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The Young Victoria Director Jean-Marc Vallée on True Love and Sigur Ros
17 December 2009 11:45 AM, PST
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After his 2005 film C.R.A.Z.Y. swept the Genie Awards and became an international hit, Montreal filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallée had Hollywood's red carpet laid out in front of him. He chose, instead, to make the last sort of movie he expected: a traditional costume drama exploring the romance between Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The Martin Scorsese-produced, Jullian Fellowes-scripted The Young Victoria is the result, and in addition to attracting buzz for leads Emily Blunt and Rupert Friend, it landed Vallée an upcoming assignment directing Kate Bosworth in Lost Girls and Love Hotels.
So how did the irreverent filmmaker end up here? Vallée spoke to Movieline about how he brought his slightly anarchic touch to a staid genre, and how important two very unlikely influences -- Sigur Ros and Fergie -- were to getting it made.
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Young Victoria, The | Review
16 November 2009 11:23 AM, PST
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Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
Writer(s): Julian Fellowes
Starring: Emily Blunt, Miranda Richardson, Jim Broadbent, Paul Bettany, Mark Strong, Rupert Friend, Thomas Kretschmann, Julian Glover, Michael Maloney, Rachael Stirling
This costume drama, directed by Jean-Marc Vallée (C.R.A.Z.Y.), is just that – a costume drama about Queen Victoria’s (Emily Blunt) courting of, and eventual marriage to, Prince Albert (Rupert Friend). Rife with historical inaccuracies, The Young Victoria focuses more on costume and set design than dialogue or character development. Though the costume and set design is magnificent, the cinematography primarily relies upon overtly tight focuses which blur everything but one actor’s face at a time – a technique that is both distracting and frustrating.
The scenes are purposefully chopped short, as the film barnstorms through the Cliff Notes of Victoria’s late teens. This is a mere outline of a plot, rather than a fleshed out story. As a result, there
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- Don Simpson
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Tiff: Quebecer does more than Dramedy
17 September 2009 9:06 PM, PDT
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MattCanada reporting from the Toronto International Film Festival
Two nights ago I saw J'ai tué ma mère (I Killed My Mother), the Cannes hit from 20 year old Québécois director Xavier Dolan. The film was shown in the University of Toronto's Isabel Bader Theatre, which is hands down my favorite venue for Tiff films. It is like a Frank Gehry version of an Opera House, which always makes me feel like I am about to view a classic in the making. I think for the first time the movie matched up to the theatre's atmosphere. Present at the screening for its North American premiere were director/producer/writer/star Xavier Dolan, the titular mother Anne Dorval, and the shockingly pretty François Arnaud, who plays Dolan's boyfriend. Dolan introduced the film in the most unusual way - by raving about Jacques Audiard's Un prophète, and telling the audience he hopes to
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tMF Oscarwatch: The Young Victoria disappoints...?
30 August 2009 10:59 AM, PDT
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Is this Emily Blunt's year? I really hope so... Even though this is also the year fellow British actress Carey Mulligan (via An Education) made her magnificent acting known outside of the UK. So how was Blunt's acting as the young Victoria? Is the movie Oscar-worthy? Is her performance Oscar-worthy? Says Empire:
An elegant, entertaining, informative picture with a gallery of vivid supporting turns, this provisionally crowns the winning Blunt as a Brit-pic star - but it skimps a bit on the bodice-ripping, blood and thunder.
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A more generous review from Digital Spy follows:
There's something about donning a Queen's crown that brings out the best in actresses. Cate Blanchett, Helen Mirren and Judi Dench have thrived as monarchs, and now it's the turn of Emily Blunt to take on an iconic British ruler. Blaming her "sly eyes" for constantly being cast as bad girls,
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tMF Oscarwatch: The Young Victoria disappoints...?
30 August 2009 10:59 AM, PDT
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Is this Emily Blunt's year? I really hope so... Even though this is also the year fellow British actress Carey Mulligan (via An Education) made her magnificent acting known outside of the UK. So how was Blunt's acting as the young Victoria? Is the movie Oscar-worthy? Is her performance Oscar-worthy? Says Empire:
An elegant, entertaining, informative picture with a gallery of vivid supporting turns, this provisionally crowns the winning Blunt as a Brit-pic star - but it skimps a bit on the bodice-ripping, blood and thunder.
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A more generous review from Digital Spy follows:
There's something about donning a Queen's crown that brings out the best in actresses. Cate Blanchett, Helen Mirren and Judi Dench have thrived as monarchs, and now it's the turn of Emily Blunt to take on an iconic British ruler. Blaming her "sly eyes" for constantly being cast as bad girls,
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Scenes We Love: C.R.A.Z.Y.
16 August 2009 9:02 AM, PDT
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When it comes to the films filled with nostalgia and music, we often look through the catalog composed by Cameron Crowe, epically classic combos like Harold & Maude and The Graduate, or maybe some seventies party fare with Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused. But one name that rarely makes the list, but should, is Jean-Marc Vallée and his 2005 film C.R.A.Z.Y.
Named after Patsy Cline's classic song, and the initials of five sons growing up during the sixties and seventies, C.R.A.Z.Y. follows a young man named Zac, born on Christmas and set to live a rather unique life. His mother is convinced that he's like Jesus and that his touch can heal, his father wants him to become a man's man that makes him proud, and Zac just wants to be happy. In youth, that means things like pushing a baby carriage, and in adolescence, it means being able to
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- Monika Bartyzel
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The Young Victoria will be released in Us cinemas this November
11 August 2009 1:50 AM, PDT
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The Young Victoria, the film which stars Emily Blunt as Queen Victoria of England, will finally get a Us release date. That date will be November 13, 2009.Apparition, a new distribution label, picked up the rights to distib the film domestically.
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group (Spwag) will handle all domestic ancillary rights. The announcement was made jointly by Apparition, Gk Films (the film's production company) and Spwag.
Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park) wrote the script for the film, which is directed by Jean-Marc Vallée.
The Young Victoria is written by Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park, Vanity Fair) and directed by Jean-Marc Vallée (C.R.A.Z.Y.). Producers on the film are Graham King, Martin Scorsese, Tim Headington and Sarah Ferguson.
Emily Blunt (The Devil Wears Prada) delivers a stunning performance as Queen Victoria in the turbulent first years of her reign. Rupert Friend (Pride & Prejudice) portrays Prince Albert, the suitor who wins her heart and
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Young Victoria Joins Apparition's Throne
10 August 2009
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- Something tells me that Bob Berney and Bill Pohlad have a couple of more tricks, or should I say, titles up their sleeves. Today they announced the inclusion of Quebecois filmmaker Jean Marc Vallee's period drama to Apparition's inaugural slate. The 30-million dollar period pic, shot in the U.K., preemed at Berlin's film market and will show at Tiff next month as the festival's closing film. The Young Victoria will open November 13th, and unless some other title is programmed between them, it would make it back to back "period" pics (or storylines that took place 100 plus years ago) with Bright Star.
Scripted by Julian Fellowes, this will focus on the first, often turbulent, years of the monarch's rule -- she became queen at 18 -- and her legendary romance and marriage to Prince Albert. Devastated by her husband's death in 1861, she wore black for the rest of her life and remained largely secluded.
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