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  • ‘The Monuments Men’ team get an access to Da Vinci’s ‘The Last Supper’

    ‘The Monuments Men’ team get an access to Da Vinci’s ‘The Last Supper’

    MUMBAI: The team of The Monuments Men got an unprecedented access to photograph the cast of the movie in front of one of the world’s greatest art masterpieces – Leonardo Da Vinci’s The Last Supper.

     

    This art masterpiece was in danger of being lost during WWII and was rescued by the Monuments Men as depicted in the film, so there is a direct correlation to the film. These images have been shot exclusively for Fox by Italian photographer Gianmarco Chieregato.

     

    It became possible because of the cooperation among the Italian Ministry for Culture and Tourism, the Milan’s Monuments, Fine Arts and Landscape Department, and Twentieth Century Fox, the film distribution company.

     

    “The Magificent Seven” in the snapshot are: the director, screenwriter, producer and star of the film George Clooney and co-stars Matt Damon, Jean Dujardin, John Goodman, Bill Murray, Bob Balaban, and Dimitri Leonidas. 

     

    The Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci is the set of one of the opening scenes of the film that will release on 21 February, because the bombing that endangered Leonardo’s masterpiece strongly contributed to the decision to set up the Monuments Men, a group of art critics, museum curators, and archivists, who towards the end of the Second World War, saved thousands of artworks from bombings, pilfering, looting and Nazi barbarity.

  • Clooneys Monuments Men to open at Berlin Film Fest

    Clooneys Monuments Men to open at Berlin Film Fest

    MUMBAI: George Clooney’s The Monuments Men that is set to release in February next year will make its international debut as part of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.

     

    The movie stars George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban and Hugh Bonneville.

     

    This is the second film announced by the fest that kicks off on 6 February. Earlier, the organisers had announced the opening film The Grand Budapest Hotel that too is shot in Germany.

     

    The Monuments Men German-American co-production is based on a true story focused on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by the Allies with going into Germany behind enemy lines to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners.

     

    Two-time Oscar winner Clooney has been a frequent guest of the Berlinale as a producer, actor and director. The Monuments Men will be his second directorial appearance in the official program after Confessions of a Dangerous Mind at the Berlinale 2003.

  • Is ‘The Monuments Men’ gunning for the Oscars?

    Is ‘The Monuments Men’ gunning for the Oscars?

    MUMBAI:Sony Pictures is readying for the 18 December release of The Monuments Men – the Oscar-season sweet spot – with the latest trailer to drop. 

    George Clooney directs and heads the cast of the thriller about a World War II platoon of art historians and museum directors tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue priceless art from the Nazis. 

    Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, and Cate Blanchett also star. 

  • ‘The Monuments Men’ commences production in Germany

    ‘The Monuments Men’ commences production in Germany

    MUMBAI: Columbia Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox have announced that ‘The Monuments Men‘, a Smokehouse production directed by and starring George Clooney, has started production in Berlin, Germany. The action-thriller is written by Clooney and Grant Heslov, based on the book by Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter. Clooney and Heslov also produce the film through their Smokehouse Productions. It is their first production since winning the Academy Award for Best Picture for their work on ‘Argo‘.

    Barbara A. Hall is executive producer. ‘The Monuments Men‘ is a co-production with Germany‘s Siebente Babelsberg Film, a subsidiary of Studio Babelsberg AG. Charlie Woebcken, Christoph Fisser and Henning Molfenter serve as co-producers. Sony Pictures will release the film domestically, with Twentieth Century Fox handling international territories.

    The film stars Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, and John Goodman.

    Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, ‘The Monuments Men‘ focuses on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. It would be an impossible mission: with the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could these guys – seven museum directors, curators, and art historians, all more familiar with Michelangelo than the M-1 – possibly hope to succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time to avoid the destruction of 1000 years of culture, they would risk their lives to protect and defend mankind‘s greatest achievements.

    Clooney‘s crew on ‘The Monuments Men‘ includes director of photography Phedon Papamichael, ASC, Oscar nominated production designer Jim Bissell, Academy Award winning editor Stephen Mirrione, A.C.E., costume designer Louise Frogley, and five-time Oscar nominated composer Alexandre Desplat.

