Jean-Jacques Annaud, no stranger to period epics (having directed "Enemy at the Gates" and "Seven Years in Tibet"), is back in theaters this Friday with another ambitious undertaking, the 1930's set "Day of the Falcon," starring Antonio Banderas, Mark Strong and Freida Pinto. The sprawling Arabian d...
Read More »It was way back in the fall of 2011 when the trailer for Jean-Jacques Annaud’s “Black Gold” was released, as the film started to hit the festival circuit. Now, in 2013, the epic film is finally seeing a release in North America with the brand new (and somewhat bland) title of &ldqu...
Read More »For director Jean-Jacques Annaud ("The Name of the Rose," "Quest For Fire," "The Bear"), having served as President of the Features Jury some years ago, returning to the Marrakech International Film Festival with his new film "Black Gold" in tow was in some wa...
Read More »Left in a strange kind of limbo, partly due to a delay in finding U.S. distribution, and therefore a large swathe of the Western audience to whom it rather panders, Jean-Jacques Annaud's period sand saga "Black Gold" makes an odd addition to a festival line-up.
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