As we get closer to the heart of awards season, The Artist is one of the movies you’ll be hearing more and more about. It’s come out of left field and taken critics and preview audiences by surprise, and The Weinstein Company will likely be throwing their resources behind it when Oscar campaigns kick into high gear.
Hitting theaters in limited release on November 25, 2011, The Artist was written and directed by Michel Hazanavicius and stars Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell, Penelope Ann Miller, and Missi Pyle.
The Plot: Hollywood 1927. George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a silent movie superstar. The advent of the talkies will sound the death knell for his career and see him fall into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo), it seems the sky’s the limit – major movie stardom awaits. The Artist tells the story of their interlinked destinies.
