Results tagged “ANG LEE” from Birmingham Mail - Mega Movies

THERE are some big hitters going into competition at Cannes this year.

The big 20 include Pedro Almodovar's Broken Embraces, Jane Campion's Bright Star, Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon, Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock, Lars Von Trier's Antichrist and Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds.

And, although he'll be 73 in June, let's not forget local hero Ken Loach from Nuneaton.

The Cannes regular will be back in competition with Looking for Eric, in which Steve Evets plays a soccer-mad postman called Eric who receives some help from Eric Cantona.

The film has a UK release date of June 12.

Ken received a BAFTA fellowship award in 2006 after being nominated for seven previous awards from 1971-2002 and never winning.

He seems to be more appreciated abroad than he is at home. At Cannes, he's won seven prizes from 14 nominations, including the Golden Palm for The Wind That Shakes The Barley in 2006.

Like Looking For Eric and many of Ken's recent movies, this was written by Paul Laverty, so the omens are good.

In 2004, Ken also won the 30th Anniversary Prize of the Ecumenical Jury for his entire body of work.

Go, Ken, go!