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ADVERTISEMENT VENICE FILM FESTIVAL DAY 5 MONDAY, SEPT. 2, 2019 Proudly presented by the Czech Film Fund and Slovak Audiovisual Fund – World Sales Celluloid Dreams Proudly presented by the Czech Film Fund and Slovak Audiovisual Fund – World Sales Celluloid Dreams 0902 VD Silver screen - PAINTED BIRD_CVR1 REV.indd 1 8/22/19 12:41 PM We’ve Got Venice Covered. HOME > FILM > FESTIVALS JULY 18, 2019 3:44AM PT Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘The Truth’ With Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche to Open Venice Film Festival JULY 23, 2019 4:00AM PT HOME > FILM > GLOBAL First Trailer Released for Venice Days Entry ‘Beware of Children’ (EXCLUSIVE) JULY 16, 2019 HOME > FILM > FESTIVALS 7:39AM PT With ‘Ad Astra,’ ‘Joker’ Likely, Venice Set for Strong Showing by U.S., Bolstered by Streamers GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS COVERAGE FOLLOW US / VARIETY #VENICE2019 VENICE FILM FESTIVAL DAY We’ve Got Venice Covered. 5 MONDAY, SEPT. 2, 2019 PRESS CONFERENCE Heads of the ‘Network’ DYNAMIC DUO Parker Bac Boosts Contrite Int’l Sales HOME > FILM > FESTIVALS JULY 18, 2019 3:44AM PT Over Past With New Remarks Leaders Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘The Truth’ With By NICK VIVARELLI AND By ELSA KESLASSY ELSA KESLASSY bac films, the Par- Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche to looking to make a is-based film group comeback, director Nate behind the Venice Hori- Parker was in contrition zons title “My Days of Open Venice Film Festival mode Sunday at the Ven- Glory,” has bolstered its ice Film Festival, admitting international sales divi- that he had been “tone sion with a new team JULY 23, 2019 4:00AM PT HOME > FILM > GLOBAL deaf” in his past remarks topped by Marine Goulois regarding the rape charge and Andrea Dos Santos. First Trailer Released for he faced as a student. Goulois previous- Producer Rodrigo Teixeira (from top right) director Olivier Assayas, actors Penelope Cruz and Edgar Venice Days Entry ‘Beware “The last three years Ramirez; actors Wagner Moura (from bottom right), Leonardo Sbaraglia and Gael García Bernal at the ly worked at SND, the of Children’ (EXCLUSIVE) have been such a learning Venice photo call for “Wasp Network.” sales arm of the commer- experience for me,” he said cial network M6, and Les JULY 16, 2019 at a press conference on Films du Losange, while HOME > FILM > FESTIVALS 7:39AM PT the Lido for his new film, NEW ERA Dos Santos worked at With ‘Ad Astra,’ ‘Joker’ Likely, Venice Set for “American Skin.” “I feel like Orange Studio and Alfama Strong Showing by U.S., I have gained so much wis- Films. They will head the Bolstered by Streamers dom from people in my international sales divi- circle,” he added. Sky Aims for Big Impact → BAC, P.7 “Three years ago I was pretty tone deaf to the realities of certain situa- By NICK VIVARELLI Nicola Maccanico, Sky Italia’s execu- REVIEW tions that were happen- tive vice president for programming and ing in the climate. And Pay-TV giant Sky has hit Venice with the managing director of the company’s Soderbergh I’ve had a lot of time to two of its original series in tow, “The New Vision Distribution unit, which releases think about that, and I’ve Pope” and “ZeroZeroZero,” the only TV movies theatrically in Italy, spoke to Vari- learned a lot from it,” he shows with premieres on the Lido this ety about Sky’s ambitions and investments Tackles Global said. “And being tone deaf, year. Both are Italy-based but conceived in original content under its new owner, there were a lot of peo- with global audiences in mind, and come Comcast. (The interview has been edited Corruption ple that were hurt in my from the new Sky Studios in-house pro- for clarity and concision.) By OWEN GLEIBERMAN response, in the way I duction unit headed by Gary Davey. → SKY, P.7 → PARKER, P.7 steven soderbergh’s “The Laundromat” is a fluky contradiction that PRESS CONFERENCE documents that were leaked Although the approach is works. I’m tempted to to journalists in 2016 and humorous in many ways, the call it a brain-teaser — Soderbergh, Streep Hit that revealed global schemes subject matter is deadly seri- not because it’s some set up by a Panamanian ous, both Soderbergh and sort of clockwork mys- the ‘The Laundromat’ law firm to help companies Streep said Sunday in Venice, tery caper that toys with and rich clients around the where the Netflix film is hav- your expectations, but By HENRY CHU film’s stars, said Sunday. world avoid billions of dol- ing its world premiere. “This because it’s a true-life GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS COVERAGE Directed by Steven Soder- lars in taxes. Streep plays a is an entertaining, flash, fun- journalistic drama