Woody and The Weinsteins have teamed up to deliver “Vicky Cristina Barcelona“. We get the scoop, and following plot details from the mystical caves of yahoo:
The Weinstein Co. has picked up North American distribution rights to Woody Allen’s romantic comedy/drama “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” starring Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson.
Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Dunn, Rebecca Hall and Chris Messina also star in the tale of Vicky and Christina (Hall and Johansson), two Americans vacationing in the title’s Spanish city, who become part of a chain of romances involving an artist (Bardem) and his nutty ex-wife (Cruz). A steamy menage a trois sequence between Bardem, Cruz and Johansson was the talk of the American Film Market when it previewed in Santa Monica in November.
Well, I could pretend that I am going to see this movie for other reasons; but I think it is safe to say that most will have interest in this film because Woody set up a bitchin’ 3-way with Bardem, Cruz and Johansson. A scene like this can create a lot of buzz, and with the Weinsteins backing the film, I am wondering if we will see Woody on more screens than we are accustomed to. A story about 2 American sluts celebrating perversity in Barcelona has both international and universal appeal.
The cast looks solid and Javier is red hot right now coming off of his legendary performance in No Country For Old Men. Before that performance, I was unfamiliar with the man – but now I will certainly be interested in following his blood trail from film to film. His real life relationship with Cruz could make for some very good on screen chemistry and it should be a delight to see them play off of one another as a divorced couple. It gives the two a chance to act out what their post relationship will look like. Scarlet Johansson is a welcome addition to anything, and having Rebecca Hall play alongside her makes for quite the dynamic duo.
So far it looks like the film is slotted for a limited release date Jan 2009. I hope that with Weinstein backing we can expect to see the number of screens grow between now and then. I am certainly interested in this project and am looking forward to checking it out as soon as possible. We will be sure to keep you up to speed on this one; it sounds delightful!
And don’t forget Bardem’s Oscar nominated performance in the Julian Schnable (Diving Bell and the Butterfly) directed Before Night Falls. He’s a great actor.
I saw Cassandra’s Dream Woody Allen’s latest over the weekend and it’s better than most films out there – just not when compared to Allen’s really amazing body of work. I always see Allen films.
Dude! I need to see that action!
Bardem is just as good, if completely and utterly a different person, in the John Malkovich directed film ‘The Dancer Upstairs. The film is about a revolution in a fictitious South American country and Bardem is riveting as the cop investigating the revolution at the start that gets embroiled in the political panic of the dictator as the revolution grows bigger and more violent. It’s unrecognizable from his role in No Country For Old Men but Bardem is still fantastic as the one man with integrity in a country falling apart under its won corruption.