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36th Cesar Awards: Of Gods and Men Wins Best Film, Polanski Win Best Director
48 hours before the Oscars, it was the French who feted the best in French cinema in 2010 with the 36th edition of the Cesar Awards. A trio of films claimed the most awards: Of Gods and Men (the Cannes winning film which was on the Oscar shortlist of nine but didn't make it into the final round) took the top award of Best Film and three in total tying up with Gainsbourg (which was picked up this week by Music Box Films) which won for Best Actor. The big winner of the night with four awards out of eight total noms was roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer which isn't in the French language but was a French production that won the filmmaker the Best Director award.
Panorama Become ‘Vintner’s Luck’ Guardian Angel
The homevid label Panorama Ent. have picked up some table scraps that nobody wants in Niki Caro's The Vintner's Luck - a surprise bomb that appeared at the 2009 edition of TIFF from the filmmaker who gave us the affecting The Whale Rider. The wine-making period romance will make its U.S. premiere this month at the Sedona Film Festival with a theatrical roll-out planned for this spring/summer.
Music Box in Tune with ‘Gainsbourg’
French cinema friendly distrib label Music Box Films (they have Potiche on their upcoming release slate) have grabbed comic book artist Joann Sfar's Gainsbourg -- a feature debut that preemed in 2010 and showed up at the Tribeca Film Festival but ultimately failed to light a fire among the other foreign film distributors. I imagine that a flower dress month in the summer would be the ideal for the film's release.
David Jacobson Covers ‘Tracks’ with Matt Dillon and Michelle Monaghan
After being attached to direct the book to film adaptation of Matthew F. Jones' A Single Shot, Dahmer helmer David Jacobson has instead pulled out another Jones novel in Boot Tracks and will direct that instead. Presented at the EFM, the dramatic thriller should see the combo of the rarely cast Matt Dillon and Michelle Monaghan. The Tracking Board reports a mid 2011 start date.
Emily Blunt Books Seat On Black List Favorite ‘Passengers’?
Could Emily Blunt be the new "go-to" girl for futuristic sci-fi films? With Universal currently getting ready to push her presence in The Adjustment Bureau and fresh from her gig on Looper, it appears Blunt might be in talks to star opposite Keanu Reeves in Passengers -- the Universal project is slated to be directed by Gabriele Muccino.
