Oh, and by the way: John Horn‘s 8.30 story in the L.A. Times was incorrect, apparently, in announcing that Adrienne Shelly‘s Waitress, a drama with Kerri Russell as a pregnant, unhappily married waitress in the deep south who falls into an affair with a visitor, would be showing at Telluride. No sign of it so far, according to what I’ve been told. Same deal with Susanne Bier‘s After the Wedding, which I expect will be as precise and penetrating as Bier’s Brothers and Open Hearts. No Telluride sightings, I mean. Maybe it’ll turn up as a surprise sneak sometime today.
Day: September 3, 2006
O’Toole is a lock
Peter O’Toole‘s performance in Roger Michell‘s Venus (Miramax, 12.15) is an absolute lock for a Best Actor nomination, says Oscar prognosticator Pete Hammond after catching the British-made comedy-drama yesterday afternoon at the Telluride Film Festival. This is also the view of several others who caught the film yesterday as well, he reports. I’ve been flagging this development for a while now, and trying to see Venus since I first heard about some research screenings last April. Michell admitted to being nervous about the reaction to yesterday’s showings, which were the very first for the final finished print. Venus will be screening at the Toronto Film Festival, and Michell, O’Toole and various other team members will show up also.