The Duchess of Cambridge is a headwear fashion inspiration to so many, including Adèle Blanc-Sec, the stylish French heroine of Luc Besson’s The Extraordinary Adventures Of ADÈLE Blanc-sec. Adèle and her gorgeous hats, travel from Paris to Peru and Egypt at the turn of the 20th century to unlock an ancient secret in the hopes of curing her near catatonic sister.
The year is 1912. This is the story of an intrepid young reporter Adèle Blanc-Sec and her quest for the power of life over death. Her journey would take her to distant lands to face many dangers beneath the sands. She will go to any lengths to achieve her aims, including sailing to Egypt to tackle mummies of all shapes and sizes. Meanwhile in Paris, a 136 million-year old pterodactyl egg on display in the natural history museum has mysteriously hatched, and the creature subjects the city to a reign of terror from the skies.
The year is 1912. This is the story of an intrepid young reporter Adèle Blanc-Sec and her quest for the power of life over death. Her journey would take her to distant lands to face many dangers beneath the sands. She will go to any lengths to achieve her aims, including sailing to Egypt to tackle mummies of all shapes and sizes. Meanwhile in Paris, a 136 million-year old pterodactyl egg on display in the natural history museum has mysteriously hatched, and the creature subjects the city to a reign of terror from the skies.
- 8/1/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
This summer, let your imagination run free. Journey into an awe-inspiring world of action fantasy and visual wonder with popular French comics heroine Adèle Blanc-Sec as she leaps from the pages to the screen! On August 13, 2013, Shout! Factory, in collaboration with EuropaCorp, invite families and the young-at-heart across America to be captivated by one of the most highly anticipated international motion pictures of all time when Luc Besson’s The Extraordinary Adventures Of ADÈLE Blanc-sec unleashes on DVD and on two-disc Blu-ray Combo Pack. The Blu-ray combo pack allows viewers to enjoy The Extraordinary Adventures Of ADÈLE Blanc-sec on the platform of their choice and includes spectacular movie presentation on Blu-ray, DVD and a digital copy of the movie compatible with PC, Mac, iTunes, iPhone and AppleTV.
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Brimming with heart-pounding action, breathtaking cinematography and visceral special effects, this acclaimed feature illustrates the magical power of moviemaking,...
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Brimming with heart-pounding action, breathtaking cinematography and visceral special effects, this acclaimed feature illustrates the magical power of moviemaking,...
- 5/16/2013
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
There’s a real winner on the horizon. Unfortunately, it’s a ways off. Still, we’ve got the news about The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec coming to Blu-Ray and DVD, and it’s worth taking a look. Based on a wildly popular French comic, the story gives us something akin to the young, female Indiana Jones, and just off the trailer (nevermind the critical acclaim the film has already received), it looks like a fantastic family film.
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Synopsis
The year is 1912. This is the story of an intrepid young reporter Adèle Blanc-Sec and her quest for the power of life over death. Her journey would take her to distant lands to face many dangers beneath the sands. She will go to any lengths to achieve her aims, including sailing to Egypt to tackle mummies of all shapes and sizes.
Take a look a the trailer, and get all the details below.
Synopsis
The year is 1912. This is the story of an intrepid young reporter Adèle Blanc-Sec and her quest for the power of life over death. Her journey would take her to distant lands to face many dangers beneath the sands. She will go to any lengths to achieve her aims, including sailing to Egypt to tackle mummies of all shapes and sizes.
- 5/10/2013
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Toronto recently added a Day Eleven, but I didn't book my flight accordingly, so this is my final festival report. I caught up with a number of Toronto premieres in my last two days, my favorite of which was a hometown item, Yonah Lewis and Calvin Thomas's low-budget Amy George. Leading with a few showy missteps that made me fear the worst, the film quickly settles into a interesting groove as it observes the foibles of a hippie Toronto family and their 13-year-old son, an articulate and thoughtful boy who nonetheless makes some very awkward moves as he struggles with the blooming of sexual desire. Driven by a wonderful lead performance by young Gabriel del Castillo Mullally, the film remains true to a specific social environment, and its events, however large in the mind of its protagonist, are no more than ripples on the surface of its undemonstrative observational style.
- 9/19/2011
- MUBI
‘Black Gold’ Will Open Doha Tribeca Film Festival The premiere of Tarak Ben Ammar’s Black Gold will kick off the Doha Tribeca Film Festival, organizers said today. Backers of the film, billed as the biggest ever produced in the Middle East, also said that James Horner (Titanic, Avatar) had recently completed the score at London’s Abbey Road Studios. Warner Bros and Universal Pictures are set to release the film globally on November 23. The festival runs Oct. 25-29. Study: Cable Revenues, Usage On The Rise In Europe Europeans seem to be resisting the cord-cutting trend, or maybe they just haven’t gotten around to it. The European cable market continued to expand in 2010, with revenue throughout the E.U. rising by nearly 8% for the year on the strength of double-digit growth in digital TV, broadband and telephony subscribers, according to a new study from Ihs. Guy Bisson, TV research director for Ihs,...
