Clint Eastwood has been honoured
by the French at Cannes, and now it's the Italians' turn; not only is his latest directorial effort, Space Cowboys, opening the fest, there is an extensive retrospective screening in his honour. Stephen Fears and Robert Altman are invited to compete, as are the unpredictable Barbet Schroeder and Julian Schnabel.
Woody Allen is one of six directors in a non-competitive section, along with fellow Americans Martin Scorcese and Gus Van Sant, and including Japan's Takeshi Kitano.
Australia is represented not only by Clara Law's latest feature, The Goddess of 1967, but also by Peter Long's short, A Telephone Call For Geneviève.
OPENING FILM
30 August
Clint Eastwood, SPACE COWBOYS, USA, 120 mins
with Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, James Garner, Donald Sutherland
CLOSING FILM
9 September
Tony Gatlif, VENGO, France/ Spain, 95 mins
with Antonio Canales, Orestes Villasan-Rodriguez, Antonio Perez Dechent
COMPETITON
Robert ALTMAN, Dr. T and the Women, USA, 112 mins
with Richard Gere, Helen Hunt, Farrah Fawcett, Laura Dern, Liv Tyler
Sharunas BARTAS, Freedom, France/Portugal/Lithuania, 96 mins
with Valentinas Masalskis, Fatima Ennaflaoui, Axel Neumann
Xavier BEAUVOIS, Selon Matthieu, France, 100 mins
with Benoît Magimel, Nathalie Baye, Antoine Chappey
Fruit CHAN, Liulian Piao Piao (Durian Durian), Hong Kong/China/France, 116 mins
with Qin Hailu, Mak Wai Fan, Biao Xiao Ming
Guido CHIESA, Il partigiano Johnny, Italy, 135 mins
with Stefano Dionisi, Claudio Amendola, Andrea Prodan, Fabrizio Gifuni
Buddhadeb DASGUPTA, Uttara (The Wrestlers), India, 99 mins
with Jaya Seal, Tapas Pal, Shankar Chakraborty
Stephen FREARS, Liam, Great Britain, 90 mins
with Ian Hart, Claire Hacket, Anne Reid
Marco Tullio GIORDANA, I cento passi, Italy, 114 mins
with Luigi Lo Cascio, Luigi Maria Burruano, Lucia Sardo, Tony Sperandeo
Ki-duk KIM, Seom (The Isle), South Korea, 85 mins
with Jung Suh, Yoo-Suk Kim
Clara LAW, The Goddess of 1967, Australia, 118 mins
with Rose Byrne, Rikiya Kurokawa, Nicholas Hope
Carlo MAZZACURATI, La lingua del Santo, Italy, 110 mins
with Antonio Albanese, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Isabella Ferrari, Marco Paolini
Manoel de OLIVEIRA, Palavra e utopia, Portugal/France/Brazil/Spain, 133 mins
with Lima Duarte, Miguel Guilherme, Luis Miguel Cintra
Jafar PANAHI, Dayereh (The Circle), Iran, 90 mins
with Fereshteh Sadr Orafai, Fatemeh Naghavi, Nargess Mamizadeh
Sally POTTER, The Man Who Cried, Great Britain/France, 97 mins
with Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett, John Turturro, Johnny Depp
João Pedro RODRIGUES, O Fantasma, Portugal, 90 mins
with Ricardo Meneses, Beatriz Torcato
Raoul RUIZ , Fils de deux mères ou comédie de l'innocence, France, 100 mins
with Isabelle Huppert, Jeanne Balibar, Charles Berling, Nils Hugon
Gabriele SALVATORES, Denti, Italy, 98 mins
with Sergio Rubini, Anouk Grinberg, Tom Novembre, Anita Caprioli
Julian SCHNABEL, Before Night Falls, USA, 125 mins
with Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez, Johnny Depp, Hector Babenco
Barbet SCHROEDER, La vierge des tueurs, France/Colombia, 97 mins
with German Jaramillo, Anderson Ballesteros, Juan David Restrepo
OUT OF COMPETITION
Woody ALLEN, Small Time Crooks, USA 94 mins
with Woody Allen, Elaine May, Hugh Grant, Tracey Ullman
Claude CHABROL, Merci pour le chocolat, France, 100 mins
with Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc
Takeshi KITANO, Brother, Japan/USA/Great Britain, 110 mins
with Takeshi Kitano
Martin SCORSESE, Il dolce cinema, Italy/USA, 270 mins
Fernando TRUEBA, Calle 54, France/Spain, 105 mins
with Eliane Elias, Chano Dominguez
Gus VAN SANT, Jokes: Chapter 1:Easter (work in progress), USA 33 mins
TRIBUTE TO CLINT EASTWOOD
Sergio LEONE, Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966), Italy, 182 mins
Don SIEGEL, The Beguiled (1971), USA 105 mins
Clint EASTWOOD, Play Misty for Me (1971), USA 95 mins
Clint EASTWOOD, The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), USA 135 mins
Clint EASTWOOD, Bronco Billy (1980), USA 119 mins
Clint EASTWOOD, Honkytonk Man (1982), USA 122 mins
Clint EASTWOOD, Bird (1988), USA 163 mins
Clint EASTWOOD, Unforgiven (1992), USA 130 mins
Clint EASTWOOD, A Perfect World (1993), USA 138 mins
Rawhide (two episodes, Tv series 1959-1966), USA
Vanessa in the Garden (1985), USA
(episode from Amazing Stories, Tv series 1985-1987)
Bruce RICKER, Clint Eastwood - Out of the Shadows, USA 84 mins
SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION
Sandro AGUILAR, Sem Movimento, Portugal, 17 mins
Faouzi BENSAIDI, Trajets, France/Morocco, 26 mins
Beniamino CATENA, Quando si chiudono gli occhi, Italy, 16 mins
Serge DENONCOURT, Via Crucis, Canada, 14 mins
Tom HOPKINS, Money, Fear & Justice, Ireland, 13 mins
Enrico LANDO, It¹s A Goat¹s Life, Great Britain, 24 mins
LEE Ki-ho, Nae Sah Rang Ship Ja Driver (To My Love), Korea, 19:30 mins
LEE Sang-yeol, Jatlwa Sang 2000 (Self Portrait 2000), Korea, 15 mins
Peter LONG, A Telephone Call For Geneviève, Australia, 20:43 mins
Michael SCHAERER, Warmth, Usa/Switzerland, 29 mins
Ulyana SHILKYNA, Nicego Strasnogo (There Is Nothing To Be Scared Of), Russia, 20 mins
Sidhart SRINIVASA, The Tightrope Walker, India, 15 mins
Nader TAKMIL HOMAYOUN, C¹est pour bientôt, France, 17 mins
Sebastian WINKELS, Oberstube, Germany, 6 mins
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