The Artist: 5 Oscars and 6 César
WEBWIRE – Monday, February 27, 2012
The 84th Academy Awards ceremony was held last night in Los Angeles. Michel Hazanavicius’s The Artist, co-produced by the Orange subsidiary Studio 37 and La Petite Reine, won 5 Oscars.
Last Friday, at the 37th César Awards Ceremony, the French equivalent to the Oscars, The Artist also took home 6 awards.
Orange and Studio 37 would like to warmly congratulate the proud winners, La Petite Reine and film teams involved.
Oscars
- Best Picture: Thomas Langmann
- Best Actor in a leading role: Jean Dujardin
- Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius
- Best Music (Original Score): Ludovic Bource
- Best Costume Design: Mark Bridges
César
- Best Film directed by Michel Hazanavicius and produced by Thomas Langmann
- Best Actress: Bérénice Bejo
- Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius
- Best Original Score: Ludovic Bource
- Best Photography: Guillaume: Schiffman
- Best Set Design: Laurence Bennett
The Artist wich already won three Golden Globes, 7 Baftas, the Goya Award for Best European Film and Best Actor at Cannes for Jean Dujardin, becomes the French film the most outdone by the cinema’s story with more than 70 awards.
Distributed by Warner and released in France on 12 October 2011, the film has had more than 2,1 million viewers, including nearly 500,000 since its cinema re-release on 25 January.Released in countries around the world, including the United States, Britain and Spain, the film continues to enjoy huge international popularity.
The film is still on cinema release and will be out on DVD on 14 March in France.
Orange pays tribute in the success of the film “ The Artist ”
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Studio 37
Studio 37 is a subsidiary of France Telecom-Orange that was created in 2007 to invest in the French and European movie industries through the coproduction of films and the acquisition of film catalogues.
Studio 37 is currently involved in the production of over thirty movies in every film genre including comedy, documentary, thrillers, dramatic fiction and animated movies.
About Orange
France Telecom-Orange is one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators with 172,000 employees worldwide, including 105,000 employees in France, and sales of 45.3 billion euros in 2011. Present in 35 countries, the Group had a customer base of 226 million customers at 31 December 2011, including 147 million customers under the Orange brand, the Group’s single brand for internet, television and mobile services in the majority of countries where the company operates. At 31 December 2011, the Group had 167 million mobile customers and 14 million broadband internet (ADSL, fibre) customers worldwide. Orange is one of the main European operators for mobile and broadband internet services and, under the brand Orange Business Services, is one of the world leaders in providing telecommunication services to multinational companies.
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