- 9/8/2011
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
North American rights to "Free Men" by Ismaël Ferroukhi ("Le Grand Voyage") have been picked up by Film Movement. The French thriller, based on real events, about a Muslim Algerian immigrant living in Vichy France, will screen at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival. Film Movement will open the feature in the second quarter of 2012 in New York with a limited national roll out afterward as well as a ...
- 9/7/2011
- Indiewire
Film Movement has acquired Us rights to Ismaël Ferroukhi's second film "Free Men." Ferroukhi directed "Le Grand Voyage," which was also released by Film Movement. "Free Men" stars Tahar Rahim, who earned high marks for his role in the Oscar-nominated "A Prophet." In "Free Men," Rahim stars as Younes, an Algerian who makes his living on the black market. When he is arrested, Younes is hired by the Paris police ...
- 9/7/2011
- Indiewire
Spanish communist, writer, politician and Buchenwald survivor
Leader of the communist underground in 1950s Madrid, prize-winning 1960s screenwriter, minister in Spain's socialist government in the 1980s, and novelist and memorialist of deportation to a Nazi concentration camp, Jorge Semprún, who has died aged 87, was an outstanding participant in and witness of 20th-century Europe.
The experience of 18 months in Buchenwald, from 1943 to 1945, underlay all he thought and did. To the end of his life he suffered nightmares of the camp. His last public appearance, in April 2010, was to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the camp's liberation. He spoke then, on the same esplanade where he had seen people killed, of his belief in a united Europe rising from the ashes of Buchenwald's crematoria.
The fourth of seven children, Semprún was born in Madrid into an upper-class family. His maternal grandfather was the Conservative prime minister Antonio Maura. His mother died when he was eight.
Leader of the communist underground in 1950s Madrid, prize-winning 1960s screenwriter, minister in Spain's socialist government in the 1980s, and novelist and memorialist of deportation to a Nazi concentration camp, Jorge Semprún, who has died aged 87, was an outstanding participant in and witness of 20th-century Europe.
The experience of 18 months in Buchenwald, from 1943 to 1945, underlay all he thought and did. To the end of his life he suffered nightmares of the camp. His last public appearance, in April 2010, was to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the camp's liberation. He spoke then, on the same esplanade where he had seen people killed, of his belief in a united Europe rising from the ashes of Buchenwald's crematoria.
The fourth of seven children, Semprún was born in Madrid into an upper-class family. His maternal grandfather was the Conservative prime minister Antonio Maura. His mother died when he was eight.
- 6/9/2011
- by Michael Eaude
- The Guardian - Film News
The Disney 50, London
Watching every Disney feature animation ever made wouldn't take a month of Sundays, it would take a year of Sundays, and here's your chance. That's right: to mark the release of the 50th Disney feature, Tangled, the BFI is playing every one of its 49 predecessors – including Bambi, Snow White and Pinocchio – chronologically, every weekend throughout 2011. By the end, you should never again want for the sight of a talking woodland animal, a silver-throated princess, a homicidal stepmother or a dated example of politically incorrect stereotyping. Beyond the all-time classics, there are some intriguing obscurities – anyone remember Make Mine Music, a jazz answer to Fantasia? – while Tangled, a snappy, Pixar-ish spin on Rapunzel, proves there's life in the 74-year-old formula yet. There'll be a preview of it this Sunday to kick off the season, and its directors host a Q&A at the IMAX later this month.
BFI Southbank,...
Watching every Disney feature animation ever made wouldn't take a month of Sundays, it would take a year of Sundays, and here's your chance. That's right: to mark the release of the 50th Disney feature, Tangled, the BFI is playing every one of its 49 predecessors – including Bambi, Snow White and Pinocchio – chronologically, every weekend throughout 2011. By the end, you should never again want for the sight of a talking woodland animal, a silver-throated princess, a homicidal stepmother or a dated example of politically incorrect stereotyping. Beyond the all-time classics, there are some intriguing obscurities – anyone remember Make Mine Music, a jazz answer to Fantasia? – while Tangled, a snappy, Pixar-ish spin on Rapunzel, proves there's life in the 74-year-old formula yet. There'll be a preview of it this Sunday to kick off the season, and its directors host a Q&A at the IMAX later this month.
BFI Southbank,...
- 1/15/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Cineuropa reminds us that production began this week on Ismaël Ferroukhi’s sophomore feature - Free Men (Les Hommes Libres) posits Tahar Rahim in a role that might recall of his obvious breakout role - the Cesar Best Actor winning part in A Prophet. Ferroukhi directed Le grand voyage (a Film Movement title) back in 2004, and has worked on shorts film since. I wouldn't be surprised if this picture isn't ready for May of next year: Rahim might be there with a pair (Lou Ye's Love And Bruises), actors Mahmoud Shalaby and Michael Lonsdale - again both were predominately profiled in Cannes in the previous two editions, Ferroukhi himself a 1992 short film win at the French festival and Pyramide Productions are said to be releasing Free Men midway next year. Here's a rather long synopsis which is where we find the behind bars connection. Arrested by the French police, Younes...
- 7/22/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
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