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Fox Searchlight Acquires Terrence Malick's TREE OF LIFE, Announces TBD 2011 Release!
Beaks here...
After almost a year of uncertainty, Terrence Malick's long-anticipated TREE OF LIFE finally has a solid distributor and a release strategy.
According to indieWire, Fox Searchlight has acquired the rights to Malick's fifth feature from the all-but-shuttered Apparition Films. They plan to release the film at some point in 2011 - which has nothing to do with the film's quality, and everything to do with the company's promising fall slate of Mark Romanek's NEVER LET ME GO, Danny Boyle's 127 HOURS, Darren Aronofsky's BLACK SWAN and Tony Goldwyn's CONVICTION. Even if one or more of these films fail to connect with Academy voters, there's no way they'll throw money at another awards campaign this year.
Fox Searchlight Presidents Stephen Giula and Nancy Utley issued this joint statement about their acquisition: "Terrence Malick has crafted a deeply moving, keenly observed and magisterial film. Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and the entire cast’s performances are simply amazing. This is a signature film by a signature filmmaker and we are proud to be releasing it."
The conventional wisdom seems to be that TREE OF LIFE will debut at next year's Cannes Film Festival, but I've a feeling Fox Searchlight would rather begin rolling the film out at the late summer Venice/Telluride/Toronto Film Festivals. Or maybe they'll shock us all and take it to Sundance. I just want to see the movie now-ish.
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I was really excited when I heard about this movie but the longer they push it for release, the more dissapointing its going to be. 20 bucks says that the movie would end up sucking because everybodies expectations are going to be really high.
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At least we have a semi-firm release date.
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this film is filled with hot chicks for some reason. this release/not release/finished/not finished is getting a little ridiculous even for malick
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Nooooooooooooooooooooooo
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love the 'They Live' theme.
...now back to the Malick story TB already in progress. -
dialogue-heavy, slow moving star-studded pretention that everyone claims to love but no one goes to see? 'Cuz that's sure what it USED to be...
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Not quite...not dialogue-heavy.
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we wont see this now until late 2011. earliest is cannes. and that isnt even likely
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So, Fox is delaying it so it doesn't challenge their existing Oscar bait films and so they can prepare a proper campaign for it? We've been waiting for this for 3-4 years already, I don't think you can raise people's anticipation much higher, the opposite effect is more likely.
The Oscars aren't worth their salt anyway. The prizes are typically defined by how big your advertising budget is rather than the actual quality of your film. Most academy members get an illegal cop-- sorry -- a screener DVD anyway, so why don't they just release it in December/January. This is cinematic torture! -
unless you want to be a protector. I don't look good with a hardened beak.
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Oh well. Not like Malick was going to win anyway.
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And that Searchlight is at least willing to give it its own breathing room.
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Im sure this one will be yet another three hours of ponderous, languid, stupefying attempted filmic "poetry" like the rest of the suddenly and unjustly revered Terry Malick. He's a terrible, lunkheaded writer, and his trite, limp visual "style" is girded by unusually good cinematographers. People give Jim Cameron shit for laying on the exposition thick and deep, but who holds Malick to this standard for his gloopy, ever-present narration? Profundity porn. Next. CHOPPED
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Wow, Fox. You must like losing money.
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DO I really have to wait until next year to see this?
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...this is the first time I've disagreed with THE_CHOPPAH. I don't know what to do.
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Just pay me my tribute and all will be forgiven
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I thought this would generate more interest.
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now there is nothing to look forward to for the rest of the year
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I totally agree, Fox Searchlight should prepare to lose money. I won't be bored by this guy again just as much as I won't be tricked my M Night anymore!
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Give us a freaking trailer so we have some idea of what it will look like for CRYING OUT LOUD!!!!
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... is half the joy of the pop culture experience, nu?
At least that's what I'm in the process of telling myself.
Maybe I can snoop Malick's address off of the innanets and send him some Adderall muffins for Giftsmas.
crazyschemeface
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Hey dude, what have you make? Can I see some of your work? If you haven't made anything, how can you possibly attempt to criticizes anyone? Malick is an absolute masterful filmmaker of the highest order. I bet you have no idea how hard it is to make anything. And if so, bring it on.
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Both master artists and both brilliant. But I would never bankroll them. (Well, you can't bankroll Kubrick anymore... but you know what I mean).
I wonder if Warners is still writing off their losses on "Eyes Wide Shut" or if they didn't really care about the loss because they simply wanted another auteur piece in their library? -
I stand corrected. Looks like "Eyes Wide Shut" did pretty good international business.
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And will it be in 3D? (Just kidding.)
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Sep 09, 2010 10:13:50 PM CDT
TREE OF LIFE: fucking your eyeballs in 2011!!!
by crispin_glovers_acid_flashback
Damn you, James Cameron!
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Tony Goldwyn hasn't made a good film in 11 years, and who the hell is Romanek?
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And not just because of trees. These long-gestating movies that try to be about Life may flop with critics and audiences, but if it weren't for the crazed visionaries, movies wouldn't be worth the trouble.
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So places other than festivals/NY/LA will get this film in say November or December. Weak fucking sauce.
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of 2011, that is. Just release the fucking thing this year.
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I miss the days when the studios didn't routinely delay releasing films for such a long time, no matter what the reason. Or maybe they always have done that but the Internet Age gives us too much info (re: anticipation) too early in the game. Shit, it seems like we've been waiting 6 years since hearing about Tron: Legacy. Just release the damn thing already!
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About three hours. But it will feel longer, because it will be hypnotic and poetic and magisterial, etc. During the voiceover narration scenes, the critics will stroke their chins and nod, slowly and knowingly. My grandma won't "get it." I'll eventually pick up the Blu-ray and admire the cinematography.
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