Back from my short vacation, and after a lot of complications I managed to get the Gilbert Grape Trailer online that I had promised.

Download it over here!

Actually I wanted to add a miscellaneous section to Chocolat today, but unfortunately things got in the way. (Those things will lead me out of town from tomorrow to Sunday, so there won't be any updates.)

Anyways, I scanned a few absolutely stunning Chocolat character portraits that were published in an issue of Vanity Fair in 2000. Sadly I don't have the full magazine, so there are two or three pictures missing, but these have been lying around for so long...it was time to update them.

They're so beautiful that they deserve their very own preview picture :

Okay, I give in.

Miramax has confirmed that Hoax has indeed been shifted another few days back, therefore limited release is on Friday, November 17 and wide on Wednesday, November 22.

I updated the movie vault with an entry about "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" - including promos, setpics, reviews, an award overview, totally random fun facts...and so on and so on.

Interestingly enough I wasn't able to find the original movie poster in english - I only found a german, a swedish and a spanish version.

Also added an interview about "The Cider House Rules" called Cider with Lasse" and yet another four pictures from the Hoax set.

Anton found an article out that mentions a new movie:

Among the new faces at this year's polo cup: Kim Brizzolara, a film producer currently in preproduction on 'And Then There Was Light' starring Uma Thurman, directed by Lasse Hallstrom ('The Cider House Rules') and executive produced by Martin Scorsese. The film is based on the story of a blind hero who was part of the French resistance during World War II.

This is especially interesting in connection with the "My Life as a Star director" interview that ends with Lasse getting picked up by a car to meet "with some scriptwriters about a project that Martin Scorsese is in charge of."

The blind hero seems to be Jacques Lusseyran, and the movie is probably going to be an adaption of his autobiography And then there was light.

Thanks again to Anton for the news and the links!

I added:

-- The Chocolat Press Conference held at the Berlinale 2001, uploaded in two parts over here, courtesy of LENA OnLINe with thanks!

-- 14 more Chocolat promo and set pictures here.

Just a quick note that the teaser trailer is available for download over here.