Ridley Scott's film about a pair of French officers who fight 17 head-to-heads in two decades is tense, true and very, very sharp
Director: Ridley Scott
Entertainment grade: B+
History grade: A–
Joseph Conrad's short story The Duel was based on the true story of two French officers, François Louis Fournier and Pierre Dupont. Fournier and Dupont engaged in 17 duels over two decades. In the film, as in Conrad's version, Fournier and Dupont's names are disguised as Feraud and d'Hubert.
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The film opens with a sword duel in an open field, during which the bullish Captain Feraud (Harvey Keitel) skewers the son of the mayor of Strasbourg. Another captain, d'Hubert (Keith Carradine), is sent to bring Feraud to his senior officers. Feraud, still seething, decides almost literally to shoot the messenger. He challenges d'Hubert to a duel. This is basically accurate, though it happened in...
Director: Ridley Scott
Entertainment grade: B+
History grade: A–
Joseph Conrad's short story The Duel was based on the true story of two French officers, François Louis Fournier and Pierre Dupont. Fournier and Dupont engaged in 17 duels over two decades. In the film, as in Conrad's version, Fournier and Dupont's names are disguised as Feraud and d'Hubert.
Causes
The film opens with a sword duel in an open field, during which the bullish Captain Feraud (Harvey Keitel) skewers the son of the mayor of Strasbourg. Another captain, d'Hubert (Keith Carradine), is sent to bring Feraud to his senior officers. Feraud, still seething, decides almost literally to shoot the messenger. He challenges d'Hubert to a duel. This is basically accurate, though it happened in...
- 10/28/2010
- by Alex von Tunzelmann
- The Guardian - Film News
Toronto -- After the "Cat in the Hat," Portfolio Entertainment has pulled out a rabbit with a flourish by hiring veteran Louis Fournier to take the Canadian indie distributor to the next level.
He has the credentials. Fournier was head of distribution at Cinar Corp., the creator of animated hits like "Arthur," "Caillou" and "Mona the Vampire," before the Canadian animation house, felled by a financial scandal, was sold in 2004 to a consortium led by former Nelvana co-founder Michael Hirsh and renamed the Cookie Jar Entertainment.
After moving from Montreal indie producers Galafilm to Tribal Nova, Fournier now lands in Toronto to fill the newly created post of vp sales and acquisitions at Portfolio Entertainment.
Portfolio, founded and run since 1991 by Joy Rosen and Lisa Olfman, has been a mainstay at the two MIPs and other TV markets but has never stood out with a calling-card series.
That changed when...
He has the credentials. Fournier was head of distribution at Cinar Corp., the creator of animated hits like "Arthur," "Caillou" and "Mona the Vampire," before the Canadian animation house, felled by a financial scandal, was sold in 2004 to a consortium led by former Nelvana co-founder Michael Hirsh and renamed the Cookie Jar Entertainment.
After moving from Montreal indie producers Galafilm to Tribal Nova, Fournier now lands in Toronto to fill the newly created post of vp sales and acquisitions at Portfolio Entertainment.
Portfolio, founded and run since 1991 by Joy Rosen and Lisa Olfman, has been a mainstay at the two MIPs and other TV markets but has never stood out with a calling-card series.
That changed when...
- 9/7/2010
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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