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- Vindexus, on 05/12/2009, -1/+321. UP
Up - Early reaction to Pixar's 10th film has us wondering if everyone's favourite animation studio might have pulled another masterpiece out of its bag. Carl Fredricksen is an old man who ties thousands of balloons to his home so he can take a trip into the wilds of South America. It's not long before he discovers Russell, an 8-year-old wilderness explorer, has tagged al
ong for the ride. Cannes has a history celebrating animation - as recently as last year Kung Fu Panda took a spot in the official selection - but Up will become the first 3D feature to play as part of the festival.
2. BROKEN EMBRACES
Broken Embraces - Pedro Almodovar's first feature since 2006's Volver sees him reteam with muse Penelope Cruz. Here, Almodóvar delves into noir style to tell a tale of a man (Lluis Homar) with dual identities who tries to compartmentalize his life after he loses his love (Cruz) and his sight in a car crash.
3. TAKING WOODSTOCK
Taking Woodstock - Ang Lee is always a director whose work is worth a look and whose career has a rare diversity that ensures he scarcely repeats himself. Taking Woodstock stars Emile Hirsch, Liev Schreiber and Imelda Staunton and covers the beginnings of the infamous 1969 Woodstock Festival.
4. LOOKING FOR ERIC
Looking for Eric - Director Ken Loach won the Palme d'Or in 2006 for The Wind That Shakes the Barley and he returns to Cannes to premiere his new film about Eric, a Manchester resident whose life may be falling apart around him even as his love for football endures. Featuring a cameo from Manchester United soccer legend, Eric Cantona, early indications put this amongst the shortlist of favourites for the coveted Palme d'Or this year.
5. THIRST
Thirst - Park Chan-wook's previous films include Oldboy and Lady Vengeance, and Thirst promises to be just as excitingly original as the rest of his resume, with a new twist on vampirism. The film tells the tale of a priest who goes to Africa to volunteer as a test subject for a new vaccine and, when the experiment goes wrong, he's killed and brought back to life as a vampire.
6. INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Inglourious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino's latest will unquestionably be the biggest event of the festival, and Tarantino's history at Cannes will no doubt ensure a pretty lively party will welcome the premiere. Whether Tarantino's wonderfully historically-inaccurate twist on life in Occupied France during WW2 will go down with the critics remains to be seen, but the film's tale of a group of ultraviolent soldiers on the hunt for Nazi scalps will no doubt entertain audiences when it releases in August.
7. ANTICHRIST
Antichrist - You can accuse Lars von Trier (Dogville) of plenty, but he's certainly not guilty of subtlety. Traditionally controversial and suitably experimental, only two actors, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Dafoe, star in this supernatural thriller. They play a couple who attempt to grieve for their dead child by living in seclusion in the middle of a forest where they encounter pure evil.
8. TETRO
Tetro - Tucked away in festival sidebar Director's Fortnight - director Francis Ford Coppola turned down an Out of Competition slot in the main selection - Tetro stars Vincent Gallo in a tale deeply personal to Coppola. After a cool reaction to his last directorial effort, Youth Without Youth, all eyes are on this film to see if Coppola still has the talent that brought us films like The Godfather and Apocalypse Now.
9. THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - As troubled as Terry Gilliam productions come, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus lost its main star halfway through filming when Heath Ledger died, but managed to come together with the help of Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law who all took on elements of Ledger's role. Unquestionably one of the most anticipated screenings of the festival.
10. DRAG ME TO HELL
Drag Me to Hell - Colour us excited for Sam Raimi's return to horror. Alison Lohman stars as a loan offer whose desire for promotion prompts her to decline a risky mortgage extension to a strange woman who puts a curse on her. How far will she go to break the curse? Typically scary and hilarious at turns, Drag Me To Hell gets a special late night screening at Cannes.
HOLY ***** ***** DIGG'S COMMENT BOX. I had to use Firebug to change the overflow value of the textbox and then disable Javascript just to be able to post this comment.
