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‘The Tree Of Life’ UK Poster, Quad & Trailer – Starring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn & Jessica Chastain
Jun 16th
With Terrence Malick’s Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain starring Palme d’Or winner, ‘The Tree Of Life,’ scheduled for a July 8th UK and Ireland release, the good folks over at Fox Searchlight have provided us with this UK trailer, poster and quad for the film. ’The Tree Of Life’ is a hymn to life, excavating answers to the most haunting and personal human questions through a kaleidoscope of the intimate and the cosmic, from the raw emotions of a family in a small Texan town to the wildest, infinite edges of space and time, from a boy’s loss of innocence to a man’s transforming encounters with awe, wonder and transcendence.
From Terrence Malick, the acclaimed director of such classic films as Badlands, Days of Heaven and The Thin Red Line, The Tree of Life is the impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950’s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father (Brad Pitt). Jack (played as an adult by Sean Penn) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. Through Malick’s signature imagery, we see how both brute nature and spiritual grace shape not only our lives as individuals and families, but all life.
Debut Clip From Terrence Malick’s ‘The Tree Of Life’ – Starring Brad Pitt & Sean Penn
May 4th
This debut clip from Terrence Malick’s ‘The Tree Of Life’ – by a stretch my most anticipated film of 2011 – has been released online (via EW) featuring a trio of brothers (one of whom’s the younger version of Sean Penn’s character) tormenting their mother (Jessica Chastain) with some kind of small lizard while their overbearing father (Brad Pitt) is away. Malick’s films are continuously deeply philosophical and rich. Since his debut film ‘Badlands’ in 1973, Malick has only made three other films, ‘Days Of Heaven,’ ‘The Thin Red Line’ and ‘The New World.’ From what I’ve seen so far I’m supremely confident his fifth will be as amazing, if not more so. The film is set for release May 27th in the US, the UK release date is currently up in the air due to legal wranglings between Icon and Summit Entertainment.
From Terrence Malick, the acclaimed director of such classic films as Badlands, Days of Heaven and The Thin Red Line, The Tree of Life is the impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950’s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father (Brad Pitt). Jack (played as an adult by Sean Penn) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. Through Malick’s signature imagery, we see how both brute nature and spiritual grace shape not only our lives as individuals and families, but all life. The Tree Of Life is set for release May 27th, 2011.
Terrence Malick’s Upcoming Movie The Tree Of Life May Be Released By The End Of The Year
Aug 20th
Now this is news that brings a BIG smile to my face, Indiewire writer Anne Thompson recently talked to some sources within distributor Apparition about Terrence Malick’s highly anticipated film The Tree Of Life, and what she’s reporting is music to my ears. She believes that the film will hit before December 31st. But before you get too excited you have to bare in mind that just a few days ago, Thompson’s colleague at Indiewire and New York Film Festival committee member Todd McCarthy said this:
”Finally, of course, came word that Malick was still not done and it now seems clear the picture will not be opening this year. I can’t prove it, of course, and he’s supposedly set to start shooting a new film in Oklahoma in October, but I’m convinced we won’t be seeing ‘The Tree of Life’ until, at the earliest, the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Or perhaps it could turn up at the New York Film Festival a year from now.”
I really hope Anne Thompson’s sources are on the money, Malick is quite possibly my favourite director, his films are deeply philosophical, rich and exquisitely beautiful. Since his debut film Badlands in 1973, Malick has only made three other films (Days Of Heaven, The Thin Red Line and The New World). I’m supremely confident his fifth will be as amazing, if not more so than his previous work.
Thompson’s source also goes on to say that Brad Pitt’s and Jessica Chastain’s performances in the film are awards worthy and that; “It’s a mystical exploration of the meaning of life, a journey in which a microcosm of a family mirrors the world; the differences between man and woman, husband and wife, are mirrored against nature and grace. It will change the language of movies. It’s a real event. People will say ‘what the fuck is this?’” I’m as stoked as a goat!
