Artist (2011) - Oscar® Winner!

Editor's Note Michel Hazanavicius' stylistically daring, dialogue-free comedy-drama THE ARTIST stars Jean Dujardin as George Valentin, a matinee idol in Hollywood before the dawn of talkies. His marriage is far from perfect, and one day he meets ambitious chorus girl Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo) and is smitten. Very quickly thereafter, sound comes to movies, and George sinks all his money into one last epic silent film, while Peppy becomes a star in the new era. John Goodman co-stars as the head of the film studio working with Valentin. THE ARTIST played at both the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.

	James Cromwell
	John Goodman
	Jean Dujardin
	Penelope Ann Miller
	Berenice Bejo
	Missi Pyle - Co-Star
	Clement Blake - Co-Star
	Bob Glouberman - Co-Star
	Ezra Buzzington - Co-Star
	Joel Murray - Co-Star
	Stuart Pankin - Co-Star
	Wiley M. Pickett - Co-Star
	Harvey Alperin - Co-Star
	Cletus Young - Co-Star
	Cleto Augusto - Co-Star
	Brian Chenoweth - Co-Star
	Mark Donaldson - Co-Star
	Sarah Scott - Co-Star
	Katie Nisa - Co-Star
	Adria Tennor - Co-Star
	Sarah Karges - Co-Star
	Bitsie Tulloch - Co-Star
	Patrick Mapel - Co-Star
	Brian Williams - Co-Star
	Annie O'Donnell - Co-Star
	Matthew Albrecht - Co-Star
	Nina Siemaszko - Co-Star
	Dash Pomerantz - Co-Star
	Beau Nelson - Co-Star
	Alex Holliday - Co-Star
	Ben Kurland - Co-Star
	Katie Wallick - Co-Star
	Maize Olinger - Co-Star
	Fred Bishop - Co-Star
	David Cluck - Co-Star
	Kristian Falkenstein - Co-Star
	Matt Skoller - Co-Star
	Tasso Feldman - Co-Star
	Chris Ashe - Co-Star
	Andrew Ross Wynn - Co-Star
	Jen Lilley - Co-Star
	Uggy - Co-Star
	Beth Grant - Co-Star
	Basil Hoffman - Co-Star
	Lily Knight - Co-Star
	Hal Landon - Co-Star
	Ed Lauter - Co-Star
	Malcolm McDowell - Co-Star
	Stephen Mendillo - Co-Star
	Andy Milder - Co-Star
	Ken Davitian - Co-Star
	Tim De Zarn - Co-Star
	Bill Fagerbakke - Co-Star
	Tanner Gill - Stunt Coordinator
	Guillaume Schiffman - Director of Photography
	Clarisse Domine - Makeup Designer
	Robert Gould - Set Decorator
	Julie Hewett - Makeup
	Gerard Lamps - Sound Re-Recording
	Michel Hazanavicius - Screenwriter
	James Canal - Assistant Director
	Peter Iovino - Photography
	Angie Wells - Makeup
	Kelcey Fry - Makeup
	David Allen Cluck - Assistant Director
	Lydia Milars - Makeup
	Frank Mettre - Post-Production Supervisor
	Segolene Fleury - Production Manager/UPM
	David Danesi - Visual Effects Designer
	Jerome Lateur - Music Director
	Ludovic Bource - Composer
	Laurent Brett - Visual Effects Designer
	Chris Cline - Special Effects
	Catherine Childers - Hairstylist
	Zoe Hay - Makeup Designer
	Gary Davis - Stunt Coordinator
	Philippe Aubry - Visual Effects Designer
	Linda Redmon - Costumes
	Lynn Tully - Hairstylist
	Maha Saade - Makeup
	Jenni Brown Greenberg - Makeup
	Antoine Decazotte - Production Manager/UPM
	Michel Hazanavicius - Director

Wall Street Journal
"Jean Dujardin is touching funny....Berenice Bejo is deliciously dazzling..." 09/09/2011

Box Office
5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he film's charm and delight of discovery, plus its sterling international performances, could make it a breakout hit in theaters..." 09/06/2011

Film Comment
"[A] wholly resonant love letter to the early history of cinema, this French production shot on old Hollywood studio lots is itself a (nearly) silent film, one that comes off as both respectfully authentic and playfully modern..." 11/01/2011

Wall Street Journal
"[A] French production that is lovable from start to finish.....[T]his superbly stylish comedy is set in Hollywood and starts in 1927, when audiences were still enraptured by the soundless sight of Hollywood stars on the silver screen." 11/25/2011

USA Today
"Drama, comedy, action and romance are intertwined in this gorgeously photographed and brilliantly directed film. Lead performances are thoroughly engaging..." 11/25/2011

New York Times
"[A] dazzling cinematic objet d?art....This is not a work of film history but rather a generous, touching and slightly daffy expression of unbridled movie love." 11/25/2011

Movieline
"THE ARTIST is a gold dust movie, a picture whose very boldness lies in its perceived lightness....It?s a picture that romances its audience into watching in a new way..." 11/23/2011

A.V. Club
"THE ARTIST is a charming romance....Beautifully shot..." 11/22/2011

Entertainment Weekly
"THE ARTIST is delightfully old-fashioned, but it's also poppingly contemporary, with a puckish spark of self-awareness." -- Grade: A- 12/02/2011

Rolling Stone
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "THE ARTIST is a total pleasure....It's A STAR IS BORN blended with SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, and yet somehow bracingly fresh." 12/08/2011

Chicago Sun-Times
4 stars out of 4 -- "Here is one of the most entertaining films in many a moon, a film that charms because of its story, its performances and because of the sly way it plays with being silent and black and white." 12/21/2011

Washington Post
4 stars out of 4 -- "Michel Hazanavicius's romantic comedy plays like a sweet, airy confection, satisfying the audience's sweet tooth with gentle wit, a lavish production and winning performances." 12/23/2011

Sight and Sound
"Bejo is genuinely charming as the naive ingenue who becomes an 'it girl'." 01/01/2012

Uncut
5 stars out of 5 -- "THE ARTIST is an audience-pleasing comedy melodrama, as sure-footed throughout as Dujardin and Bejo in their dances together." 01/01/2012

Total Film
4 stars out of 5 -- "Hazanavicius stays faithful to his inspiration in a way that makes his film both a nostalgic throwback and a work of art in its own right." 02/01/2012