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Che, Steven Soderbergh's four-and-a-half hours detailing of Ernesto Guevara's two rebel campaigns in Cuba and Bolivia, was denied the Palme d'Or many expected, but Benicio del Toro, the film's indefatigable star, was named Best Actor. The Best Actress award went to Sandra Corveloni, who played the pregnant single mother trying to keep her poor family together in the Brazilian Linha de Passe, directed by Walter Salles and Daniela Thompson. (Time.com)
French film wins Cannes' top prize May 27, 2008
Benicio Del Toro won the best-actor prize for Steven Soderbergh's "Che" ... Benicio del Toro won the best actor award for his role in the film "Che" at the Cannes Film Festival ... Benicio Del Toro won ' best-actor prize for "Che," Steven Soderbergh's four-hour-plus epic about Latin American revolutionary Che Guevara. (CNN -- Showbiz)
From "Che" to "Tony Manero," 10 from Cannes May 27, 2008
Benicio del Toro won the festival's best-actor award, playing the ruthless, brilliant physician-revolutionary with prodigious grace and consistency ... Laurent Cantet's joyful, tragic "The Class" is the first French Palme d'Or winner in 21 years; Benicio del Toro named best actor for "Che.". (Salon)
10 from Cannes, with love May 27, 2008
Benicio del Toro won the festival's best-actor award, playing the ruthless, brilliant physician-revolutionary with prodigious grace and consistency ... " The circumstances are different in each case, and while I would agree that the Wenders film is trivial and incoherent, the others are flawed but fascinating works, well worth revisiting outside the overheated madhouse of Cannes. (I'll have more to say about those movies in due course.) But "The Headless Woman" is a special case, because no one... (Salon)
Steve McQueen's Bobby Sands film, Hunger, wins Camera dOr at Cannes May 26, 2008
Last night, Steven Soderbergh s film about the revolutionary hero saw its Oscar-winning star, Benicio Del Toro, win the Best Actor award ... Benicio Del Toro, right, for his title performance in Che, Steven Soderbergh s film about the revolutionary hero. (Times Online)
'CHE WHAT?' AT CANNES May 26, 2008
May 26, 2008 -- BENICIO DEL TORO won the best-actor award at the Cannes Film Festival yesterday for his performance as Che Guevara - and promptly saluted the controversial Marxist hero, who was a commander in Fidel Castro's Cuban revolution. "I'd like to dedicate this to the man himself, Che Guevara," Del Toro told the audience at yesterday's awards ceremony. (New York Post)
Australian director wins award at Cannes May 26, 2008
The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper. May 26, 2008 - 6:09AM. (Sydney Morning Herald)
05/26: Benicio Del Toro, Milla Jovovich, Julianne Hough... > May 26, 2008
Benicio Del Toro saluted the controversial Marxist hero Che Guevara after winning the best-actor award at the Cannes Film Festival. 1. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Clint Eastwood film shut out... May 26, 2008
The other was the prize for best actor, given to Benicio Del Toro, who played the title in Steven Soderbergh's "Che.". Other winners included Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, two-time Palme d'Or recipients, who took the screenplay award for "The Silence of Lorna," about the struggles of a young Albanian immigrant in Belgium. (The Drudge Report)
...amateur actors May 26, 2008
The best actor prize went to Oscar-winner Benicio Del Toro for his virtuoso performance as "Che" Guevara in Steven Soderbergh's four-hour-plus epic on the Latin American revolutionary hero. Brazil's Sandra Corveloni won the best actress prize for her turn as a pregnant single mother of four in Sao Paolo in "Line of Passage.". (The Drudge Report)
School movie wins Cannes honour May 26, 2008
Benicio Del Toro won best actor for his lead role in Steven Soderbergh's biopic of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara ... Palme d'Or - The Class Grand Prix - Gomorrah Special prizes - Clint Eastwood and Catherine Deneuve Best director - Nuri Bilge Ceylan for Three Monkeys Jury prize - Il Divo directed by Paolo Sorrentino Best actor - Benicio del Toro (above) in Che Best actress - Sandra Corveloni in Line of Passage Best screenplay - Lorna's Silence by Jean Pierre and Luc Dardenne Camera d'Or -... (BBC News -- Europe)
