While leaving the Palais des Festivals this evening with my friend Clay Thomas, we ran into Jared Gilman, 13, the young up-and-coming actor of "Moonrise Kingdom". He expressed his love of acting and his gratitude to Wes Anderson for his acting advice. Anderson advised Gilman and his co-star Kara Hayward to write letters like they do in the movie. When asked what his favorite films are, Gilman expressed th
The nominations:
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(Award given to the producer; executive producers are not listed)
"50/50"
Producers: Evan Goldberg, Ben Karlin, Seth Rogen
"Beginners"
Producers: Miranda de Pencier, Lars Knudsen, Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech, Jay Van Hoy
"Drive"
Producers: Michel Litvak, John Palermo, Marc Platt, Gigi Pritzker, Adam Siegel
"Take Shelter"
Producers: Tyler Davidson, Sophia Lin
"The Artist"
Producer: Thomas Langmann
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The annual Film
Independent Forum was held this weekend in Los Angeles. The goal of the 3 day
event, filled with panels, lectures, Q & A sessions, screenings, and
networking lunches, is to empower filmmakers "to take control of their
projects."
"Like Crazy," best
picture pic at Sundance opened the event Friday night, one week before it opens
limited release. A Q & A with the creative team followed the screening.
A beautiful film about
love, Film Indepe...
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Canadian actor Ryan Gosling (AFP, Anne-Christine Poujoulat)
CANNES, France - The Cannes film festival got a shot of high-octane
drama on Friday with "Drive," a violent film-noir thriller set in Los
Angeles, rich in Detroit iron and inspired in part by the Brothers
Grimm. Canadian actor Ryan Gosling stars in Danish auteur Nicolas
Winding Refn's tale of a solitary Hollywood stunt-car driver and
part-time wheelman for armed robbers who morphs into a cold...