Cannes 2010 Line-up – No Tree Of Life (Yet)
Apr 15th
It look’s like from this list that Terrence Malick’s Tree Of Life still isn’t finished, I was really hoping it would be ready for Cannes, you never know though, it could possibly be added at a later date, there are still a couple spots left in the ‘In Competition’ category. Cannes president Thierry Fremaux has said that the “official selection is not complete yet” and currently six films are missing, hopefully some nice surprises. Clint Eastwood’s “Hereafter,” Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan” look like they’re unfinished as well on an American front as they’re missing. I like the look of a number of these films particularly Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu’s “Biutiful” (starring Javier Bardem), Doug Liman’s “Fair Game” (starring Sean Penn and Naomi Watts), Mike Leigh’s “Another Year”, Takeshi Kitano’s “Outrage,” and Lee Chang-dong’s “Poetry”. The festival runs May 12th – 23rd and the opening film will be Ridley Scott’s “Robin Hood”.
OPENING
Ridley Scott – ROBIN HOOD (Out of Competition)
IN COMPETITION
Lee Chang-dong’s “Poetry”
Im Sang-soo’s “Housemaid”
Abbas Kiarostami’s “Certified Copy”
Xavier Beauvois’s “Of Gods And Men”
Matthieu Amalric’s “Tournée”
Takeshi Kitano’s “Outrage”
Rachid Bouchareb’s “Outside The Law”
Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu’s “Biutiful”
Daniele Luchetti’s “La Nostra Vita”
Bertrand Tavernier’s “La princesse de Montpensier”
Doug Liman’s “Fair Game”
Mike Leigh’s “Another Year”
Nikita Mikalkov’s “Utomlyonnye solntsem 2″
Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives”
Im Sang-soo’s “The Housemaid”
UN CERTAIN REGARD
Hong Sang-soo’s “Hahaha”
Cristi Puiu’s “Aurora”
Xavier Dolan’s “Les amours imaginaires”
Jean-Luc Godard “Socialisme”
Ágnes Kocsis’ “Pál Adrienn”
Derek Cianfrance: “Blue Valentine”
Manoel de Oliveira: “O estranho caso de Angelica”
Lodge Kerrigan “Rebecca H. (Return to the Dogs)”
Ivan Fund and Santiago Loza: “Los Labios” (The Lips)”
Fabrice Gobert: “Simon Werner a Disparu…”
Christoph Hochhausler: “Unter Dir Die Stadt (The City Below)”
Vikramaditya Motwane: “Udaan”
Radu Muntean: “Marti Dupa Craciun (Tuesday, After Christmas)”
Hideo Nakata: “Chatroom”
Oliver Schmitz: “Life Above All”
Daniel Vega: “Octubre”
David Verbeek: “R U There”
Xiaoshuai Wa: “Rizhao Chongqing (Chongqing Blues)”
“Tuesday, After Christmas,” Romania, Radu Muntean
“Udaan,” India, Vikramaditya Motwane
OUT OF COMPETITION
Oliver Stone’s “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps”
Woody Allen’s “You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger”
Stephen Frear’s “Tamara Drewe”
SPECIAL SCREENING
Diego Luna – “Abel”
Charles Ferguson: “Inside Job”
Sophie Fiennes: “Over Your Cities Grasss Will Grow”
Patricio Guzman: “Nostalgia De La Luz” (Nostalgia For The Light)”
Sabina Guzzanti Draquila: “L’italia Che Trema”
Otar Iosselini: “Chantrapas”
MIDNIGHT SCREENING
Gregg Araki’s “Kaboom”
Gustavo Hernandez: “The Mute House”
Brad Pitt Talk’s About Terrence Malick’s Tree Of Life
Apr 14th
Empire recently talked to Brad Pitt about his new film with Terrence Malick – The Tree Of Life. He doesn’t give much away, but to date it’s about as much info as we’ve been given. I’m a HUGE (notice the caps-lock) fan of Terrence Malick, his films are always thought provoking, profound and visually stunning, something I fully expect from this. I’ve come to the conclusion that Terrence Malick has flying ninja monkey’s stationed around the world, who’s sole purpose in life is to keep his work secretive. Even considering how little I know about this film, along with Inception it is my most anticipated film of the year. Hopefully tomorrow this will be announced in the Cannes Film Festival line-up.
When we asked him if this was a science fiction film (yes, even that is in doubt), Pitt replied, “Well, in a way. It’s this little tiny story of a kid growing up in the 50s with a mother who’s grace incarnate and a father who’s oppressive in nature. So he is negotiating his way through it, defining who he’s gonna be when he grows up. And that is juxtaposed with a little, tiny micro-story of the cosmos, from the beginning of the cosmos to the death of the cosmos. So that’s where the sci-fi – or the sci-fact – comes in.”