Villeneuve, Egoyan win at Cannes May 26, 2008
Benicio Del Toro, as revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara in Steven Soderbergh's Che is a shoo-in for the male acting prize. more in entertainment Recent special sections. (Toronto Star)
Cannes 2008: The films May 26, 2008
Benicio Del Toro stars in Che, which clocks in at four and a half hours. Che Director: Steven Soderbergh Stars: Benicio Del Toro Country: US / Spain. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Cannes closes on last-minute high for French film May 26, 2008
Benicio del Toro won best actor for his portrayal of Argentine revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara in Steven Soderbergh's film and the best actress award went to Sandra Corveloni in the Brazilian drama "Linha de Passe.". The Grand Prix runner-up prize went to Italy's "Gomorra" (Gomorrah), Matteo Garrone's hard-hitting film about the camorra Naples crime network, and Turkey's Nuri Bilge Ceylan won best director for "Three Monkeys," a dark tale of family secrets. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
"Survivor" All-Stars Ready for Battle May 26, 2008
" If you think that sounds unbelievable weirdo, you are correct. That's why we can't wait for the next installment. Here's the original from last week, in case you missed it: filed under Sun., May. 25, 2008 2:30 PM PDT by Rapper David Banner tells an inspiring story about learning the craft of acting from . In a new entry from his Greatest Stories video series, the rapper says that during the making of Black Snake Moan, Jackson asked Banner who his acting teacher was. When Banner told him,... (Yahoo News -- Survivor)
Clint leads Cannes pack May 26, 2008
Puerto Rican-born Benicio del Toro led tips for best actor for his turn as Latin American revolutionary Ernesto Guevara in the four-hour-plus epic 'Che' by Steven Soderbergh. Italy's Toni Servillo was also in the running for his riveting performance as seven-time prime minister Giulio Andreotti. (iAfrica.com)
Soderbergh debuts 'Che' May 25, 2008
Starring Benicio Del Toro, the Oscar-winning co-star of Soderbergh's "Traffic," as Guevara, the two films were shot as "The Argentine" and "Guerrilla." The cast includes Franka Potente, Catalina Sandino Moreno and Demian Bichir as Fidel Castro. Soderbergh buddy Matt Damon, part of the star-studded "Ocean's Eleven" ensemble, makes a brief appearance. (CNN -- International)
Morality comes to the Croisette May 25, 2008
Played by Mexico's Gael Garc;a Bernal then, he's now embodied, with full complement of whiskers, by the superb Puerto Rican actor Benicio del Toro in Che. Soderbergh's films, which played back-to-back in a marathon four-and-a-half-hour session, dealt first with the 1957 revolution set against flash-forwards of his visit to the UN in New York in 1964 and then with his efforts to bring revolution to Bolivia. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Cannes prepares for prizes in festival finale May 25, 2008
Another past Cannes winner, Steven Soderbergh, was in the running with "Che," his two-part, four-hour epic about Latin American revolutionary Che Guevara, starring Benicio Del Toro. Soderbergh, who won the Palme d'Or for 1989's "sex, lies and videotape," received mixed reviews for "Che" from Cannes critics. (Washington Times)
Soderbergh's 'Che' gets slammed at Cannes May 24, 2008 Epic film Che looks at guerrilla's life and death May 23, 2008 Acclaim for Madonna's Malawi documentary May 23, 2008 All-action Che epic flawed but compelling May 23, 2008 A friend indeed May 23, 2008 * [REEL NEWS] May 23, 2008 Soderbergh challenges Cannes with new film May 23, 2008 Dark films dominate at Cannes this year May 23, 2008 Shooting a revolutionary an epic task for 'agnostic' Soderbergh May 23, 2008 'Che Guevara' fights back May 23, 2008 Good Ch-ch-ch-chances May 23, 2008 Soderbergh, Tarantino: Warrior Auteurs May 23, 2008 Soderbergh's spectacular "Che"-volution May 23, 2008 Critic's corner May 22, 2008 Too Mu'Che' to Take? May 22, 2008 First review of Soderbergh's 'CHE'... May 22, 2008 Che sells out, while Turgoose causes a stir May 18, 