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Erstellt am: 2002-10-14 23:47
NP.com am 13. Oktober 2002:
HOLLYWOOD (
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... _head_dc_1) - Natalie Portman and Penelope Cruz have been set to star with up-and-comer Jay Rodan in "Head in the Clouds," which will begin filming in December in Montreal.
The pre-WWII epic romance concerns a young Cambridge student (Rodan) and a budding fashion photographer (Portman). Their relationship is severed when he heads to Spain to fight fascism, and they are reunited later as she puts her life on the line for him. Cruz plays a gypsy friend of the photographer who figures in the intrigue.
John Duigan ("Sirens") will direct the independently financed project from his script.
Portman will do the film after completing the Anthony Minghella-directed "Cold Mountain." She will then star with Zach Braff ("Scrubs") in "Large's Ark," which Braff is directing. Rodan's credits include "Monsieur N" and Uli Edel's "Julius Caesar."
...und am 14. Oktober 2002:
Portman, Rodan, Cruz floating on Duigan's 'Clouds'
Mon Oct 14, 12:34 AM ET
By Chris Gardner
LOS ANGELES (
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... s__clouds_) --- Natalie Portman, Penelope Cruz and Jay Rodan all have their "Head in the Clouds" for writer-director John Duigan. Shooting will start in Paris in December and then continue in Montreal until the end of February.
The project, an epic romance set against the backdrop of World War II that Duigan has been shepherding for several years, is being produced by Dakota Films and Remstar. "Clouds" is described as a love story centered in Paris in the turbulent years leading up to the war, culminating in the liberation of the city in 1944.
Portman will star as Gilda Besse, a young budding fashion photographer who gets involved with Guy Penrose (Rodan) only to see their relationship torn apart as Guy's political interests lead him astray. Cruz plays Mia, a gypsy whom Gilda befriends and takes in.
Portman, who will segue to "Clouds" after Anthony Minghella's "Cold Mountain," is repped by CAA and the Firm. Her last big-screen outing was opposite Hayden Christensen in "Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones."
Cruz, also repped by CAA, just wrapped a role in the Bob Dylan starrer "Masked and Anonymous" for Intermedia Film, Spitfire Prods. and Marching Band Prods. She most recently starred onscreen opposite Tom Cruise in "Vanilla Sky."
Rodan is repped by WMA and the Firm. His debut film was the Kasi Lemmons-directed "The Caveman's Valentine." He's gone on to star in "The Triumph of Love" for Paramount Classics, "The Lost Battalion" for A&E and "Callas Forever" opposite Jeremy Irons, Fanny Ardant and Joan Plowright.
Duigan is repped by CAA. His previous directing outings include "Sirens," "Flirting," "The Year My Voice Broke" and "Lawndogs."
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