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60th Anniversary Award: Gus Van Sant for “Paranoid Park”
Jury President Stephen Frears awarded a 60th Anniversary Prize to Gus Van Sant for Paranoid Park.
CANNES, (rushprnews) 05/22/2008 – Gus Van Sant accepted this Anniversary Award and expressed his appreciation: “Thanks, Stephen, and thanks to the Jury and thanks to the family Karmitz for backing this film. It had very humble beginnings and for the short film as well. Thanks to my producers. Of course thanks to Gilles Jacob and Thierry Frémaux for this Festival; it’s been a really good one this year. Thanks to Chris Doyle and Rain Li for the cinematography and Blake Nelson for writing the original book that it’s from and all the others who helped make it. Thank you.â€
Overview
- Directed by:
- Gus VAN SANT
- Country:
- USA, FRANCE
- Year:
- 2007
- Duration:
- 85 minutes
- Selection :
- En compétition
- Awards:
- 60th Anniversary Prize, 2007
Credits
- Leslie SHATZ
- – Sound
- Gus VAN SANT
- – Film Editor
- John PEARSON-DENNING
- – Set Designer
- Christopher DOYLE
- – Cinematography
- Gus VAN SANT
- – Screenplay
- Gus VAN SANT
- – Director
Actors
- Scott GREEN
- – SCRATCH
- Dan LIU
- – DETECTIVE RICHARD LU
- Lauren MCKINNEY
- – MACY
- Jake MILLER
- – JARED
- Taylor MOMSEN
- – JENNIFER
- Gabe NEVINS
- – ALEX
Synopsis
Alex, a teenage skateboarder accidentally kills a security guard in the vicinity of Paranoid Park, Portland’s tough street park. He decides to say nothing.
Contacts and useful links
Production : MK2 Р55 rue Traversi̬re 75012 Paris РT : +33 (0)1 44 67 30 00 Рcharles.gillibert@mk2.com Рwww.mk2.com MENO FILM COMPANY (ETATS-UNIS)
Distribution : MK2 – T : +33 (0)1 44 67 30 80 – rahma.goubar@mk2.com – www.mk2.com
French press : JEROME JOUNEAUX РJer̫me Jouneaux РT : +33 (0)1 53 20 01 20 РF : +33 (0)1 53 20 09 82 Рjerome-jouneaux@wanadoo.fr
International press: PREMIER PUBLIC RELATIONS – jonathan Rutter – T : +44 (0)20 7292 8330 – jonathan.rutter@premierpr.com – www.premierpr.com
Foreign sales: MK2 – T : +33 (0)1 44 67 30 76 – mathilde.henrot@mk2.com – www.mk2.com
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