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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Juan Antonio Bayona’s The Impossible
Give me the option between Michael Bay and Roland Emmerich, and I’ll go for this Spanish helmer instead. Despite not caring much for Juan Antonio Bayona’s El orfanato (The Orphanage), there’s no debating how skilled the filmmaker is in eye-candy department — my thinking is handing him a big budget natural disaster film will only allow him to expand his palette and with the Watts and McGregor wearing their panicked and horrified look stripes, this 2010 BlackList script might make for great popcorn fair.
#90. The Impossible
Director: Juan Antonio Bayona
Writer: Sergio G. Sánchez
Producers: Belén Atienza, Álvaro Augustín and Enrique López Lavigne
Distributor: Summit Ent.
The Gist: After a major tsunami hits a beach resort in Yokohama, Japan, a family on vacation with young children gets separated and must find each other amidst the wreckage.….(more)
Cast: Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor and Tom Holland
List Worthy Reasons…: Give me the option between Michael Bay and Roland Emmerich, and I’ll go for this Spanish helmer instead. Despite not caring much for Juan Antonio Bayona’s El orfanato (The Orphanage), there’s no debating how skilled the filmmaker is in eye-candy department — my thinking is handing him a big budget natural disaster film will only allow him to expand his palette and with the Watts and McGregor wearing their panicked and horrified look stripes, this 2010 BlackList script might make for great popcorn fair.
Release Date/Status?: Cannes was the lieu where Bayona showcased his first film. In a busy Cannes year, this could receive a non-comp showing.
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