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Jean-Louis Trintignant Dies: French Actor Known For ‘Amour’, ‘Z’ & ‘The Conformist’ Was 91
Jean-Louis Trintignant, the Cesar-winning actor and star of French classics such as Amour, Z and The Conformist, has died aged 91.
The iconic actor, also known for Three Colors: Red and A Man and a Woman, died on Friday at his home in southern France, his wife and agent Marianne Hoepfner confirmed to Agence France…
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Emmanuelle Riva Dies: Oscar-Nominated ‘Amour’ Star Was 89
Iconic French actress and Oscar nominee Emmanuelle Riva, whose career spanned six decades, has died. Riva passed away Friday afternoon in Paris following a long battle with cancer; she was 89. Consistently an in-demand actress, Riva was best known internationally for two roles that essentially bookended her career. In…
Which Best Picture Nominee Received The Biggest Pre-Oscar Bump?
Conventional wisdom is that Best Picture Oscar winners enjoy a 35% bump in theatrical grosses for the week after the show. But today Rentrak announced which titles had the largest box office growth since nominations were announced on January 10. Sure, Argo took home the gold. But Sony Pictures Classics' Amour…
OSCARS: ‘Amour’ Wins But Misses Chance To Play Spoiler
Considered by many a foregone conclusion coming into tonight, the Academy showed its love for Michael Haneke's Amour with the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. The film was nominated in five categories total, including the rare double bill of a Best Picture and a Best Foreign Language nod (only the fifth film in…
Specialty Box Office: Holdovers Rule With ‘No’, ‘Gatekeepers’ & Oscar-Buzzed ‘Amour’
Brian Brooks is a Deadline contributor.
Holdovers held sway in the specialty arena on an otherwise quiet Oscars weekend. Best Foreign Language contender No starring Gael García Bernal added two theaters in its second weekend, averaging a stellar $13,726. The Chilean entry is expected to Sony Pictures Classics…
César Awards: ‘Amour’ Sweeps Major Categories, ‘Argo’ Named Best Foreign Film
Oscar-nominated Amour filmmaker Michael Haneke has won two Cannes Palmes d’Or and yet never taken home a César Award. Tonight, that was rectified in spades when Amour took the Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Original Screenplay Césars at Paris’ Théâtre du Châtelet. Jacques Audiard’s Rust & Bone was also a…
Global Showbiz Briefs: Oscar Nominees ‘War Witch’ & ‘Buzkashi Boys’ In LA, New 007 Novel, French Critics ♥ ‘Amour’, & More
‘War Witch’ Actress Granted Visa For Oscars
Rachel Mwanza, who won best actress prizes in Berlin and Tribeca last year for her lead performance in War Witch, has been granted a visa to travel from Congo to North America in order to attend the Oscars on Sunday and other awards shows. War Witch is nominated for a Best…
Sony Pictures Classics’ Michael Barker And Tom Bernard On Why Oscars Matter
When it comes to Oscar savvy we often hear Harvey Weinstein talked about as the kingpin of the game, but when you look at the success of Sony Pictures Classics you realize it rivals Weinstein, Searchlight, Focus and other comers in consistently, and annually, releasing and nurturing one contender after another in the…
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By Pete Hammond
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OSCARS: The Original Screenplay Nominees
Anthony D’Alessandro is Managing Editor of AwardsLine. Paul Brownfield and David Mermelstein are AwardsLine contributors.
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Auteurs wouldn't be auteurs if they weren't enigmatic, especially when it comes to deconstructing details of their oeuvre. "Let the film speak for itself" is often the motto, and for Amour…
OSCARS: Best Picture Nominees Had Uphill Production Battles
As the industry kicks into full awards mode, with one guild after another handing out trophies to whomever they consider the year's best in any given field, it's become increasingly clear this is a year like we have not seen in a while. Certainly every season we go through this ritual of watching the crème de la crème…
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By Pete Hammond
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Specialty Box Office Preview: ‘No’, ‘Like Someone In Love’, ‘Jeffrey Dahmer Files’
Brian Brooks is a Deadline contributor.
In an otherwise unremarkable 2013 for specialty releases, Sony Pictures Classics has one of two films that have become mainstays among specialty releases with its multiple Oscar nominee Amour (the other is The Weinstein Company‘s Quartet). The distributor also scored solidly on T…
OSCARS: Foreign Language Nominees Linked By Intensely Personal Narratives
David Mermelstein is an AwardsLine contributor
If one thing links all five of this year's nominees for the foreign film Oscar, it's that the director of each picture was driven to make his movie because of strong, deeply personal feelings. These five films — a varied batch if ever there was one — have nothing in…
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