The seventy fifth annual Cannes Movie Pageant reminded the world simply why folks love going to the films. And film theaters acquired an necessary endorsement from a strong A-list ally. “I make films for the large display,” Tom Cruise mentioned on Might 18, simply hours earlier than “Prime Gun: Maverick” premiered to a rapturous standing ovation on its method to a $151-million field workplace opening.
Listed below are the most important winners and losers from the French Riviera.
Winner: Neon. The indie distributor has a particular contact with Palme d’Or winners. Following 2019’s “Parasite” and 2021’s “Titane,” Neon landed North American rights to this 12 months’s large Cannes champ: Ruben Östlund’s comedy “Triangle of Unhappiness,” which stars Woody Harrelson as a rabid Marxist who’s the captain of a cruise for the super-rich.
Loser: An costly genie. The traditional knowledge on George Miller’s “Three Thousand Years of Longing,” starring Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba, is that it’s too divisive and artsy to make again its $60 million funds.
Winner: Star Energy. Cannes returned with a roar, bringing again A-list glamour to the primary full pageant since 2019. As well as to Cruise, the fest additionally welcomed Julia Roberts — who attended the Trophée Chopard dinner on Might 19 — Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Anne Hathaway and Sharon Stone. Stone received each pink carpet she walked, regardless that she didn’t have a movie enjoying on the pageant.
Winner: “Elvis.” Baz Luhrmann’s big-spectacle biopic starring Austin Butler scored the most important and most enthusiastic standing ovation at Cannes — clocking in at 12 minutes — an excellent signal for movie’s fashionable enchantment. Warner Bros. Discovery pulled out all of the stops with a raging after-party on the seaside attended by its newly minted CEO David Zaslav. The mogul even walked the carpet with hair slicked again, maybe as an homage to Elvis’ hairstyle.
Loser: Air-conditioning and masks. Was it sizzling in Cannes — or was it simply you? With temperatures spiking within the south of France, the pageant felt like purgatory this 12 months, as most U.S. attendees complained that the Palais was too stuffy and sizzling throughout the large premieres. As for Cannes style, one accent that was virtually invisible? Masks. Virtually all attendees carried on as if COVID was however a distant reminiscence.
Winner: Christina Aguilera. Can there be a Palme d’Or for greatest musical efficiency? Taking the stage at 1 a.m. on Might 27, the singer belted out a set of 5 of her songs — together with the “Moulin Rouge!” anthem “Woman Marmalade” — that had oligarchs and millionaires cheering because the spotlight of this 12 months’s amfAR Cannes gala on the Resort du Cap-Eden-Roc.
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