US director Terrence Malick's drama The Tree of Life wins the Palme d'Or prize for best picture at the prestigious Cannes film festival. Brad Pitt's new movie The Tree Of Life has grown on Cannes Film Festival judges - it has won the coveted Palme d'Or prize for Best Film.The movie, directed by Terrence Malick, follows the fortunes of two young boys brought up by a strict, brutal... American director Terrence Malick's expansive drama "The Tree of Life" won the top honor at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, while Kirsten Dunst took the best-actress prize for the apocalyptic saga "Melancholia." > Actress Elena Anaya, right, kisses director Pedro Almodovar on the cheek as they arrive for the screening of The Skin I Live In, at the 64th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 19, 2011. > In this photo taken Tuesday, May 17, 2011, actor Brad Pitt poses for portraits after an interview with the Associated Press promoting the film The Tree of Life at the 64th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, . > Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan arrives for the closing ceremony at the 64th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 22, 2011. > Actress Kirsten Dunst arrives for the closing ceremony at the 64th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 22, 2011. For Terrence Malick, who won the Palme d'Or Sunday at the Cannes film festival, the triumph comes at a price: the painfully shy film-maker will find it hard to avoid the spotlight for a while. "The Tree of Life", an ambitious coming-of-age film that took years for enigmatic US director Terrence Malick to bring to the screen, won top honours Sunday at the Cannes festival. US director Terrence Malick's 'The Tree of Life' wins Cannes Film Festival's top prize share: digg facebook twitter PARIS (AP) — Pedro Almodovar's story of a plastic surgeon bent on exacting vigilante justice and Terrence Malick's period piece about three Midwestern brothers, starring Brad Pitt, are among 19 movies vying for the top prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki's "Le Havre," Italian Nanni Moretti's "Habemus Papam" and French- Romanian filmmaker Radu Mihaileanu's "La source des femmes" also looked like early strong contenders for the coveted Palme d'Or. Festival regular Almodovar's "The Skin I Live In," starring Antonio Banderas as the plastic surgeon, follows on the director's 2009 melodrama "Broken Embraces," which screened at the Riviera festival. Serbian director Emir Kusterica has been appointed to preside the "Un Certain Regard" jury, which showcases lesser- known filmmakers than the main competition. Last year, the hypnotic Thai film "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" won Palme d'Or, while Academy Award winners Juliette Binoche and Javier Bardem earned acting honors. CANNES, France (Reuters) - U.S. director Terrence Malick's long-awaited film "The Tree of Life" won the Palme d'Or prize for best picture at the Cannes film festival on Sunday. CANNES, France (AP) -- Spanish director Pedro Almodovar has made many films, while American filmmaker Terrence Malick has done just a few. But the esteemed artists have one thing in common: Neither has ever won the highest honor at the world's most-celebrated film showcase.... NEARLY three decades after leaving Hollywood in frustration, Douglas Trumbull has completed work on director Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life. The most anticipated movie at the Cannes Film Festival was Terrence Malick's "Tree of Life" -- his latest long-delayed, highly mysterious epic. But even after it premiered, no one seems to know what to think, as audiences both cheered and booed at the end. Contributor: Robert Dougherty Published: May 16, 2011 Gregg Kilday Director Terrence Malick did not attend the screening; producer Sarah Green calls him "very shy." read more Brad Pitt had reservations about playing a domineering dad in Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life," which premiered Monday at the Cannes Film Festival. Cannes draws to a close with jury facing a tough choice. This last part of Summer Movie Guide offers a more varied option of movies for sci-fi geeks, scary movie fans and drama lovers from J.J. Abrams' '****Super 8****' to Terrence Malick's 'Tree of Life'. Bigger stars on the carpet, a stronger film industry and the much anticipated comeback of U.S. director Terrence Malick are set to give this year's Cannes Film Festival a boost after... ...
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Sunday, May 22, 2011
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