Bertolucci...Uncut!; Fox Searchlight To Release Bernardo Bertolucci's NC-17-Rated THE DREAMERS in February 2004.To download high-resolution, print-ready JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. images, click on the thumbnail image above. WARNING: these images are very large (800K+) Click here for caption To download high-resolution, print-ready JPEG images, click on the thumbnail image above. WARNING: these images are very large (800K+) Click here for caption To download high-resolution, print-ready JPEG images, click on the thumbnail image above. WARNING: these images are very large (800K+) Click here for caption Photo Editors/Entertainment Editors MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=4548555 HOLLYWOOD--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2004 Fox Searchlight Pictures will release the uncut version of Academy Award(R) winner Bernardo Bertolucci's THE DREAMERS in February 2004, reviving the dormant NC-17 rating. This bold move marks the first time in its history that Fox Searchlight has released an NC-17-rated film and the first time an MPAA MPAA abbr. Motion Picture Association of America signatory company has done so in more than six years. "THE DREAMERS provocatively explores human sexuality This article is about human sexual perceptions. For information about sexual activities and practices, see Human sexual behavior. Generally speaking, human sexuality is how people experience and express themselves as sexual beings. in a frank way," said Fox Searchlight Pictures President Peter Rice. "By releasing the film as Bernardo originally intended we are following in the footsteps of classic films like MIDNIGHT COWBOY and LAST TANGO IN PARIS Paris, in Greek mythology Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. . Like THE DREAMERS, those masterpieces would not have been improved by cutting them to an R rating. We believe that NC-17 is the appropriate rating for THE DREAMERS given that this is not a film for children under 17; it is an audacious and original film for intelligent critics and discerning adult audiences." Said Director Bernardo Bertolucci Noun 1. Bernardo Bertolucci - Italian filmmaker (born in 1940) Bertolucci , "THE DREAMERS is finally making it to the U.S. in its uncut version. I'm relieved -- in so many ways -- that the distributor has had the vision to release my original film. After all, an orgasm is better than a bomb." It's been 30 years since Bertolucci's intensely erotic LAST TANGO IN PARIS ignited audiences. His films have frequently caused controversy but have stood the test of time and are now regarded as classics. THE DREAMERS will be unveiled in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20. The film, which is nominated for a Goya for Best European Film, screened to critical acclaim at the 2003 Venice Film Festival and London Film Festival. It will open in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of on February 6 and in select cities nationwide beginning February 13. Set against the turbulent political backdrop of France in the spring of 1968 when the voice of youth was reverberating re·ver·ber·ate v. re·ver·ber·at·ed, re·ver·ber·at·ing, re·ver·ber·ates v.intr. 1. To resound in a succession of echoes; reecho. 2. around Europe, THE DREAMERS is a story of self-discovery as three students test each other to see just how far they will go. Left alone while their parents are on holiday, Isabelle (Eva Green Eva Gaëlle Green[] (/ɛva gʁeːn/) (born July 5 1980) is an actress, raised in Paris and living in London. ) and her brother Theo (Louis Garrel) invite Matthew (Michael Pitt), a young American student, to stay at their apartment. Here they make their own rules as they experiment with their emotions and sexuality while playing a series of increasingly demanding mind games. THE DREAMERS marks Bertolucci's third film shot in Paris, following THE CONFORMIST con·form·ist n. A person who uncritically or habitually conforms to the customs, rules, or styles of a group. adj. Marked by conformity or convention: and the Oscar-nominated LAST TANGO IN PARIS. The screenplay, adapted for the screen from his original novel, is by English author and film critic Gilbert Adair. It strikes a personal chord for both Bertolucci and Adair, for, although their paths never crossed, they were both living in Paris at the end of the 60s, experiencing the events against which the film is set. Their love of cinema took them to the birthplace of the Nouvelle Vague (New Wave), immersing them in a strong international cinema culture. "There was something magic in the 60s," Bertolucci recalls, "in that we were ... well, let's use the word `dreaming'. We were fusing cinema, politics, music, jazz, rock 'n roll, sex, philosophy." The film stars Michael Pitt, recently seen in the award-winning HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, (and with Sandra Bullock in MURDER BY NUMBERS), Eva Green, who will next be seen in Ridley Scott's KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, and Louis Garrel, who previously appeared in Yolande Zauberman's LA GUERRE A PARIS. The film was produced by Jeremy Thomas (BROTHER, SEXY BEAST) who teamed with Bertolucci on THE LAST EMPEROR, which swept the 1987 Academy Awards garnering nine Oscars(R) including Best Director and Best Picture, THE SHELTERING SKY and LITTLE BUDDHA. Fox Searchlight is a filmmaker-oriented company that focuses on distinctive films helmed by world-class auteurs
The term auteur (French for author) is used to describe film directors (or, more rarely, producers, or writers) who are considered to have a distinctive, recognizable style, because they (a) repeatedly and exciting newcomers. It has its own marketing and distribution operations, and its films are distributed internationally by Twentieth Century Fox. Fox Searchlight Pictures is a unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment, a unit of Fox Entertainment Group. MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=4548555 |
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