By AFP
15 September 2024 |
5:37 pm
“The Lifetime of Chuck” — the newest adaptation of horror grasp Stephen King’s work, starring Tom Hiddleston — received the coveted prime prize Sunday on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant. Voted for by audiences, the Individuals’s Alternative Award at North America’s greatest movie pageant has turn out to be one thing of an early Oscars bellwether, predicting eventual Academy…
“The Lifetime of Chuck” — the newest adaptation of horror grasp Stephen King’s work, starring Tom Hiddleston — received the coveted prime prize Sunday on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant.
Voted for by audiences, the Individuals’s Alternative Award at North America’s greatest movie pageant has turn out to be one thing of an early Oscars bellwether, predicting eventual Academy Award greatest image winners equivalent to “Nomadland” and “Inexperienced E-book.”
“The Lifetime of Chuck,” directed by Mike Flanagan, is predicated on King’s 2020 novella of the identical title about an extraordinary banker, Charles Krantz (Hiddleston). It tells the story of his life in reverse chronological order — towards a slightly apocalyptic backdrop.
Mark Hamill and Chiwetel Ejiofor co-star within the movie, which had its world premiere in Toronto, however doesn’t but have a distributor — a state of affairs that’s more likely to change after Sunday’s win.
The primary runner-up prize went to audacious musical “Emilia Perez,” a couple of transgender drug lord, and the second runner-up award went to Cannes Palme d’Or winner “Anora,” concerning the lifetime of a New York unique dancer.
TIFF, which ran from September 5 till Sunday, is understood for attracting each megawatt stars and a big crowd of cinephiles wanting to catch motion pictures earlier than most of the people.
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Twin strikes final yr by Hollywood actors and writers left Toronto’s purple carpets a bit missing in star energy, in accordance with union protocols, however this yr’s pageant hosted a ton of A-listers, from Jennifer Lopez to Angelina Jolie to Jude Regulation.
Andrew Garfield, Florence Pugh, Salma Hayek and Denzel Washington all appeared on the TIFF purple carpet, together with music royalty Elton John and Bruce Springsteen.
Final yr’s Individuals’s Alternative Award went to “American Fiction,” which went on to earn 5 Oscar nominations and win the statuette for greatest tailored screenplay.