Also ***** 11 pages for a 10 item list. - inactive, on 05/12/2009, -0/+24I'm anticipating "Medellin"
- perrym, on 05/12/2009, -4/+25Up
Broken Embraces
Taking Woodstock
Looking for Eric
Thirst
Inglourious Basterds
Antichrist
Tetro
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Drag Me to Hell
/what a ***** site. - jknevitt, on 05/13/2009, -0/+7Your fellow Diggers salute you, good sir! Well done. Well done indeed.
- Jabrams2, on 05/12/2009, -0/+6I'm actually gonna be at Cannes starting Monday and I can't freaking wait. Me and Tarantino are gonna get some drinks after the premiere.... and then I'll wake up from my dream haha
- Jabrams2, on 05/12/2009, -0/+5Neh I heard some moron director butchered it
- octopusorgans, on 05/13/2009, -0/+4what happened? i'm not a huge digger, but i frequently read the comments and absolutely disagree with what power diggers like mr. babyman do to elevate their statuses, steal stories, and essentially bully other users. i would like to know more about what happened to you and the other users. i'm shocked that this has happened to you and it worries me that digg would do/support something so seemingly unethical. this site should be fairer to its users since it is reliant on them; it is, in fact, a "community".
- AtomicTheory, on 05/12/2009, -0/+4...and Escobar's facial prosthetic makeup looks weak
- BOTW, on 05/13/2009, -0/+4
Nope - the list was all I wanted once I clicked on the site and saw how ***** it was. Who wants to navigate through that garbage? - gOofytj, on 05/13/2009, -0/+3I wish I could digg you twice - thank you sir!
- RicardoWilliams, on 05/12/2009, -0/+3thats a pretty damn good list of movies
- chicagojack, on 05/12/2009, -0/+3I just want to go to the Pre Party for Medellin
- perrym, on 05/12/2009, -0/+3imdb.com, you may find it useful.
- kwynn87, on 05/13/2009, -0/+3I'll buy it for $1.
- yaysanta, on 05/12/2009, -0/+3Al Pacino called, he wants his Scarface accent back.
- Emilio8605, on 05/13/2009, -0/+3I'm digging your comment just because of the effort you put into it with the Firebug and Javascript thing. I didn't even mind going through the pages, but thanks anyway.
- inactive, on 05/13/2009, -1/+3They all are about gay cowboys eating pudding.
- Eupatorus, on 05/13/2009, -0/+2This is the first I've heard of Park Chan-wook's Thirst. I can't wait. That man makes excellent films.
- Eupatorus, on 05/13/2009, -0/+2...are movies Rotten Tomatoes is not anticipating at Cannes.
- Balath, on 05/12/2009, -0/+2RT needs better either better servers or better web programmers if they're going to keep writing eleven page lists.
- TheBenSimpson, on 05/12/2009, -1/+2Moon? Where The Wild Things Are? The Road? 9?
- Dagreenman, on 05/12/2009, -1/+2Im dying to see Up!. From everything ive heard so far, i believe it could top Wall-E
- Emilio8605, on 05/13/2009, -0/+1I have a friend that lives in Korea. He saw the film and says it's brilliant. His review is on aintitcool.com:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/40929 - HMMcKamikaze, on 05/13/2009, -0/+1'Cept for Brokeback Mountain. There's no pudding.
- smackydoodle, on 05/13/2009, -3/+3Hey ya dumb *****, I read the article. I'm asking the person why list the movies with no summaries because IF you read the article, you don't need his list... if you didn't, you'd need the summaries... which was the point of my post. Capable of stringing that thought together?
- kaiteng, on 05/13/2009, -0/+0Cantona FTW!
- smackydoodle, on 05/13/2009, -2/+2True, I mean clicking that link to go from movie to movie is just so taxing on my energy and mind... ugh I don't know how people do it... lazy *****.
- DoTheFandango, on 05/13/2009, -3/+2or i can read the article. which is the goddamn point.
- kwynn87, on 05/13/2009, -3/+1"babbygate
An 18 year-old person who joined Digg on May 12th, 2009"
real long time... - smackydoodle, on 05/12/2009, -5/+2You do realize your summary list means nothing if you don't already know what the movie is about...
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