2008 Cannes returns to arthouse roots May 15, 2008 Asian natural disasters bring sombre note to Cannes glitz May 15, 2008 Cannes catches fest fever May 15, 2008 Grim Brazilian drama opens Cannes film festival May 15, 2008 It's Indie Movies vs. Indy's Movie May 15, 2008 Can Cannes Still Do It? May 15, 2008 Tough Brazillian film opens Cannes May 14, 2008 Cannes-ada first May 14, 2008 Spielberg joins regulars for Cannes film fest May 14, 2008 Serious filmmaking has Hollywood playing second fiddle May 14, 2008 Cannes film festival kicks off with mix of serious films and antics May 14, 2008 Dirty Harry meets Indiana Jones as Cannes catches festival fever May 14, 2008 It's indie movies vs. Indy's movie at Cannes fest May 14, 2008 Yes we Cannes! Indiana Jones meets "Blindness" May 14, 2008 Cannes Film Festival readies for its close-up May 13, 2008 Hollywood vs arthouse at Cannes '08 May 13, 2008 Actor to play Castro in Che Guevara biopic May 13, 2008 Cannes films on buyers' lists May 11, 2008 Buyers want no remorse at Cannes May 11, 2008 * Despite reduced slate, Hollywood adds star power to Cannes May 9, 2008 Three films about poverty, murder and Coca-Cola May 2, 2008 Directors Eastwood, Soderbergh compete for Cannes film award Apr 23, 2008 Hollywood braces for a poor Cannes showing Apr 19, 2008 Few U.S. pics set for Cannes festival Apr 18, 2008 Keeping the flame of Adler family's acting tradition Apr 11, 2008 Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Directs New Meth Project Advertising Campaign Apr 2, 2008 New on DVD: Oscar winner 'No Country' is totally brutal Mar 15, 2008 Was Daniel Day-Lewis a bit of a boar? Mar 8, 2008 DVD Tuesday: Into the Wild, Im Not There Mar 5, 2008 Majors vow to reclaim Oscar spotlight Mar 3, 2008 Great Werewolf Movies Mar 2, 2008 NEW DVD RELEASES Mar 2, 2008 Indiana Jones set for Cannes opening? Feb 29, 2008 Smithee's unique take Feb 25, 2008 Box-Office 'Prophet': The Award Faves For Next Year Feb 25, 2008 Wolf Man Weaving Feb 23, 2008 Hugo Weaving to pursue 'Wolfman' Feb 22, 2008 Fonda family to reunite for fund-raiser Feb 19, 2008 Berry and Del Toro are Oscar-worthy in film about grief, addiction (1) Feb 11, 2008 Afflecks team up in 'Gone Baby Gone' Feb 10, 2008 Next year's contenders Feb 9, 2008 Studios rush to fill '09 schedule Feb 8, 2008 'Wolfman' gets new director Feb 5, 2008 'New director' for The Wolf Man Feb 5, 2008 Johnston to direct 'Wolfman' Feb 4, 2008 Film reviews: Things We Lost in the Fire, Penelope, Overlord and more Feb 2, 2008 'Honest' partHalle Berry reveals how much she wanted to play her latest role Feb 2, 2008 Berlin fest names jury Feb 2, 2008
Photo: Actor Benicio del Toro and director Steven Soderbergh at the Cannes photo-call for "Che.". WireImage. (Los Angeles Times)
Taking On Che May 24, 2008
Starring Benicio Del Toro, the Oscar-winning co-star of Soderbergh's "Traffic," as Guevara, the two films were shot as "The Argentine" and "Guerrilla." The cast includes Franka Potente, Catalina Sandino Moreno and Demian Bichir as Fidel Castro. "The Argentine" juxtaposes Guevara and Castro's late 1950s triumph in Cuba with flashbacks to their early planning days in Mexico and Che's visit to New York City in the mid-1960s, when he was greeted with condemnation and death threats over the Castro... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Benicio del Toro plays Argentine guerrilla Ernesto "Che" Guevara in an epic four-hour double bill which looks first at his role in the Cuban uprising before moving to his campaign and eventual death in Bolivia. Steven Soderbergh directed the Spanish-language movie Che, which may be released in theatres in two parts titled The Argentine and Guerrilla, although he would also like to give movie goers the chance to see them together. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Benicio del Toro, who plays Che, added: "When people see the movie for the third time they will start to see it.". . (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Benicio del Toro stands by a poster for his new film 'Che', directed by Steven Soderbergh ... Steven Soderbergh's four and a half hour epic Che, about the revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, was virile, muscular film-making, with a charismatic performance by Benicio Del Toro in the lead role. