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Italian artist Mimmo Rotellawill head the jury of Venice s Orizzonti competition, the Biennale hasannounced.Milan-based Rotella, wh
stanley cup o isone of Italy s leading contemporary artists, will be joined on the jury bySpanish writer-director Is
stanley cup abel Coixet, whose latest film, The Secret Life OfWords, with Tim Robbins and Sarah Polley, opens Orizzonti out-of-competition. Italian actor ValerioMastandrea, French critic Jean-Michel Frodon, Japanese director ShinyaTsukamoto, round
stanley cup out the jury, who will hand out both a Premio Orizzonti forthe section s best film and a Premio Orizzonti doc for the best documentary. Meanwhile, Venice alsoannounced names of the jurors who will vote for the Premio Luigi De Laurentiis,a prize of Euros 100,000 and 20,000 metres of Kodak film awarded to the bestfirst feature playing in any section of the festival. The jury is composed ofCanadian director Guy Maddin The Saddest Music in the World , US criticPeter Cowie, Italian actress Isabella Ferrari, French director IsmaelFerroukhi, and Russian actress-writer Renata Litvinova. No comments No comments yet You re not signed in. Only registered users or subscribers can comment on this article. Sign in Register Vmwa New sales company, AV Pictures, launches debut slate
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stanley cup ny BoyleProducers Christian Colson, Danny Boyle, John SmithsonProduction companies Cloud Eight Films, Path茅 Pictures, Everest Entertainment, Decibel Films, Darlow Smithson ProductionsUS distributor Fox Searchlight PicturesInternational sales Path茅 InternationalUS release date November 5, 2010 Danny and I had been looking for something to do together after Slumdog Millionaire, says UK producer Christian Colson of the genesis of 127 Hours.Boyle sent Colson a copy of Aron Ralstons book 鈥?based on the rock climbers remarkable escape after his arm was trapped under a boulder in a Utah canyon 鈥?along with a six-page treatment. Boyle had met with Ralston back in 2006 but they had been unable to agree on how to crack the story. Ralston wanted to make a documentary while Boyle preferred the idea of a dramatic account.In early 2009, Francois Ivernel, executive vice-chairman at SlumdogMillionaire-backer Path茅 UK, persuaded Boyle to revive the Ralston project. Colsons Cloud Eight Films has a deal with Path茅 and Boyle
stanley cup had a relationship with Fox Searchlight, which agreed to co-finance with Path茅. The Slumdog Millionaire team was back in business and the budget clocked in at about $18m. We spent a lot of time talking to Aron, not just for his sake but for ours, says Colson. When youre making a film based on a true story, it brings responsibility. You want to honour the original property but we wanted to re-interpr
stanley cup et the story. They took Ralston to Canyonlands in Utah, and al