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Pelle the Conqueror (1987) More at IMDbPro »Pelle erobreren (original title)
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10 items from 2012
With ‘Love,’ Michael Haneke Becomes 7th Director to Win Palme d’Or Twice
28 May 2012 7:00 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
As we all know, “Palme d’Or” is French for Feather Button Hand of Gold Achievement. Or something. Google Translate wasn’t loading this morning. Regardless, it’s as prestigious as awards get, although it hilariously almost never lines up with the Oscars (for good reason). Past winners include Barton Fink, Taxi Driver, Mash, The Third Man, Black Orpheus, La Dolce Vita, The Wind That Shakes the Barley and nearly one hundred other films that should be on a rental queue somewhere. That list also includes Michael Haneke‘s The White Ribbon which took the price in 2009 and, as of yesterday, his latest film Love (Amour). That’s 2 wins for the director in 4 competition years. It ties him for Most Palmes d’Or Ever (no director has won more than two), where he joins Alf Sjoberg (Iris and the Lieutenant, Miss Julie); Francis Ford Coppola (The Conversation, Apocalypse Now); Bille August (Pelle the Conqueror, The Best Intentions »
- Cole Abaius
Cannes 2012: Michael Haneke's 'Amour' Wins Palme d'Or
27 May 2012 11:01 AM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Michael Haneke's quiet and emotional "Amour" has won the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, the Cannes jury announced on Sunday. A favorite of Cannes viewers from the moment it debuted at the festival a week ago, "Amour" was considered one of the favorites for the Palme. Haneke won in 2009 for his previous film, "The White Ribbon"; this victory makes Haneke only the second director to win the top Cannes award for back-to-back films. Bille August also did it for "Pelle the Conqueror" and "The Best Intentions" in 1988 »
- Steve Pond
Palme dOr Winner Prediction: Amour
27 May 2012 1:00 AM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Amour: director Michael Haneke, Emmanuelle Riva, Jean-Louis Trintignant The Cannes Film Festival 2012‘s Palme d’Or winner? Well, though the two — critical raves, Palme d’Or — don’t always go hand in hand, the most widely acclaimed presentation at Cannes this year was Michael Haneke‘s tale of love and death, Amour / Love, starring veterans Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, and Isabelle Huppert. So, I’m betting on Amour. [See also Cannes 2012: Best Actor Predictions; Cannes 2012: Best Actress Predictions; several Amour review snippets; the French-language Amour trailer.] In case Amour does take home the Palme d’Or, that’ll be Michael Haneke’s second win in three years: Haneke’s The White Ribbon, about Germany’s Nazi generation (long before they became Nazis), received Cannes’ top prize in 2009. That would also be a record-breaking small gap between Palme d’Ors: Bille August had to wait four years (Pelle the Conqueror, 1988; The Best Intentions, 1992); Francis Ford Coppola five years (The Conversation, 1974; Apocalypse Now, 1979, tied with Volker Schlöndorff’s The Tin Drum »
- Andre Soares
Curio: Happy Birthday Max von Sydow
10 April 2012 7:01 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Alexa here. Max von Sydow turns 83 today, and I plan on celebrating by watching a recently-gifted Criterion copy of The Magician. His presence always makes me happy, in everything from heavy fare (Pelle The Conqueror) to silly (Needful Things is a guilty pleasure). Even he couldn't save Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close for me, though. Here are some fan creations I've spied that celebrate some highlights from his oeuvre.
The Magician by Petur Nagy and Miklos Foldi.As Frederick in Hannah and Her Sisters, drawn by Peter Mack.
Click for Max-centric posters for The Exorcist and The Seventh Seal »
- Alexa
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Blu-Ray Review
9 April 2012 8:44 AM, PDT | AreYouScreening.com | See recent AreYouScreening news »
The truth is, there are some movies that don’t translate honestly from their source novels, and I have a feeling that Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is one of them. I may be giving the novel the benefit of the doubt there, but I’ve seen a lot of films, and it’s the impression that I get. There is a believability, and ultimately an honesty, that is traded in here in favor of the attempt toward crushing emotional blows, and untenable flights of fancy.
