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Press Release
Hail, Caesar! directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, to open the 66th
Berlinale
On 11 February 2016, Hail, Caesar! by Academy Award winning director
duo Joel and Ethan Coen will open the 66th Berlin International Film
Festival.
Hail, Caesar! takes place during the latter years of Hollywood’s Golden
Age, during the studio system’s heyday, and features an all-star cast
including Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph Fiennes,
Jonah Hill, Scarlett Johansson, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and
Channing Tatum. The comedy follows a single day in the life of a studio
fixer who is presented with plenty of problems to fix.
The renowned directors Joel and Ethan Coen have been a prominent
fixture in international cinema for more than 30 years. After their
sensational debut Blood Simple (1984), the Coen Brothers have enjoyed
international successes with audiences and critics alike for films such as
Fargo (1996, Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay), No Country
for Old Men (2007, three Academy Awards in the categories Best Adapted
Screenplay, Best Film and Best Director), Burn After Reading (2008), A
Serious Man (2009) and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013).
66. Internationale
Filmfestspiele
Berlin
11. – 21.02.2016
Press Office
Potsdamer Straße 5
10785 Berlin
Phone +49 · 30 · 259 20 · 707
Fax
+49 · 30 · 259 20 · 799
[email protected]
www.berlinale.de
In 1998, the Coen Brothers presented their brilliant comedy The Big
Lebowski in the Berlinale Competition programme, and their dramatic
western True Grit opened the 61st Berlin International Film Festival in
2011.
“It’s wonderful that Joel and Ethan Coen are once again opening the
Berlinale. Their humour, unique characters and fantastic narrative skill
are guaranteed to thrill the audience. Hail, Caesar! is the perfect start
for the 2016 Berlinale,” says Festival Director Dieter Kosslick.
Hail, Caesar! is produced by Joel and Ethan Coen, and Tim Bevan and Eric
Fellner, through Mike Zoss Productions and Working Title Films.
The film is released by Universal Pictures worldwide and will open in
German cinemas on February 18, 2016.
Ein Geschäftsbereich der
Kulturveranstaltungen des
Bundes in Berlin (KBB) GmbH
Management:
Prof. Dieter Kosslick
(Intendant Internationale
Filmfestspiele Berlin),
Charlotte Sieben
(Kaufmännische Geschäftsführung),
Prof. Dr. Bernd M. Scherer,
Dr. Thomas Oberender
Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrates:
Staatsministerin
Prof. Monika Grütters MdB
Press Office
December 4, 2015
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