Cinema Retro has received the following press release from Park Circus:
Park Circus is delighted to announce that it will have
two classic films feature in the line-up at Festival de Cannes 2019.
A stunning new 4K restoration of Moulin
Rouge (1952) will screen as part of the Cannes Classics programme, with
road movie classic Easy Rider (1969) also screening. Presented half a century
ago on the Croisette, in Competition at the Festival de Cannes, the film won
the Prize for a first work. Co-writer, co-producer and lead actor, Peter Fonda,
will be in Cannes at the invitation of the Festival to celebrate this
anniversary.
Set in the 19th century, Moulin
Rouge is the story of the crippled artist, Toulouse-Lautrec (José Ferrer).
He forgets his worries by drinking and mingling at the Moulin Rouge nightclub
in Paris, where he sits and sketches the scenes he sees. Lonely and convinced
his crippled state means he will be alone forever, he is delighted to meet
Marie (Colette Marchand), a young girl in need of help. The two become lovers,
but he soon learns she is being unfaithful. Crushed, he throws her out and
attempts to carry on with his life.
The film scooped a host of awards, including two Academy
Awards® in 1953 for Best Picture and Best Costume Design.
Moulin
Rouge has been restored by The Film Foundation in
collaboration with Park Circus, Romulus Films and Metro Goldwyn Mayer
with additional funding provided by the Franco-American Cultural Fund, a
unique partnership between the Directors Guild of
America (DGA), the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA),
Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique (SACEM), and
the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW).
Restored
from the 35mm Original Nitrate 3-Strip Technicolor Negative. 4K
scanning, color grading, digital image restoration and film recording by
Cineric, Inc. Colorist Daniel DeVincent. Audio
restoration by Chace Audio. Film processing and printing by FotoKem.
Restoration Consultant Grover Crisp.
Presented in proud partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment,
Easy
Rider is a landmark road film which chronicles the
search for freedom by two motorcycle-riding drifters (Peter Fonda and
Dennis Hopper, who also directs) who meet up with an alcoholic lawyer
(Jack Nicholson) in a southern jail. The lawyer gets
them out and then joins them on their liberating journey. This
unconventional classic, nominated for an Academy Award® (1969) for Best
Original Screenplay, is a compelling mixture of drugs, sex and armchair
politics, which continues to touch a chord with fans
everywhere.
Easy
Rider directed by Dennis Hopper (1969, 95 minutes, USA).
Restored in 4K by Sony Pictures Entertainment in collaboration with
Cineteca di Bologna. Restored from the 35mm Original Picture Negative
and 35mm Black and White Separation Masters. 4K
scanning and digital image restoration by Immagine Ritrovata. Audio
restoration from the 35mm Original 3-track Magnetic Master by Chace
Audio and Deluxe Audio. Color grading, picture conform, additional image
restoration and DCP by Roundabout Entertainment.
Colorist Sheri Eisenberg. Restoration supervised by Grover Crisp.
Reflecting on the line-up, new Park Circus CEO Mark Hirzberger-Taylor commented:
*Park
Circus is once again honoured to be a part of the Cannes Classics
line-up. Together with our studio partners we are privileged to present
two seminal classics to the 72nd Cannes Film Festival. We also look forward to meeting our many
exhibition and distribution partners, with whom we are delighted to
partner to bring so many wonderful films back to the big screen
worldwide*