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hollywood-elsewhere.com - 5/16/2009
Bright Star
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Jane Campion's Bright Star, which screened this morning, is about the subdued and conflicted passions that governed the brief love affair between poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw) and seamstress Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish) from 1818 until Keat's death, at age 25 from tuberculosis, in 1821. It's ...
screendaily.com - 5/15/2009
Bright Star
— screendaily.com — Dir/scr. Jane Campion, UK/Australia. 2009. 119 mins (more) Bright Star
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Cannes 2009: Bright Star review
telegraph.co.uk - 5/15/2009
Cannes 2009: Bright Star review
— telegraph.co.uk — Jane Campion; Ben Whishaw Abbie Cornish. Rating: (more) Cannes 2009: Bright Star review
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guardian.co.uk - 5/15/2009
Cannes film festival: Bright Star is Jane Campion at her best
— guardian.co.uk — Jane Campion puts herself in line for her second Palme d'Or with this heartfelt and beautifully photographed... story of the doomed love affair between John Keats and Fanny Brawne Jane Campion has put herself in line for her second Palme d'Or here at ... (more) Cannes film festival: Bright Star is Jane Campion at her ...

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Cannes ’09: Jane Campion's ‘Bright Star,’ Gorgeous Masterpiece or Masterpiece Theatre?
:: The Playlist :: — ... Jane Campion's first film to debut in competition at Cannes since 1993, when her film “The Piano” scooped the Palme d’Or marking her as the first female director to ever receive the honor on the Rivera, “Bright Star” has some calling it her “best of her career,” while Jeffrey Wells calls it “basically a Masterpiece Theatre thing that my mother will love.” Wells, however, seems to be in the vast minority, what with the praise “Bright Star” is garnering almost matching Bob Berney’s ...

2009 Oscar Update #1: 'Tetro,' 'Bright Star,' 'Taking Woodstock' and More
RopeofSilicon.com — ... Jeff Wells was luke warm on the film but took notice of its qualities while calling it "basically a Masterpiece Theatre thing that my mother will love. I'm not putting it down on its own terms. I felt nothing but admiration for the various elements." However, the Oscar chances are obviously there as his last paragraph reads: ...

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weblogs.variety.com 5/18/2009 — The new Bob Berney/Bill Pohlad combine scored quite a coup by pre-buying, sight unseen, off a set visit and a script, the new Jane Campion film Bright Star, which screened well Friday morning for the press corps. I caught Berney and Pohlad on the ...
Bright Star shines at Cannes — Awards Daily
One of the highlights of the weekend at the Cannes Film Festival was the premiere of Jane Campion’s Bright Star, centering on the 3-year romance, from 1818-1821, between poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne. Ben Whishaw stars as Keats, Abbie Cornish as his paramour Fanny, and Thomas ...
U.S Rights To Jane Campion's 'Bright Star' Snatched Up Before Cannes Premiere — :: The Playlist ::
We've been wondering if Jane Campion 's " Bright Star " could potentially be a return to form. For one it's a return to creating a period piece -- her strongest domain and one she hasn't revisited since 1996 -- and for two, it's her first film to be in competition at Cannes since1993 when ...