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Wes Anderson’s ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ Scores 7½-Minute Ovation After Cannes Premiere, Leaving One Star In Tears
Wes Anderson's fourth film premiere at Cannes, 'The Phoenician Scheme' received a 7½-minute ovation after its May 18 premiere premiere at Cannes Film Festival.
In his review, Deadline’s Pete Hammond said The Phoenician Scheme “belongs lock, stock and barrel to Benicio Del Toro, playing this Onassis-style billionaire who proves again to be so adept to the rhythms of Anderson’s dialogue and delivers flawlessly here.” Written by Anderson and his longtime collaborator Roman Coppola, The Phoenician Scheme is a return to form to the filmmaker’s offbeat dysfunctional family comedies, i.e. Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums. The movie also stars Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, Jeffrey Wright, and ScarlettJohansson; plus Richard Ayoade as a helpful freedom fighter, Benedict Cumberbatch as Zsa-zsa’smysterious half-brother Nubar, Rupert Friend as the shadowy agent “Excalibur” and Hope Davisas Liesl’s Mother Superior.
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