What better way than to wash away the lingering stink of mediocre overseas reviews than to create a new fancypants “Sex In The City”-like poster* with all the hotties in the film to trick audiences into thinking this is a brand new film they’ve never heard of!
Ah, those crafty Weinstein Brothers!
To be fair, this is a new cut of the road trip love story “My Blueberry Nights,” (different from the maligned-Cannes version) and regardless of the middling reviews, we’re still very psyched to see this film by Hong Kong master Wong Kar-Wai (“In The Mood For Love” is a sumptuous masterpiece).
So yeah, the movie originally was scheduled for February (as was the soundtrack) and then both of them got pushed to April (4/4 for the film, 4/1 for the disc).
The soundtrack, as we mentioned many times, features Norah Jones (in her debut feature-length acting gig), Cat Power and the moody, haunting twang of guitarist Ry Cooder. We’ve got some related treats to give away. A grand prize of a soundtrack CD and poster, plus three runner-up prizes on one CD each. As you can tell by the poster, the film also stars indie-enthusiast Natalie Portman and Rachel Weisz.
Update: Contest Closed, thanks for playing.
All one needs to do is email us the answer to this pretty basic trivia question: Chan Marshall aka Cat Power makes a small appearance in the film (also her feature debut). What male lead actor does she make out briefly? The information is buried somewhere on our site in past stories, but if you know how to search or follow basic links you should easily be able to find it. Bonne chance. First four people to respond get the four prizes (1st gets grand prize).
*Sure, the poster is kind of false advertising and targeting a different (read: wider) audience, but whatever, we get marketing, trying to get your film to everyone and we’re not totally hatin’.
As previously reported, Norah Jones wrote a new song, “The Story” exclusively for the movie’s soundtrack (which you can hear below) and she’s confirmed for an upcoming David Letterman appearance on April 2 where she’ll presumably be playing the track.
Download: Ry Cooder – “Paris Texas”
Download: Ry Cooder – “Mixteca”
Download: Umebayshi Shigeru – “Yumeji’s Theme”
Download: Cat Power – “Willie”
Watch: “My Blueberry Nights” trailer
What is the song that plays at the end of the Blueberry Nights trailers? It sounds lovely and I have to get it.
Also, the link for the Cat Power download is busted.