22 h 17 août 2021 ans - MEDIA COVERAGE 17 August 2021 Johnny Depp boycotted by Hollywood but guest of honour of the Deauville Festival

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Johnny Depp and "Dune" at the Deauville Festival

by Yannick Vely

The organizers of the Deauville Festival have announced the continuation of the program of the 47th edition which will take place from September 3 to 12.

Johnny Depp on the boards of Deauville. The American star will be in Normandy on Saturday, September 4 for a meeting with the public, on the sidelines of the presentation of Brad Furman's "City of Lies". After announcing the films in competitions, Bruno Barde unveiled the members of the two juries of the Festival. The one of the competition around Charlotte Gainsbourg will be composed of Bertrand Bonello, Delphine de Vigan, Mikhaël Hers, Garance Marillier, Fatou N'Diaye, Denis Podalydès, Marcia Romano and SebastiAn. The Revelation jury will be composed of Clémence Poésy (president), Céleste Brunnquell, India Hair, Lomepal and Kacey Mottet Klein.

And great news for moviegoers, Denis Villeneuve's highly anticipated "Dune" will be screened on Friday, September 10, in French preview. We also learned this week that the excellent American actor Michael Shannon ("Take Shelter") will be honored for his entire career.

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Johnny Depp "boycotted" by Hollywood but guest of honor of the Deauville Festival

By Jade Le Deley

The American actor blamed the postponement of his film Minamata on his legal entanglements. If part of the industry seems to have turned its back on him, the interpreter of Jack Sparrow will be the guest of honor of the American Film Festival.

Johnny Depp had made a low profile in the media space since legal entanglements with the tabloid The Sun and his former wife Amber Heard. He finally spoke in the pages of the Sunday Times, a first since he lost his lawsuit against the British newspaper. The American actor believes he was boycotted by Hollywood. A boycott that would be at the origin of the uncertain release of Minamata in the United States, a film directed by Andrew Levitas and which he partly produced. But Johnny Depp's career in the film industry is not over. The Deauville American Film Festival - which will take place from September 3 to 12 - has announced that it will travel to Normandy to defend Brad Furman's thriller City of Lies. The actor will also participate in a public meeting on September 5.

Without expaning on his troubles with the justice system, Johnny Depp took advantage of his interview with the Times to step up to the niche and regretted that the feature film became a collateral victim of his personal concerns. “Some movies touch people. And this situation affects those of "Minamata" and people who experience similar things. And all this for what... for the boycott of Hollywood towards me? A man, an actor in an unpleasant and messy situation, in recent years?", the actor was annoyed.

Minamata is a committed film that tells the story of award-winning American photographer William Eugene Smith, played by Johnny Depp. By photographing the victims of mercury poisoning in the Japanese city of Minamata in the 1970s, William Eugene Smith became an icon of photojournalism.

On July 21, director Andrew Levitas wrote a letter to MGM alleging that the company had "buried the film" and failed in its "moral obligations" because MGM "was worried that the personal problems of an actor in the film could discredit them". The studio had, in the wake, replied that the film would be released but that for the moment no date had been set.

Next month, Johnny Depp will come to defend another film, presented in French premiere out of competition, at the Deauville Festival: City of Lies by Brad Furman. For the occasion, he will lend himself to the question and answer game with the public, the organizers announced on Tuesday.

In this crime thriller, Johnny Depp plays Russell Poole, a Los Angeles municipal police officer who investigates the murders of rappers The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur in the late 1990s. After several postponements related to production concerns and then the actor's judicial setbacks, the film was finally released on American soil on March 19.

Johnny Depp had already been ousted last year from several American blockbusters. The interpreter of Jack Sparrow had been excluded from Pirates of the Caribbean and the film Fantastic Beasts, following his lost legal battle against The Sun who had brought to light private elements of his couple with his ex-partner, with whom he is currently on trial. Controversies that did not prevent the San Sebastian Film Festival (Spain) from awarding him the Donostia honorary prize for his entire career. Criticized for this decision, the director of the Festival defended Johnny Depp in a statement: "We repeat: he has not been indicted by any authority in any jurisdiction, nor convicted of any form of violence against women".

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