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Benicio del Toro as Che Guevara ... Steven Soderbergh's four-and-a-half hour epic Che, about the revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, was virile, muscular film-making, with an effortlessly charismatic performance by Benicio del Toro in the lead role. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Filmed in Spanish and starring Benicio Del Toro, the movie being presented in two two-hour parts marks a new departure for the director best known for his blockbuster gangster Ocean's movies. It's one of 22 films nominated for Cannes' top Palme d'Or prize for best movie, a selection in which there are as many Latin American as US movies - four each - and more films than traditionally well-represented Asia. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Director Steven Soderbergh, right,and star Benicio Del Torodiscuss their new film,"Che," at apress conference at Cannes on May 22 ... Story requires repeated viewingsStarring Benicio Del Toro, the Oscar-winning co-star of Soderberghs Traffic, as Guevara, the two films were shot as The Argentine and Guerrilla. (MSNBC -- News)
Benicio Del Toro could win an actor prize, though Spanish critics say he kept his Puerto Rican accent rather than go Argentine. Passing Line (Linha de Passe) by Brazilian co-directors Daniela Thomas and Walter Salles (Central Station), weaves together the lives of the sons of a Sao Paolo maid (Sandra Corveloni) all struggling to escape poverty into their dreams, be they of becoming a soccer pro, bus driver or pastor. (USA Today -- Life)
" asked another critic at the end of Steven Soderbergh's four-hour-and-18 minute Spanish-language epic, Che.The luxury of revolution at a fictional distance is that you're allowed more room for equivocation. The action-packed first half of the film, starring Benicio del Toro as the revolutionary leader, Ernesto "Che" Guevara, covers Guevara's role in the Cuban revolution. In the intermission, the journalists at the Palais were handed chicken sandwiches and water bottles to fortify themselves for... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Soderbergh initially signed up to produce, but not direct, the film almost a decade in the making on the rise and fall of the revolutionary hero while shooting in 1999 his Oscar-prized 'Traffic' with current 'Che' star Benicio Del Toro. Bad guy image. (iAfrica.com)
The other leading American contender in the competition - the winner will be announced tomorrow - is Soderbergh's "Che," starring Benicio Del Toro, which supposedly will be released as two separate features in the United States. But first it has to land a stateside distributor, a process that may be delayed by very mixed notices. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Benicio Del Toro in Che ... and with the madly idiosyncratic Benicio Del Toro as his star, the film wasn't promising so much as it was threatening. (Time.com)
Benicio del Toro as Che Guevara in Stephen Soderbergh's two-part film about the legendary 1960s Marxist guerrilla ... Although Benicio del Toro provides a marvelous physical and emotional performance as the asthmatic Argentine doctor who became Latin America's most legendary revolutionary since Sim;n Bol;var, del Toro's Che is not a character we completely understand, at least not in the psychological-realist mode of most motion pictures. (Salon)
Comcast, Movies and EventsRecent widow Halle Berry invites Benicio Del Toro (right) - a heroin addict and her late husband's best friend - to live with her family. The movie's tastefully directed by Susanne Bier, but most of the characters are simple and dull. (Boston Globe)
Benicio del Toro as Ernesto "Che" Guevara from movie "Che.". Benicio del Toro as Ernesto "Che" Guevara from movie "Che." ... So they made another $30 million movie, a kind of documentary with the same actors including Benicio Del Toro continuing as Che. (Fox News)
