Yesterday was all about Kate Winslet as translucent English Rose and her ad campaign for St. John’s. The tabs and the internet have been buzzing with speculation about the Golden Globes and what and who Kate will wear on the red carpet, what her makeup and hair will look like, what jewels will adorn her. It’s kind of nice to get this clip from Roman Polanski’s Carnage (for which she’s received one of her two Globe nominations this year). In the clip, Winslet’s Nancy Cowan, in sharp contrast to the tight-lipped, buttoned up professional (as evidenced by her hair if nothing else) that we’ve seen in the other clips and trailers, is slightly disheveled, drunk and planning to get drunker.

Besides Winslet’s slurred rambling, a highlight is John C. Reilly’s Michael Longstreet, one half of the other couple in whose home Winslet is doing the drinking. His reaction to this relative stranger railing against his wife is hilarious.

As I’m sure you know by now, Carnage is based on the awarding winning play “God of Carnage” by Yasmina Reza and stars along with Winslet and Reilly, Christoph Waltz as Alan Cowan and Jodie Foster as Penelope Longstreet. Foster has also received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress Musical or Comedy.The short synopsis: Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the evening into chaos. 

Carnage is another holdover from last year that we’ve been talking about for months. After playing nearly every conceivable film festival it opened in NY and LA on December 16 and is finally getting a wider release this week. (I have my ticket! YAY!) 

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Roman Polanski’s Carnage is one of the few remaining awards contenders that I have yet to see and am really looking forward to. If it feels like we’ve been talking about it forever, it’s been since about July. Carnage, starring the Oscar heavy cast of Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly, made its North American debut as the opening night selection of this year’s New York Film Festival back in October after it had already played at festivals all over the world, including Venice. It’s currently playing on seven screens in NY and LA, but I can’t find a wide release date for the US. It will open on 3^rd February in the UK. Meanwhile, both Jodie Foster and Kate Winslet have been nominated for a Golden Globe in the Best Supporting Actress Musical/Comedy category.

Carnage is set in New York (actually a single apartment in New York) and is based on Yasmina Reza’s 2009 Tony winner for Best Play,”God of Carnage” (Le Dieu du Carnage).  It’s about  two sets of middle-class couples who meet for dinner after their children get into a fight at school. (One of them hits the other in the head.)  Given the cast and the plot one might think that this will be a straight drama but, not if you know that it also won the Olivier Award in 2009 for the London production for Best Comedy.  All is definitely not what it appears with these people, perhaps even ‘not quite right’. This is a satirical look at upper middle class New Yorkers, something along the lines of a slightly less venomous “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf”.

Enjoy the pics. It might be all we get on this side of the pond, until dvd. We’ll keep you posted.

We have a new clip from Roman Polanski’s Carnage to share.

As soon as we got the first trailers and clips we saw how tightly wound Jodie Foster's character is. I think this clip certainly bears that out. It also bears out my assumptions that John C. Reilly's is a bit sycophantic, Kate Winslet's a tad priggish and Christoph Waltz is the pragmatist.

Carnage is based on the award winning play “God of Carnage” by Yasmina Reza and tells the story of two sets of parents who decide to have a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a schoolyard brawl. Given Foster’s ‘chirpy-ness’ in this snippet, and having seen what’s coming in the trailers, “tightly wound” is an understatement. Her passive aggressive insistence that Winslet and Waltz’s son is to blame is obvious. What will be interesting to find out is whether or not this clip comes close to the beginning when the two couples are still being civil or toward the end when they’re called some sort of truce and are just exhausted. I’m judging from the state of Winslet’s hair that it’s the former.

Carnage opens in the US and Canada on December 16 and 3^rd February in the UK.

The new UK trailer for Roman Polanski’s Carnage, based on the hit play “God of Carnage” by Yasmina Reza, doesn’t really break any new ground. For the most part (there are some additions) it shows us the same scenes as in the US trailer, but orders them differently thus placing more emphasis on some topics, less on others. For instance, in the US trailer, there is more humor revolving around drinking while in the UK version, we learn that Christoph Waltz’s character Alan, calls his wife Nancy (Kate Winslet) by the pet name, Doodle. It’s all about the context.

The premise for the film is simple. Two New York couples, both the parents of young boys, meet to discuss the fact that one boy has hit the other boy with a stick during a playground dispute.  What follows is sort of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolfe” –lite, with initial reserve, manners and consideration giving way to much bickering, insults and apparently vomiting.

The cast consists of the four actors you see in the trailers and the posters: Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly. I have to say, the poster above, supposedly the final version, is completely bland. That may be the point though. Appearances being deceiving and all.

Carnage opens December 16 in the US & Canada and 3 February in the UK

Roman Polanski’s Carnage is already scheduled for the Venice International Film Festival and I was surprised by its omission from the Toronto announcements but thought perhaps details were still being worked out and it would be announced with the next wave. Well, now we know that indeed, details probably were being worked out but for a different festival. Carnage, starring the Oscar heavy cast of Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly, will make its North American debut in New York, as it has been chosen as the opening night selection of this year’s New York Film Festival.  The scheduling of Carnage follows on the heels of last year’s coup, The Social Network.

Carnage is set in New York (actually a single apart in New York) and is based on Yasmina Reza’s 2009 Tony winner for Best Play,”God of Carnage” (Le Dieu du Carnage).  It’s about  two sets of middle-class couples who meet for dinner after their children get into a fight at school. (One of them hits the other in the head.)  Given the cast and the plot one might think that this will be a straight drama but, not if you know that it also won the Olivier Award in 2009 for the London production for Best Comedy. Take a look at the new pics below. They definitely give hints that not only is all not what it appears with these people but perhaps even ‘not quite right’. My personal favorites are Foster spritzing tulips, presumably to give them scent because tulips have none and Waltz apparently blow-drying a cell phone.  I’m expecting something along the lines of a satirical look at upper middle class New Yorkers.

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What a departure Robert Pattinson’s film Water For Elephants is from his Twilight franchise! I didn’t think he could look cuter or have more sex appeal but my goodness he looks exquisite in this film. He’s one of these guys that is going to get better and better looking as he ages. Hot. Damn. Yes I know the above picture has nothing to do with this film, but he looks so smoking hot!

The film also stars Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz (heavy hitting cast, huh?) and is set for release April 15, 2011. He is currently filming Twilight Saga:  Breaking Dawn Parts 1 and 2. I sincerely hope he finishes in time to do the promotional tour for this movie.  It looks like a great movie! He plays the main character Jacob Jankowski:

A veterinary student abandons his studies after his parents are killed and joins a traveling circus as their vet.

Tell me what you think of the trailer.