Clooney Fail: Trade Roughage 04/07/08

By Karina Longworth posted 5 months ago

Predictions that Leatherheads would take the top spot at the weekend box office in spite of middling reviews and virtually no hook for young viewers proved to be unfounded. The Film That Turned George Clooney Fi-Core made just $13.5 million, barely enough for second place behind the still strong 21.
Sundance vets Trouble the Water and Man on Wire both took jury prizes at the Full Frame Film Festival this weekend. In a Dream and The Betrayal also left Durham with awards.
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Director’s Fortnight sidebar, this year’s Cannes Film Festival will screen a number of retrospective titles from past years, including Stranger Than Paradise and Aguirre, Wrath of God. The program will then travel to Rome and Buenos Aires.