Word: fahrenheit
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Park Chan Wook's Old Boy. It took the Grand Prix du Jury, or second prize. (Only Michael Moore's anti-Bush documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 finished higher, copping the Palme d'Or.) When Tarantino read out the Old Boy award, he proclaimed that the jury was "delighted" with its choice...
...Moore?s documentary ?Fahrenheit 9/11,? a passionate, well-constructed indictment of the Bush Administration?s foreign and domestic policies, won the Palme d?Or, or top prize, at the 57th Cannes Film Festival. When the award was announced, the huge crowd erupted in cheers and applause. As he mounted the stage, this self-described outsider seemed nonplussed by his new status as Minister of Film Information. In mock outrage he turned to Quentin Tarantino, the President of the Cannes Jury, to demand, ?What have you done?? and ?You just did this to mess...
...entire ceremony had the theme of a ?Fahrenheit? love-fest. The evening?s first winner, Short Film runner-up Jonas Geirnaert, had a message about Moore for viewers of the Independent Film Channel back in the States, which was broadcasting the show: ?In case he shouldn?t win, if anyone is watching this from the United States, please don?t vote Bush.? Then Tim Roth, announcing another prize, declared, ?I?d like to compliment the young man for his comments, which I thought were extraordinarily brave...
...Irma P. Hall, lead actress of the Coen brothers? comedy ?The Ladykillers,? Tarantino said, ?Tilda wanted to give her a Force of Nature prize.? The Prix du Scenario (screenplay) prize to the French drama ?Comme une image? was, Quentin said, ?one of the easier awards to give.? As for ?Fahrenheit,? he stressed that the prize was given for film artistry, not politics. He added that all the entries had adherents: ?No film was far away...
...Grand Jury Prize: ?Fahrenheit 9/11...