The story is that of Oskar Shell, a young boy who lost his father (Tom Hanks) in 9/11. The particular spin outside of that plot realm alone is that Oskar is not an absolutely average boy. He has some strange mannerisms, is prone to outbursts and withdrawal, and tells us that his parents had him tested for Asperger’s. He has a long list of fears and/or dislikes, »
- Marc Eastman
Oscar Predictions: Best Supporting Actor
23 February 2012 3:26 PM, PST | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
Four of the five nominees for Best Supporting Actor have contended at the Oscars before but none has won. Christopher Plummer career spans decades but his first Oscar nomination came just two years ago for supporting his role as Leo Tolstoy in "The Last Station." In "Beginners" he plays a character inspired by the real-life the father of writer-director Mike Mills -- a man who comes out as gay in his 70s before succumbing to cancer. Plummer has picked up every precursor prize and is the absolute frontrunner to prevail. At 82, he will be the oldest-ever acting winner. If anyone plays spoiler, it could be another 82-year-old celebrated actor: Max von Sydow who has also been nominated only once before (Best Actor: "Pelle the Conqueror, 1988)" The Swedish actor, famed for his collaborations with Ingmar Bergman, steals scenes in "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" as the mute neighbor of a grieving boy. »
Inside the Best Picture Nominees: A deep dive into 'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'
16 February 2012 1:00 PM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
There are a whopping nine films nominated for Best Picture at this year’s Academy Awards. And between your work, family, and constant USA marathons of Law & Order: Svu (when will those ever stop being addictive?!), you simply may not have time to catch all nine in the theaters or on DVD. But never fear, dear PopWatchers — that’s why we’re here! Each day leading up to the Academy Awards Feb. 26, we’ll be providing you with a deep dive into one of the nine Best Picture nominees. Fear showing up to your Oscars party unprepared to discuss the year’s most notable films? »
- Adam B. Vary
Max von Sydow: god of gravitas
13 February 2012 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Max von Sydow has been making movies since 1949, with everyone from Ingmar Bergman to Woody Allen. Now, at 82, he could be about to win his first Oscar
Only at the end of our interview does it become a little clearer why Max von Sydow so enjoyed making Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Stephen Daldry's slushy adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's novel about a boy coming of age in the wake of 9/11. In the film, Von Sydow plays a mute man known as The Renter, whose cloistered life is irrevocably disrupted when a hyperactive young boy, played by Thomas Horn, bursts into his room and babbles manically, before dragging Von Sydow off on an adventure in search of something very important.
At the end of our interview, in a quiet hotel room in New York, a young boy (who is, in fact, Horn) bursts into the room and babbles manically about needing to find someone. »
- Hadley Freeman
Oscar Nominee Max Von Sydow On 'Extremely Loud'
10 February 2012 11:03 AM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close," Stephen Daldry's big-screen adaptation of the 2005 Jonathan Safran Foer novel, is nominated in two categories at the 2012 Academy Awards: Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor for Max Von Sydow.
It's the second Oscar nomination for the Swedish actor; his first was for 1987's "Pelle the Conqueror," and the 82-year-old shows no signs of slowing down. It seems as if his colleagues are standing behind his nomination: He received a standing ovation at a star-studded Academy Awards luncheon earlier this month.
Von Sydow talked to The Huffington Post about playing a mute man in "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" and how Swedish actors are all the rage lately.
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" is centered on 9/11. Where were you on that day?
My wife and I were in Sweden. We were driving along a highway and the mobile phone rang, and it was one of our sons in France who said, »
- Nicki Gostin
Win Passes To The Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close Screening In St. Louis
10 January 2012 7:15 AM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Adapted from the acclaimed bestseller by Jonathan Safran Foer, “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” is a story that unfolds from inside the young mind of Oskar Schell, an inventive eleven year-old New Yorker whose discovery of a key in his deceased father’s belongings sets him off on an urgent search across the city for the lock it will open. A year after his father died in the World Trade Center on what Oskar calls “The Worst Day,” he is determined to keep his vital connection to the man who playfully cajoled him into confronting his wildest fears. Now, as Oskar crosses the five New York boroughs in quest of the missing lock – encountering an eclectic assortment of people who are each survivors in their own way – he begins to uncover unseen links to the father he misses, to the mother who seems so far away from him and to the whole noisy, »
- Movie Geeks
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