Thompson on Hollywood: Cannes: Coens Make A Splash with 'Inside Llewyn Davis' (TRAILER)

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Cannes: Coens Make A Splash with 'Inside Llewyn Davis' (TRAILER) May 19th 2013, 16:45 The Coens made a splash Saturday night with the gala premiere of "Inside Llewyn Davis." The film, with a stunning awards-worthy performance by Oscar Isaac, follows a singer/-songwriter as he attempts to make a go of it in the burgeoning folk music scene of New York's Greenwich Village in the early '60s. Backed by upbeat reviews, distributor CBS Films, producer Scott Rudin and Oscar strategist Cynthia Swartz will make an awards push for the film (here's Variety, Indiewire, THR, Awards Daily). . "The casting was a challenge," noted Ethan at an afternoon press conference Sunday afternoon in Cannes. "We had to find someone who would be in practically every frame of the film and also someone who is a musician and be able to carry different songs. We were screwed until we met Oscar." Also starring Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Justin Timberlake and Garrett Hedlund, the film caused a mob scene outside the Debussy Theater here for its Saturday night press screening despite the onslaught of... Media files: inside-llewyn-davis.jpg (image/jpeg)

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