about “the laundromat” is bergh, the Netflix movie middle-class woman who is ny way of telling a very, very the new world order of the story of a terrible joke takes a blackly comic look cheated of money she’s owed dark, black-hearted joke, a offshore financial cor- “that’s being played on all of at the investigation into the and starts asking uncomfort- joke that’s being played on ruption, and it’s a movie JOEL C RYAN/INVISION/AP/SHUTTERSTOCK us,” Meryl Streep, one of the Panama Papers, a trove of able questions. → LAUNDROMAT, P.7 → REVIEW, P.6 FOLLOW US / VARIETY #VENICE2019 VENICE FILM FESTIVAL | NEWS French at Venice “Woman” producer/ filmmaker Yann Arthus-Bertrand, “Adults in the Room” helmer Costa-Gavras, UniFrance managing director Daniela Elstner, UniFrance president Serge Toubiana, CNC president Dominique Boutonnat and French film composer Alexandre Desplat enjoy the UniFrance cocktail Saturday evening. GOLDEN LION FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT Andrews Looks Back on Busy Career By SHALINI DORE for King George VI and Queen Eliz- the 1964 Oscar for lead actress, “Between each other we work abeth. “Everybody was surprised Golden Globe and a Grammy for very well. It’s an amazing gift to Julie Andrews, who is receiv- that I had such a strong voice.” the soundtrack, with her co-stars. have your daughter as your equal ing the Golden Lion at Venice, will Broadway was another big She followed that up with partner.” forever be linked to three films: jump, followed by films, and now 1965’s “The Sound of Music,” She’s got a lot of other projects “The Sound of Music,” “Mary Pop- she’s on her fourth step, “still which garnered her an Oscar in the pipeline, including a pod- pins” and “The Princess Diaries.” very busy doing books and other nomination for lead actress. cast, other book ideas, voiceover But Andrews didn’t only star projects.” Andrews is the author of about work (Andrews was the voice in family-friendly hits. Her turn Andrews started out in vaude- 30 books, some with daughter of Queen Lillian in the “Shrek” in Arthur Hiller’s “The Ameri- ville, where her parents per- Emma Walton Hamilton, includ- movies). canization of Emily” in 1964 is formed in British music halls. ing “Home Work,” which will come She’s also directed for the stage, an enduring favorite among crit- Another performer, Wally Boag, out in October. but never the screen. “I was mar- ics, even though the anti-war film would make balloon animals and “She is the nuts and bolts ried to a very fine director and I was considered controversial at ask kids to come up on stage to of each story, and I’m all the wouldn’t dare when he was alive, the time. Indeed, the Venice Film receive them. “I was the last one flights of fantasy,” Andrews says. but I like directing theater.” Festival, cited “Emily” in its deci- to go up,” Andrews says. “He would sion to award Andrews the Gold- ask, ‘Would you like to sing?,’ and I en Lion: “It must be remembered would launch into an aria.” that Andrews went out of her way As a teenager, Andrews came to to avoid remaining confined as an Broadway, where she performed icon of family movies. She accept- in 1954’s highly successful West Practically Perfect ed roles that were diverse, dramat- End transplant “The Boy Friend.” in Every Way Julie Andrews ic, provocative and imbued with She then starred as Eliza Doolit- won an Oscar for scathing irony.” tle in the Broadway version of “My creating the now- iconic titluar role in VARIETY.COM “There have been four really Fair Lady,” although the film role “Mary Poppins.” major stepping stones,” Andrews would go to Audrey Hepburn. says of her career, which also During the stage run of includes an Oscar nomination for “Camelot,” Walt Disney came to her performance in “Victor Victo- see her with the offer of a role in ria,” written and directed by her “Mary Poppins.” She refused, tell- late husband, Blake Edwards. ing him she was pregnant (with SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 SEPTEMBER Andrews got her first big break daughter Emma). But he was will- at age 12, when she sang at a Roy- ing to wait till she could do the 2 al Command Variety Performance role. “Mary Poppins” earned her POPPINS: MOVIESTORE/SHUTTERSTOCK MARY UNIFRANCE: AGENCE/BESTIMAGE; FACETIME | VENICE FILM FESTIVAL Liberating Emotions Tim Robbins went behind prison walls to direct the doc “45 Seconds of Laughter.” How will the film alter our view of heart it’s about the fulfilment of love, Tim Robbins the prisoners? the obstacles in the way of true love, It’s my hope that the film can help us and the struggle between those that look with new eyes at something that would compromise love and those is largely an abstraction right now.

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