Cannes 2009: RT's 10 Most Anticipated Movies
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.
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on May 10 2009 08:58 AM Awesome list! I would say (1)- Up (2)- Inglorious Basterds (3)- The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus (4)- Drag Me to Hell (5)- Tetro (Reply to this) |
on May 10 2009 09:02 AM Inglourious tops my list, with Up a close second. These ones here are in no particular order, obviously. (Reply to this) |
on May 10 2009 09:08 AM Up! Cant wait to see if the critics will cream themselves over Pixar all over again. I hope they do! (Reply to this) |
on May 10 2009 09:50 AM Up and Parnassus are on my must see list. (Reply to this) |
on May 10 2009 10:14 AM Great list! I was worried you were going to forget about Thirst, it seems like the commentors here have forgotten about Park Chan-Wook's Oldboy (and I would suggest checking out his other works, he's one of my favorite directors). That, The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus (yet another one of my favorite directors), and Pulp Fiction are the movies I'm waiting from most on here. (Reply to this) |
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on May 10 2009 10:15 AM I meant Inglorious Basterds, sorry! (Reply to this) |
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on May 10 2009 10:29 AM Wow, a lot of these sound really good! I'm personally really excited for Drag Me To Hell, Inglourious Basterds, Up, And Parnassus. (Reply to this) |
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on May 10 2009 10:59 AM Ken Loach rocks. (Reply to this) |
on May 10 2009 11:02 AM inglourious basterds and drag me to hell are my most anticipated ones. where exactly is the cannes film festival anyway? (Reply to this) |
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on May 10 2009 11:04 AM Cannes is a seaside down on the South Coast of France. (Reply to this) |
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on May 10 2009 11:28 AM Is someone going to be covering Cannes for the site again this year? (Reply to this) |
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on May 10 2009 12:00 PM I'll be there! I leave on Tuesday. (Reply to this) |
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on May 10 2009 12:21 PM Inglorious Basterds Thirst Drag Me To Hell The Imaginarium of Dr. (Reply to this) |
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on May 10 2009 01:54 PM Hmm, when I think of Cannes, it brings to mind independent films. Up, Inglorious Basterds, Dr.Parnassus and Drag Me to Hell are bigger name studio movies. I think all of them look good though. Out of the others, Antichrist and Thirst both seem pretty cool. The rest look like the straight to video movies you only rent because you saw everything else already. (Reply to this) |
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on May 10 2009 02:31 PM Is Cannes always infinitely way better than Sundance? (Reply to this) |
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on May 10 2009 02:34 PM In reply to this comment (#2466681) Actually Dr. Parnassus is an independent film no studio will touch it for distribution until the Cannes screening because no one has seen it yet and the story is really out there. The Weinstein Company is practically and indie company so Inglorious Basterds isn't really a big studio movie either. (Reply to this) |
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on May 10 2009 02:53 PM In reply to this comment (#2466748) Universal has a hand in the distribution though, not just the Weinsteins. (Reply to this) |
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on May 10 2009 03:40 PM Talking about Independent %u201CI LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS%u201D, one of the biggest and most talked-about films to premiere at this year%u2019s Sundance Film Festival will be in Cannes at Director%u2019s Fortnight May 19th I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS stars Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Rodrigo Santoro and Leslie Mann. The film is the feature debut of directors John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, who also wrote the screenplay. This is one movie I will see in Cannes this year !!!! (Reply to this) |
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on May 10 2009 03:56 PM I absolutely can't wait for The Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus! (Reply to this) |
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on May 10 2009 04:04 PM I'm probably the only one, but I'm really looking forward to Looking for Eric. Not only do I love The Wind that Shakes the Barley I'm also a huge Man U fan. As for Dr. Parnassus Heath Ledger and Johnny Depp sound good, Colin Farrell and Jude Law not so much unless they're playing the douchebag portion of his character then they're perfectly cast. :) (Reply to this) |
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