Pair of Clips from Jane Campion's 'Bright Star'
Will it win the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival?
As I mentioned in my first Oscar update of 2009, Jane Campion's Bright Star had a solid debut at the Cannes Film Festival and now I have the opportunity to bring you some video from the flick as two clips have surfaced online.
Featured in the second clip of the two is the much talked about Abbie Cornish who plays Fanny Brawne, the unlikely romantic partner of a 23-year-old John Keats (Ben Whishaw) as the film tells the true story of their passionate but ill-fated love affair. Joan Dupont at The New York Times praised Cornish's performance calling her the "bright star" in a film that left "few dry eyes" in the house.
The film also has a small chance at taking home the Palme d’Or at Cannes this year even though odds on favorite are Jacques Audiard's A Prophet, which recently got picked up by Sony Pictures Classics.
Bright Star will be released by Pathe in France on July 22 and in the U.K. by Warner Bros., with whom Pathe inked a strategic distribution deal in March. As for U.S. distribution, it will be handled by by Bob Berney and William Pohlad's new, still unnamed company.
After you check out the two clips you may want to browse our gallery of 22 images right here.
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