'Whale Wars' Stars & Cannes 'Biutiful' Best Actor Javier Bardem on Jay Leno Tonight! -- 'Biutiful' to Screen at 35th TIFF

Sea Shepherd's Captain Paul Watson, star of Whale Wars getting ready for
the Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Actor Javier Bardem in a scene from 'Biutiful'

Alejandro González Iñárritu's latest film Biutiful starring Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men, Vicky Cristina Barcelona) will screen at the 35th Toronto International Film Festival.

This is the story of Uxbal (Javier Bardem). Devoted father. Tormented lover. Mystified son. Underground businessman. Friend of the disposed. Ghost seeker. Spiritual sensitive. A survivor at the invisible margins in today's Barcelona ... Uxbal's story is simple: just one of the complex realities that we all live in today.

Focus Features' Biutiful follows Uxbal a father with ties to illegal activity who is confronted by an old friend, now a policeman.

Bardem won the award for Best Actor at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for the role. Check out his stellar performance in the trailer after the jump.

Credits

• Alejandro GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU - Director
• Rodrigo PRIETO, ASC, AMC - Cinematography
• Brigitte BROCH - Set Designer
• Gustavo SANTOLALLA - Music
• Stephen MIRRIONE - Film Editor

Director Alejandro González Iñárritu on set with actor Javier Bardem

Actors

• Maricel ÁLVAREZ - MARAMBA
• Javier BARDEM - UXBAL
• Hanna BOUCHAIB - ANA
• Diaryatou DAFF - IGE
• Guillermo ESTRELLA - MATEO
• Eduard FERNÁNDEZ - TITO
• Luo JIN - LIWEI
• Rubén OCHANDIANO - ZANC
• Cheng TAI SHEN - HAI

Check out awards season buzz favorite Javier on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno tonight, August 12th!

Captain Paul Watson (left) and Captain Pete Bethune (right)

Stick around to watch the amazing Sea Shepherd's Captain Paul Watson and Captain Pete Bethune from Whale Wars who are scheduled to appear right after Javier.

Captain Paul Watson has dedicated his entire life to saving and protecting wildlife in our oceans around the world, risking his life repeatedly in the battle over whaling. As founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, his supporters have followed him for decades. However, when his show "Whale Wars" hit the air on "Animal Planet" he became a national, if not controversial hero everywhere.

Check out this cool clip of Captain Paul Watson on the New Day Show after the jump.

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Alejandro González Iñárritu's 'Biutiful' in Post Production

Director Alejandro González Iñárritu (left) and actor Javier Bardem

Alejandro González Iñárritu's Biutiful stars Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men), Blanca Portillo (Broken Embraces) and Ruben Ochandiano (Broken Embraces). Produced by the Cha, Cha, Cha team of Iñárritu, Guillermo Del Toro and Alfonso Cuaron, the film — about a man involved with shady/illegal dealings who is confronted by a childhood friend who is now a policeman — was at one pointed being touted as a feature at this year's Cannes and a potential 2010 awards season player but has been delayed despite completing shooting earlier in the year.

Iñárritu took a break from "Biutiful's" post-production schedule for his Tokyo International Film Festival commitments as head of the jury. We thank him for using his influence to make The Cove screening happen at the film festival! The festival this year has a "green" theme including "Green Carpet Arrivals". The Cove deals with the slaughter of some 23,000 dolphins a year by the Japanese town of Taijii -- and the alleged efforts by the Japanese government to cover up the town's crimes. Most of the Japanese population have no idea that this is going on.

Iñárritu still has at least three months of work left before the film's completion. "Over the next three months I will be immersed in that project and this festival actually [delayed] me a bit," the director said about the editing process. "But the festival gave me a little distance [from the film] that I needed, but [I will] return to post-production and it will be ready [next] year."

Biutiful will premiere at next year's Cannes Film Festival; count on it!

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