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Sunday, September 14, 2008 at 8:59PM New Photos and Release Date For John Cusack's 'Shanghai'
According to the
Weinstein
Company website, the studio has moved
Shanghai into the 2008 awards race and will
release the film on Christmas. It was less than a month ago when I was looking
over the Weinstein's fall preview and saw no mention of the film at all. But
something has apparently changed in Bob and Harvey's world, which could mean the
studio feels confident that the film can compete with some more heavily-armed
competition.
Taking place in the years before World War II,
Shanghai stars
John Cusack as an American traveling to
Shanghai after the death of his friend. There's some romance, some mystery, and
some intrigue. I can't get it out of my mind that the summaries I've read for
this movie are very similar to the setup of The Third Man, which is one
of the greatest films ever made. Maybe there's more to the plot, but it sounds
like they've just replaced Vienna with Shanghai.
The film stars
Chow-Yun Fat,
Jeffrey Dean
Morgan,
Ken Watanabe,
Rinko Kikuchi,
and Gong Li,
and there are some new publicity photos that are just radiant. Here's hoping the
colors and costumes can come to life throughout the film like they do here.
Reader Comments (5)
Gong Li AND Ken Wantanbe?? I'm there!!
Colin! I think it just wrapped mid Aug. That was a quick post
I guess so. Again, this wasn't in TWC's fall preview kit, and that came out less than a month ago.
"The Weinstein Co. has other awards hopefuls in the mix: Woody Allen's "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," already in release; a film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's "The Road," starring Viggo Mortensen, scheduled for Nov. 14; and the World War II spy drama "Shanghai," starring John Cusack, which is promised for Dec. 25."
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No traiker YET???????????