Palm d’Or deliberations>
Fox 411′s Roger Friedman reported yesterday that the Cannes jury is said to be “completely deadlocked over which film to choose [for the Palme d'Or], and that no clear favorite has emerged.” In other words, some of the jurors want to give it to Julian Schnabel‘s The Diving Bell and Butterfly to help it along commercially, perhaps sensing that it’ll be facing a difficult sell in the U.S. without it. The other two camps are said to be behind Joel and Ethan Coen‘s No Country for Old Men and Cristian Mungiu‘s 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days. The awards will be announced about four or five hours from now.
That’s just Friedman’s way of giving more attention to Sicko (since he’s long been firmly planted in Harvey’s back pocket.) He doesn’t even try to disguise it anymore.
Giving the award really helped The Wind That Shakes The Barley last year? I believe it recieved a rousing 50 theater release in the US.
If it’s close the Coens won’t win the Palme d’Or since they already have one.
The Romanian flick won.