Telluride Showcases Best of Cannes, World Preem for The Last Station

Grabbing the best from Cannes’ In Competition titles (A Prophet, Bright Star, Fish Tank, White Ribbon), a sampling of Venice items (Bad Lieutenant, Life During Wartime, The Road) with a bit of Sundance and Berlin thrown in for good measure, Telluride is stealing a little bit of that North American premiere thunder from TIFF. They haven’t got many world preems, today’s press release only mentions Michael Hoffman‘s The Last Station, but that could all change – as the festival has some surprises in store for patrons (this would be a good time to bring out All Good Things into the Oscar mix) and everyone is expecting Jason Reitman to show up. We are checking his twitter status.

I’ve never been to Telluride, but Firstshowing.net’s Alex Billington and Slashfilm.com’s Peter Sciretta often tell me I’d love it there (check out their sites for updates) and judging by the slate this year, I’d have to agree with the gents. Another great piece of news is that Precious won’t, I repeat, won’t be showing at this festival. Anouk Aimée, Viggo Mortensen, Margarethe von Trotta and Lobster Films’ Serge Bromberg will be feted this year.

· A PROPHET (d. Jacques Audiard, Germany/Austria/France, 2009)
· AN EDUCATION (d. Lone Sherfig, U.K., 2009)
· BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS (d. Werner Herzog, U.S., 2009)
· BRIGHT STAR (d. Jane Campion, U.K./Australia/France, 2009)
· COCO BEFORE CHANEL (d. Anne Fontaine, France, 2009)
· FAREWELL (d. Christian Carion, France, 2009)
· FISH TANK (d. Andrea Arnold, U.K., 2009)
· GIGANTE (d. Adrián Biniez, Uruguay, 2009)
· HENRI-GEORGES CLOUZOUT’S INFERNO (d. Serge Bromberg and Ruxandra Medrea, France, 2009)
· LIFE DURING WARTIME (d. Todd Solondz, U.S., 2009)
· LONDON RIVER (d. Rachid Bouchareb, U.K./France/Algeria, 2009)

· RED RIDING – three-part series: 1974 (d. Julian Jarrold, U.K., 2009); 1980 (d. James Marsh, U.K., 2009); 1983 (d. Anand Tucker, U.K., 2009)

· ROOM AND A HALF (d. Andrey Khrzhanovsky, Russia, 2009)
· SAMSON & DELILAH (d. Warwick Thornton, Australia, 2009)
· SLEEP FURIOUSLY (d. Gideon Koppel, U.K., 2007)
· TERRA MADRE (d. Ermanno Olmi, Italy, 2009)
· THE JAZZ BARONESS (d. Hannah Rothschild, U.K. 2009)
· THE LAST STATION (d. Michael Hoffman, U.K., 2009)
· THE MISCREANTS OF TALIWOOD (d. George Gittoes, Australia/Pakistan, 2009)
· THE ROAD (d. John Hillcoat, U.S., 2009)
· THE WHITE RIBBON (d. Michael Haneke, Germany/Australia/France, 2009)
· VINCERE (d. Marco Bellocchio, Italy, 2009)
· VISION (d. Margarethe von Trotta, Germany, 2009)
· WINDOW (d. Buddhadeb Dasgupta, India, 2009)

GUEST DIRECTOR PROGRAMS
Director Alexander Payne presents six forgotten film treasures from the past:

· EL VERDUGO (d. Luís García Berlanga, Spain, 1963)
· DAISAN NO KAGEMUSHA: THE THIRD SHADOW WARRIOR (d. Inoue Umetsugu, Japan, 1963)
· LE RAGAZZE DI PIAZZA DI SPAGNA (d. Luciano Emmer, Italy 1952)
· DAY OF THE OUTLAW (d. André De Tothe, U.S., 1959)
· THE BREAKING POINT (d. Michael Curtiz, U.S., 1950)
· MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW (d. Leo McCarey, U.S., 1937)

FILM REVIVALS
· LES NOUVEAUX MESSIEUR (d. Jacques Feyder, France, 1929) – With live music by Stephen Horne, performing his original score
· L’ARGENT (d. Marcel L’Herier, France, 1928) – Featuring the world premiere of a new score written and performed by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra
· LOLA (d. Jacques Demy, France, 1961)
· MIRACLE OF MALACHIAS (d. Bernhard Wicki, Germany, 1961)
· TONI (d. Jean Renoir, France, 1934)

BACKLOT
Backlot, Telluride’s intimate screening room with behind-the-scenes films and biographies of musicians and filmmakers, will screen the following documentaries:

· 14-18: THE NOISE AND THE FURY (d. Jean-Francois Delassus, France/Belgium, 2009)
· 1959: THE YEAR THAT CHANGED JAZZ FOREVER (d. Paul Bernays, U.K., 2009)
· AGAINST THE GRAIN: THE FILM LEGEND OF BERNHARD WICKI (d. Elisabeth Endriss-Wicki, Germany, 2007)
· CHARLIE HADEN: RAMBLING BOY (d. Reto Caduff, U.K., 2009)
· COOL (d. Anthony Wall, U.K., 2009)
· DISCO AND ATOMIC WAR (d. Jaak Kilmi, Estonia/Finland, 2009)
· IT CAME FROM KUCHAR (d. Jennifer Kroot, U.S., 2009)
· THE MAKING OF SAMSON & DELILAH (d. Beck Cole, Australia, 2009)
· VIET HARLAN: IN THE SHAD OF JUD SUSS (d. Felix Moeller, Germany, 2009)
· WAKING SLEEPING BEAUTY (d. Don Hahn, U.S., 2009)
· WE WHO LIVED “LA DOLCE VITA” (d. Gianfranco Mingozzi, Italy, 2009)