Benicio Del Toro stars in 'Che ... Produced by Bickford, Benicio Del Toro ... Che - Benicio Del Toro Fidel Castro - Demian Bichir Camillo Cienfuegos - Santiago Cabrera Celia Sanchez - Elvira Minguez Joaquin - Jorge Perugorria Ciro Redondo - Edgar Ramirez Rogelio Acevedo - Victor Rasuk Benigno - Armando Riesco Aleida Guevara - Catalina Sandino Moreno Raul Castro - Rodrigo Santoro Little Cowboy - Unax Ugalde Alejandro Ramirez - Yul Vazquez Moises Guevara - Carlos Bardem Barrientos - Joaquim de... (The Drudge Report)
Benicio del Toro stars. A potential US deal fell apart last night following days of speculation after the parties failed to agree over subtitles. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
But there is stiff competition from Soderbergh's Che, a two-part biopic starring Benicio Del Toro - which is being presented as one feature in Cannes. Spending frenzy. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Soderbergh is rivalling him with a four-hour two-part epic on the world's best-loved revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, portrayed by Benicio Del Toro. Also competing for the Palme are previous winners, Canada's Atom Egoyan with "Adoration," Germany's Wim Wenders with "The Palermo Shooting" and Belgium's Dardenne brothers with "The Silence of Lorna.". (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Also on a Latino theme, Steven Soderbergh brings a four-hour epic on the world's best-loved revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, portrayed by Benicio Del Toro. Fun gets a look in. (iAfrica.com)
Steven Soderbergh presents "Che," a two-part, four-and-a-half hour epic about Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara with Benicio del Toro in the title role. The other two U.S. entries are James Gray's "Two Lovers," featuring Gwyneth Paltrow and Joaquin Phoenix, and Charlie Kaufman's "Synecdoche, New York" with Philip Seymour Hoffman. (Xinhuanet, China)
Also competing for prizes are James Gray's "Two Lovers," a romantic drama starring Joaquin Phoenix and Gwyneth Paltrow, and Steven Soderbergh's 4 1/2-hour marathon "Che," starring Benicio Del Toro as Argentine revolutionary Ernesto Guevara. Dark themes abound as usual in the competition films. (CBS News -- World)
Che, with Benicio del Toro as the sexy South American insurrectionist. You needn't have won an Academy statuette to have a film at Cannes, so long as you have A-list talent on-screen. (Time.com)
They are up against Clint Eastwood's Changeling, starring Angelina Jolie, and Steven Soderbergh's Che, a two-part, four-and-a-half hour epic on Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara, with Benicio del Toro in the title role. The other two US entries are James Gray's Two Lovers, featuring Gwyneth Paltrow and Joaquin Phoenix, and Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York with Philip Seymour Hoffman. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Benicio Del Toro stars as the Argentine doctor who unites with Fidel Castro to foment revolution in the Americas. The closing night film, out of competition for what will be obvious reasons, is Barry Levinson's inside-Hollywood story What Just Happened. (Winnipeg Sun)
Eastwood returns with "Changeling," a child-abduction drama starring Jolie, while Soderbergh is showing "Che," his two-part epic on revolutionary Che Guevara, featuring Benicio Del Toro. Wenders offers "Palermo Shooting," a thriller about a photographer pursued by a mysterious gunman, and Egoyan presents "Adoration," centered on a youth who reinvents himself in cyberspace. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Both of the major American entries - Steven Soderbergh's two-part French-Spanish-produced Che Guevara biopic (The Argentine and Guerrilla), starring Benicio Del Toro, and Clint Eastwood's 1920s Hollywood mystery, Changeling, with Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Amy Ryan and Colm Feore - were last-minute inclusions. This year's Cannes also sees the directorial debut of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation) with Synecdoche, New York, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman as a... