Cannes news via the London Sunday Times:
There are currently four competing (potential) productions on the life of Salvador Dalí. Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, and (inexplicably) Peter O'Toole have been mentioned as (potential) stars.
Cannes news via the London Sunday Times Part II:
American actresses Michelle Williams, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Evan Rachel Wood are supposed to star in a film version of the lives of the British Bronte sisters, Emily, Charlotte, and Anne. Olivia de Havilland, Ida Lupino, and Nancy Coleman played the three sisters in the 1946 Warner Bros. film Devotion.
Cannes news via the London Sunday Times Part III:
"The fact that there are no British films here is of no significance at all. Does the British government support film? Clearly not enough.
"I believe the new tax arrangements are now in place so I imagine that will now make life easier, better. It's very difficult for British film-makers and anything that makes their life easier is good."
That's Stephen Frears, president of the official competition jury, remarking on the ties that don't bind the British government to British films
60th Cannes Film Festival winners
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