Gilliam's 'Imaginarium' Confirmed for Cannes, Tarantino's 'Basterds' May be Late
Also Coppola's Tetro will head to Seattle for its debut
Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus has received a new bit of release information via The Risky Biz Blog, which confirms the film is definitely in at the Cannes Film Festival, and will get the full sales push from Cinetic, which sources say will rep the Gilliam effort.
The film still does not have a domestic distributor, but should the Croisette showing impress I am sure it will be snatched up quickly and perhaps even by a major.
In other Cannes news it was recently said Francis Ford Coppola's Tetro will not end up playing at the festival, as it will make its debut in my backyard at the Seattle International Film Festival. I actually saw it just yesterday and liked it quite a bit, but can't post a review until June.
Also, Steven Zeitchik at Risky Biz reports Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds is still due to make an appearance, but those checking out after the first weekend had better change their travel plans as it most likely won't be ready until after the weekend, possibly not until as late as the Wednesday of the fest (May 20 is the date), according to what Zeitchik's hearing.
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I just don't understand why Imaginarium doesn't have a US distibutor yet.
Yes it's a Gilliam so a bit artsy but it's Ledgers last movie and when it couldn't be finished because of his death Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell jumped in.
That's 4 big names for lead character.
Lionsgate (UK branch) is doing the UK release and thats not a small company, why doesn't the US branch do their backyard?
I really thought after Ledger's death and the succes of The Dark Knight this would've been picked up easily.
@rattler76: YES, i agree with you totally, my theory is, art is dying, the economy barely has a pulse, Gilliam one of my film heroes is a liability in THEIR eyes (Industry brass) and Legder though proven and great cast respectively, no cares enough about art to take a chance, See The Fountain as example, It will be nothing short of a miracle if this gets to the masses let alone a distributor but then again every film of movie that get's done is, I think someone will come to their senses and come to the rescue, probably at the last moment, but not to make $.