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Eastwood is a regular at Cannes -- he led the jury in 1994 and showed films here including "Mystic River'' -- but he has never won the top prize. Jolie, Harrison Ford, Woody Allen, Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz and Robert De Niro are among the stars expected in town during the festival. Madonna and Sharon Stone are to turn up at a benefit dinner on Cannes' sidelines for the American Foundation for AIDS Research. Other films in the running for prizes are James Gray's "Two Lovers,'' a romantic... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Also on a Latino theme, Steven Soderbergh brings a four-hour epic on the world's best-loved revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, portrayed by Benicio Del Toro. This year's festival has a lot of serious flicks, but fun gets a look in with movies like the animated "Kung Fu Panda," which uses the voices of the likes of Jack Black to tell the story of a slacker bear who takes to martial arts to fight evil oppressors. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
" "To be honest, I still don't think that this is the best film to open the festival," Meirelles joked. He said it was a "big honor" as well as a "big pressure" to launch Cannes. One highlight of the films vying for the top prize, the Palme d'Or, is Clint Eastwood's "Changeling," a missing-child drama starring Angelina Jolie. Eastwood is a regular at Cannes. He led the jury in 1994 and has showed films including "Mystic River" but has never won the top prize. Also competing for prizes are James... (Florida Times-Union)
The first film follows the young Argentine doctor (Benicio del Toro) as he rises to international fame during the Cuban revolution, while the second traces his final, fatal effort to launch a continent-wide revolution from the Bolivian jungle. It all sounds fascinating, and more than a little arduous. (Salon)
A double-feature of Soderbergh's two-part Che Guevara biopic, Guerrilla and The Argentine, starring Benicio Del Toro as the South American revolutionary. It's Soderbergh and Del Toro's first onscreen collaboration since they both won Oscars for 2000's Traffic. (USA Today)
US director Steven Soderbergh also presents Che, his two-part, four-and-a-half-hour epic on Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara, with Benicio del Toro in the title role. Italy has an unusually strong presence in Cannes, with two competition films dealing with the dark side of its recent past. (India Times)
The 32-year-old Brazilian actor will star opposite Benicio Del Toro, who plays the legendary revolutionary in Che. The much-anticipated movie is based on the diaries of the Argentine guerrilla Ernesto 'Che' Guevara. (WOKR13 Rochester)
THE ARGENTINE and GUERRILLA: Steven Soderbergh's Che Guevara biopic double play, starring Benicio del Toro, made some presales at Berlin's market, but with the finished pics set to bow in Competition, a domestic buyer could step up to the plate. (Sales: Wild Bunch). (Variety)
Its a question thats sure to permeate negotiations at Cannes, where a handful of high-profile Hollywood features like Grays $15 million Two Lovers, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Gwyneth Paltrow; Steven Soderberghs $60 million Spanish-language Che double bill, starring Benicio Del Toro; and Charlie Kaufmans $15 million Synecdoche, New York, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman as an obsessive theater director, are seeking distribution. A grim reminder of todays dicey market climate is... (Variety)
Benicio del Toro plays Che in both movies X that will take over four hours to screen in their conjoined version. The other American film in the slimmed down 22-picture main competition is the non-traditional horror film, Synecdoche, New York, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Michelle Williams, Samantha Morton and Jennifer Jason Leigh. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Benicio del Toro plays Che Guevara in Stephen Soderbergh's films "Guerrilla" and "The Argentine.". latest thriller, "Changeling," and four-hour, two-part Che Guevara opus were among the surprise selections when the official lineup for the 61st Cannes Film Festival was announced at a Paris press conference on Wednesday. (Salon)