Pitt also confirmed that Heath Ledger was originally set for a role in the film. “He was gonna do it at one point, and then he was puling out for one reason or another, and we were involved ["we" meaning Pitt's production company Plan B], so I just stepped in.”
Films I’m looking forward to in 2010
Oct 18th
CLASH OF THE TITANS
Directed by Louis Leterrier. With Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Jason Flemyng, Gemma Arterton and Sam Worthington as Perseus. A remake of the 1981 film version of the myth of Perseus and his quest to battle both Medusa and the Kraken monster in order to save the Princess Andromeda. In the film, the ultimate struggle for power pits men against kings and kings against gods. But the war between the gods themselves could destroy the world. Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus (Worthington) is helpless to save his family from Hades (Fiennes), vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing left to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus (Neeson) and unleash hell on earth. Leading a daring band of warriors, Perseus sets off on a perilous journey deep into forbidden worlds. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, he will only survive if he can accept his power as a god, defy his fate and create his own destiny.
Release date: March 26, 2010
I’m not really a big fan of remakes but I’m really looking forward to this, the cast is looks great and the original is a classic that could do with a modern remake.
SHUTTER ISLAND
Directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Kingsley and Jackie Earle Haly. In 1954, US Marshall Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio) hunts down a murderess who’s escaped from the Shutter Island hospital for the criminally insane. Though she can’t get off the island, Daniels’ job is made harder by an approaching hurricane.
Release date: February 19, 2010
I’ve been looking forward to this ever since it was announced in 2008. Martin Scorsese for me and most mentally abled people is one of the top 5 directors of all time, he’s made classic after classic. The only thing that makes me slightly sceptical about the film is that it was due to be released this October but has now been given a Febuary 2010 release, this kinda showed that Paramount don’t have much confidence for it’s Oscar appeal. The Oscars themselves for me are a joke though it’s all down to movie making insider studio politics so you never know
TREE OF LIFE
Directed by Terrence Mallick and starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn. The tale of a Midwestern boy’s journey from the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as a “lost soul in the modern world”, and into his quest to regain meaning in life.
Release Date: TBD
Terrence Mallick is my personal favorite director of all time, his films say so much without much words, they’re all extremely philisophical, moveing and visually stunning. Since his debut film Badlands in 1973 he has only made 3 other films which were all amazing (Days Of Heaven, The Thin Red Line and The New World). The premise of this looks real good, very little information has been leaked about it.
THE FIGHTER
Starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams and Mark Wahlberg and Directed by David O. Russell. The film centers around the life of professional boxer “Irish” Micky Ward (Wahlberg) and his older drug addicted brother Dickie Eklund (Bale). Amy Adams has also been confirmed as a love interest of Ward.
Release Date: TBD
This might be the film Christian Bale finally get’s his Oscar nomination! Both him and Mark Wahlberg don’t look like their messing around with their respected rolls, Bale has lost a tonne of weight to play an addict (as he done in Rescue Dawn and more extremely in The Machinist) and Mark Wahlberg has beefed up to play the Welterweight Micky Ward
INCEPTION
Inception takes place in a world where people can enter other people’s dreams. Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a CEO type, who illegally dives into dreams to extract information. He does this via a portable device, which is basically an injection into the bloodstream. In one scene, Cobb’s team enters a person’s dream while on an airplane.
The team who creates the dreams is comprised of Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Eames (Tom Hardy) and Ariadne (Ellen Page), a young college student who is considered the “architect.”
This is a must see for me. great cast, great director (Christopher Nolan) and the trailers got me hyped. I can’t see this going wrong
AMAZING TALES: THREE GUNS
Amazing Tales: Three Guns is an upcoming 2009 film directed by Zhang Yimou. Zhang’s first film since Curse of the Golden Flower in 2006, Three Guns is a remake of Blood Simple, the 1985 debut of the Coen brothers, whose films Zhang Yimou lists among his favorites. The film transports the original film’s plot from a town in Texas, to a noodle shop in a small town in the Chinese desert.
Three Guns will reportedly consist of two distinct segments, a thriller segment, and a comedic segment. The film will star Sun Honglei, Ni Dahong in the thriller segment while comedians Xiao Shenyang and Yan Ni will star in the comedic segment.
I love Blood Simple and I love the idea of putting a twist on that story. Zhang Zimou is one of my favorite modern directors. Visually he’s on a different level. A number of his films blew me away - House Of Flying Daggers, Curse of the Golden Flower, Hero, Not One Less, The Story Of Qui Ju……
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