Robert De Niro’s “Comedian” to open Capri Hollywood Film Festival November 29, 2016 - 15:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Comedian, starring Robert De Niro, will open the Capri Hollywood Film Festival on Dec. 27 with its European premiere, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. The new film directed by Taylor Hackford (Ray) stars De Niro as aging insult comic Jackie Burke who gets a second lease on life after meeting Harmony (Leslie Mann). The two find inspiration in each other and his resulting new material finds the formerly has-been comic going viral. An all-star supporting cast includes Edie Falco, Billy Crystal, Danny DeVito, Charles Grodin, Cloris Leachman, Harvey Keitel and Patti LuPone. Art Linson, Jeff Ross, Richard LaGravenese and Lewis Friedman wrote the screenplay. It opens wide stateside Jan. 13 from Sony Pictures Classics but will have a limited release on Dec. 2 in order to qualify it for awards season. The Capri Hollywood Festival takes place over the New Year, and is considered a key destination on the road to the Oscars. Also coming to the Italian island this year is a special screening of Damien Chazelle's La La Land. Lead Emma Stone took home the best actress award for her work on the film after its premiere in Venice earlier this year. Hacksaw Ridge producer Bill Mechanic will be honored this year. Stephen Frears will receive the European director of the year award for Florence Foster Jenkins. And Gianfranco Rosi's Fire at Sea, which is being submitted to the Academy both as Italy's best foreign-language film and as best documentary, will receive Capri's European film of the year award. The festival will also host a special tribute to producer Dino de Laurentiis. The Capri Hollywood Film Festival takes place Dec. 27, 2016 to Jan. 2, 2017.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan  A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia.U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel.Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |
