'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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Danny Boyle’s "127 Hours" Hits Theaters on November 5th and . . .TIFF?

THR reports that Danny Boyle's follow-up to Slumdog Millionaire might make its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, which runs from September 9 – 19th.

127 Hours is written by Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy. The film tells the story of Aron Ralston (James Franco), the mountain climber who had to amputate his own arm with a dull knife after a 2003 hiking accident. The film has two cinematographers and reportedly very little dialogue. James Franco, Clemence Poesy, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara and Lizzy Caplan star.

Synopsis

127 HOURS is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston’s (James Franco) remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah. Over the next five days Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover he has the courage and the wherewithal to extricate himself by any means necessary, scale a 65 foot wall and hike over eight miles before he is finally rescued. Throughout his journey, Ralston recalls friends, lovers (Clemence Poesy), family, and the two hikers (Amber Tamblyn and Kate Mara) he met before his accident. Will they be the last two people he ever had the chance to meet? A visceral thrilling story that will take an audience on a never before experienced journey and prove what we can do when we choose life.


The Film Stage states that in telling the true story of a climber who is forced to amputate his arm after being trapped for five days, Boyle and James Franco certainly do a lot with a little. The cinematography by Boyle regular Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak is beautiful and inventive. The score by Slumdog Millionaire composer A.R Rahman is strong as are a few well selected pop songs. The presence of supporting players is kept to a minimum as Franco aptly commandeers what is essentially a one man movie. The intensity of his situation is tempered by a good sense of humor, including a wonderful reference to Scorsese’s The King of Comedy.

Early screenings suggest the film will be a solid intense drama and a film that will shine come awards season.

Here's a video from the New York Times in which Aron Ralston recounts his ordeal:

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