Eastwood's "The Changeling" is a thriller set in the 1920s starring Jolie while Soderbergh's "The Argentine" is about "Che" Guevara and stars Benicio Del Toro. Among other directors vying for the Palme d'Or are Canada's Armenian-born Atom Egoyan, Brazil's Walter Salles, China's Jia Zhangke, Israeli Ari Folman, Pablo Trapero of Argentina and Nuri Bilge Ceylan of Turkey. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
The big question that has teased industry insiders for the last few months is whether Steven Soderbergh can complete his four-hour, two-part Che Guevara biopic - The Argentine and Guerrilla starring Benicio del Toro as the Latin American revolutionary - in time to show both at Cannes. Soderbergh is much admired on the Croisette since he won the Golden Palm 19 years ago for Sex, Lies tape and would be welcomed with open arms by the French. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Evidently, Soderbergh has essentially finished the second film but, despite non-stop work in recent weeks, hasn't quite gotten the first half of the Benicio Del Toro starrer where he wants it. Given that Fremaux is reducing the number of competition slots from 23 last year to about 18 this time, he may have the flexibility to keep the door open to Soderbergh if, at the last minute, the director decides he's ready to present his films to the public. (Variety)
His daughter Stella, an actress of aristocratic bearing, became a legend as a teacher, instructing or producing disciples who taught a top-drawer lineup: Robert De Niro, Warren Beatty, Harvey Keitel, Shelley Winters, Susan Sarandon, Martin Sheen, Mark Ruffalo and Benicio Del Toro. Ellen Adler, her daughter, is a painter but keeps her fingers in the theater world as executive chairman of the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in Manhattan. (International Herald Tribune)
His second feature, "21 Grams," released in 2003, starred Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, and Naomi Watts. All received Academy Award nominations for their participation. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Out of loneliness, she asks her husband's longtime junkie buddy ( Benicio Del Toro) to move into her home with the kids, though she has never liked him. Many moviegoers complained that 2007's best picture Oscar nominees were downbeat, ignoring the filmmaking sizzle that vitalized much of the crop. (USA Today -- Life)
THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro star in a stark drama of a wife and mother coping with the violent death of her husband, who finds comfort in a complicated friendship with her spouse's old pal, a drug addict trying to start a new life of his own. Extras include deleted scenes. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Things We Lost in the Fire stars Halle Berry, David Duchovny and Benicio del Toro in a tale of a wife who deals with the death of her husband through his troubled best friend. This emotionally charged film puts del Toro to great use in director Susanne Bier s first production outside of her native Denmark. (The Gate)
Focus has Milk (Gus Van Sant, Sean Penn); The Argentine (Benicio del Toro as Che, directed by Steven Soderbergh); and the next film from last weeks triple Oscar winners, Joel Coen, Burn After Reading, starring George Clooney and Tilda Swinton. Miramax has Doubt (based on the Pulitzer Play by John Patrick Shanley, produced by last weeks Oscar winner, Scott Rudin, with Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman); and Blindness (Fernando Meirelles, with Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo). (Variety)
Benicio Del Toro is set to star in an upcoming remake. An American Werewolf in London Some sort of beast attacks two Americans, David Kessler and Jack Goodman, as they are hiking across the foggy Yorkshire moors. (Suite101.com)
Movie: 3 STARS Extras: 1 STARS (Paramount, 35. 98)Sean Penn's heartfelt drama about a young man's journey into remote Alaska captures the spirit of. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Other high-profile films expected to be ready in time for Cannes are the big-screen version of Sex and the City with Sarah Jessica Parker and Steven Soderbergh's two Che Guevara films, The Argentine and Guerrilla, starring Benicio del Toro as the South American revolutionary. . (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