    ‘The Monuments Men‘ films in Germany and the UK through the end of June. It is scheduled for release in the US on 18 December, 2013.

  • Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street to open on 15 November

    Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street to open on 15 November

    MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures will release Martin Scorsese‘s The Wolf of Wall Street, that stars Leonardo DiCaprio, all over on 15 November.

    The film is based on former broker Jordan Belfort‘s best-selling memoir. Terence Winter adapted the screenplay which chronicles Belfort‘s dramatic rise and fall on Wall Street and his hard-partying lifestyle and tumultuous personal life, which included drug and alcohol addiction.

    Wolf of Wall Street also stars Matthew McConaughey, Jonah Hill, Jean Dujardin, Rob Reiner, Kyle Chandler, Margot Robbie, Jon Bernthal, Cristin Milioti, P.J. Byrne and Ethan Suplee.

    Red Granite‘s Riza Aziz and Joey McFarland are producing the film along with DiCaprio, Scorsese, Emma Koskoff and Alexandra Milchan.

  • Martin Scorsese embraces digital shooting technique

    Martin Scorsese embraces digital shooting technique

    MUMBAI: Martin Scorsese has decided to abandon film and shoot his forthcoming films digitally, according to his long-time editor Thelma Schoonmaker.
    Scorsese, who won an Oscar this year for his first 3D film Hugo, has lost the battle with traditional ways of filming motion pictures,says a report.
    “It would appear that we‘ve lost the battle. I think Marty just feels it‘s unfortunately over, and there‘s been no bigger champion of film than him. It‘s a very bittersweet thing to be watching films with him now that are on film.
    We‘re cherishing every moment of it. The number of prints that are now being made for release has just gone down, and it would appear that the theatres have converted so quickly to digital,” the report said.
    Scorsese will begin his digital revolution by shooting his next project The Wolf of Wall Street that stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Jean Dujardin and Jonah Hill in 2D. The film is expected to roll in mid-August.

  • Dujardin not averse for second silent film

    Dujardin not averse for second silent film

    MUMBAI: Jean Dujardin who recently won an Oscar for his role in The Artist has said that he was not averse to make another silent movie if it helped his chances of succeeding in Hollywood. The French actor, who won the Best Actor award said that he has some ideas of where he wants his career to go.
     
    "I‘m not an American actor, I‘m French and I continue in France. If I could make another silent movie in America, I would. But I‘ll always be a French actor in America. Nonetheless, there are a few ideas I would like to develop," Dujardin has reportedly said.

    Saying that he had a lot of fun working on The Artist, Dujardin went on to reveal that he had researched the role by watching old movies. "It was not really intellectual, and I‘m not an intellectual.I watched a lot of movies and had fun pretending to be a movie star in 1920s," he said.

  • The Artist sweeps BAFTA Awards

    The Artist sweeps BAFTA Awards

    MUMBAI: Silent movie has won seven awards including Best Picture at the British Academy Film Awards. The film thus edged out the espionage thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

    While The Artist was named best film, Jean Dujardin took the male acting award and its filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius won the best director award the original screenplay award.

    Meryl Streep was named best actress for her depiction of Margaret Thatcher, Britain‘s first female prime minister in The Iron Lady. The film also won a well-deserved award in the hair and makeup category.

    Martin Scorsese‘s Parisian fantasy Hugo lapped up awards in the sound and production design category.

    John le Carre adaptation Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, that had as many as 11 nominations compared to 12 for The Artist, won just two prizes, one for the British film and the other for adapted screenplay.

    The BAFTA award is considered to be a strong indicator of likely success at the Academy Awards to be held on 26 February.

    The trophies give more momentum to The Artist, which has already won three Golden Globes, and has 10 Oscar nominations.

    Dujardin, who plays a silent screen icon eclipsed by the talkies, said the appeal of The Artist lay in its accessibility.

    “It‘s a simple story,” he said. “It‘s a love story. It‘s universal. And there‘s a cute dog” — Jack Russell terrier Uggie, who almost steals the film from his two-legged co-stars.

    The supporting actor award went to Christopher Plummer for his role in Beginners, while Octavia Spencer was named best supporting actress for her role as a fiery maid in Deep South drama The Help.