-figures-movie-sneak-peek/88568332/
http://www.awardscircuit.com/2016/08/14/watch-first-trailer-hidden-figures-debuted-olympics/
http://theplaylist.net/taraji-p-henson-octavia-spencer-calculate-history-first-trailer-nasa-drama-hidden-figures-20160814/
http://awardswatch.com/news/the-hidden-figures-trailer-and-new-pics-of-taraji-p-henson-octavia-spencer-janelle-monae/
PITT AND COTILLARD ARE ALLIED
We saw the release of trailers over the weekend for a couple of films that could well be Oscar contenders and are also not terribly likely films to end up in the Telluride #43 schedule.
Allied is directed by Robert Zemeckis and stars Marion Cotillard and Brad Pitt in a WWII set romance/thriller. Cotillard and Pitt have both attended a Telluride Film Fest and the film is from Paramount, which we're pretty sure is going to have Arrival on the T-ride schedule...so...you know...maybe.
Here's the trailer from YouTube:
Allied is set to open on Nov. 23.
Coverage of Allied and the trailer's release:
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/08/12/allied-trailer-brad-pitt-marion-cotillard
http://theplaylist.net/brad-pitt-marion-cotillard-face-love-war-first-trailer-allied-20160812/
VENICE/TORONTO MEDITATIONS
The Venice Film Fest have unleashed the screening schedule and that, perhaps, it gives us some clues, questions and validations.
The first concern is whether films that the TIFF announcement's have hinted are probable Telluride films that are also playing in Venice have been scheduled in a manner that would allow their play in both fests.
Those films:
Arrival
La La Land
Frantz.
We already knew that La La Land would open Venice on Aug. 31 which fits with a Telluride play easily. We now know that Arrival is set for its first screening on Sept. 1. That works as well. Of some concern is the Sept. 3 screening date for Frncois Ozon's Frantz. That's dicey for The Ride. All of those Venice competition films are slated as world Premieres which, if true, would suggest that Frantz would be on a tight schedule to get set-up for a 9/4 play at T-ride. We think it's headed to Telluride due to its TIFF designation as a Canadian Premiere. So...maybe it navigates the tight window, plays T-ride first (thus negating its Venice "world" premiere status) or that it doesn't really play at Telluride.
A couple of additional notes: Wim Wenders The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez is scheduled for a Sept.1 screening making it a very real possibility to fly to T-ride after that. Also, jazz documentary I Called Him Morgan looks like it could make a play at Telluride as it is also scheduled for a Sept. 1 screening. Three other Venice documentaries could still be in the Telluride conversation are: Chasing Trane, Beauties of the Night and American Anarchist.
THE PEOPLE'S TELLURIDE RETURNS FOR 2016
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