And he served up a list of deserving actors who didn t get nominated: Emile Hirsch ( Into the Wild ), Ryan Gosling ( Lars and the Real Girl ), Frank Langella ( Starting Out in the Evening and Benicio del Toro ( Things We Lost in the Fire ). THE JUNO VICTOR : A giddy Diablo Cody came backstage with her animal-print gown, tattoos, dyed black hair, red-red lipstick and her original screenplay for Juno cradled in her left arm like a baby. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Benicio Del Toro portrays Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara in one or possibly two films. These stars and their newest flicks are already some of the heavy favorites for next year's Oscars - even before the red carpet at the Kodak Theatre has been rolled up. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
The Matrix star joins an already stellar cast that includes Benicio Del Toro as the hirsute one, Anthony Hopkins as his father and Emily Blunt as his love interest ... Benicio del Toro starrer lands Mark Romanek. (IGN FilmForce)
Hugo Weaving will join Benicio Del Toro and Emily Blunt in Universal's upcoming redo of "The Wolfman.". Weaving, best known for his appearances in "The Matrix" movies, will play Det. (Variety)
Actor Benicio Del Toro ( Traffic ) is 41. Singer-actress Haylie Duff is 23. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
And Benicio Del Toro (another past Oscar winner) matches her step for step ... Starring:{M3 Halle Berry, Benicio Del Toro, David Duchovny. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Amy Ryan nabbed an Oscar nomination for her work in "Gone Baby Gone." Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro should have for their turns in "Things We Lost in the Fire." ... She plays the wife of David Duchovny, a generous sort who's best friends with a heroin addict (Benicio Del Toro). (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Two thesps who drew early kudos buzz this season seem like possible contenders for next year's actor race: Benicio Del Toro as Che Guevara in "The Argentine," the first in Steven Soderbergh's two-part study of the Cuban revolutionary; and Frank Langella, reprising his Tony-winning performance as President Nixon in Ron Howard's screen adaptation of "Frost/Nixon.". As for actors who were nominated this season: Cate Blanchett, current holder of two Oscar nominations, will rendezvous with Brad Pitt... (Variety)
"The Wolfman" -- early March (Benicio Del Toro; 2/13/09 release). "Land of the Lost" -- early March (Will Ferrell; 7/17/09 release). (Variety)
The remake film's cast includes Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins and Emily Blunt. The film's budget, before a $15-million British rebate, was $100 million. (Los Angeles Times)
The film stars Benicio del Toro, Sir Anthony Hopkins and Emily Blunt. She previously appeared in The Devil Wears Prada, while Del Toro starred in Traffic and The Usual Suspects. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Benicio Del Toro has long been attached to play the title character, but Romanek's exit comes after the studio firmed up Anthony Hopkins to play the title character's father, and for Emily Blunt ("Charlie Wilson's War") to play the female lead. By solving the director conundrum quickly, U execs keep another of their big 2009 films together; the studio previously salvaged "State of Play" by signing Russell Crowe to replace Brad Pitt in the starring role, after Pitt bowed out weeks before filming... (Variety)
Grieving in luxury: Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro in Susanne Bier's Things We Lost in the Fire ... She needs lessons in recovery from Jerry (Benicio Del Toro), an on-off heroin addict who was Steven's boyhood friend. (Telegraph.co.uk)
She stars opposite fellow Oscar-winner Benicio Del Toro as troubled widow Audrey Burke ... Benicio Del Toro plays alongside Berry as a drug addict. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Bier is one of Denmarks most internationally successful filmmakers whose recent works include Things We Lost in the Fire, a family drama starring Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro, and the Oscar-nominated After the Wedding. . (Variety)
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