Cannes Film Festival May 16 Report: Viggo and Violence

Life in a quiet town is suddenly shattered for Viggo Mortensen's character in, "A History of Violence." Mortensen plays Tom Stall, whose peaceful life in a small Indiana town is destroyed by a robbery at his restaurant. The movie is directed by David Cronenberg, formerly president of a Cannes festival jury in 1999. It stars two Cannes first-timers, Maria Bello and Ashton Holmes, as well as second-timer Ed Harris, and Oscar-winner and Cannes regular William Hurt.
Here is an excerpt:
MICK ON TV TO MALE REPORTER #1: "I'm telling you, those men where going to kill us. They were going to kill us."
MICK ON TV TO MALE REPORTER #1: "And if it weren't for Tom..."
MICK ON TV TO MALE REPORTER#1: "He's a hero."
MALE REPORTER #2 ON TV TO GROUP: "--police in conjunction with several murders in those states."
MALE REPORTER #2 ON TV TO GROUP: "Tom Stall is a family man with long-standing ties to this communit--"
MALE NEWS ANCHOR #1 ON TV TO GROUP: "Tom Stall was just another hard-working small-business owner..."
MALE NEWS ANCHOR #1 OVER TV GROUP: "...an operator in Millbrook, Indiana. But..."
CHARLOTTE ON TV TO FEMALE REPORTER: "One of the guys had a gun to my head..."
CHARLOTTE OVER TV TO FEMALE REPORTER: "...and Tom, he was amazing. He..."
Also screening today:

• MANDERLAY by Lars VON TRIER (En compétition)
• JOYEUX NOEL (MERRY CHRISTMAS) by Christian CARION (Hors compétition/Out of competition)
• MANDERLAY by Lars VON TRIER (En compétition)
• QUANDO SEI NATO NON PUOI PIU NASCONDERTI by Marco Tullio GIORDANA (En compétition)
• KITANO TAKESHI SHINSHUTSU-KIBOTSU by Jean-Pierre LIMOSIN (Cannes Classics)
• A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH by Michael POWELL and Emeric PRESSBURGER (Cannes Classics)
• AN AIRMAN'S LETTER TO HIS MOTHER by Michael POWELL (Cannes Classics)
• INGMAR BERGMAN COMPLETE: BERGMAN AND THE CINEMA / BERGMAN AND THE THEATRE / BERGMAN AND FÅRÖ ISLAND by Marie NYRERÖD (Cannes Classics)
• BATALLA EN EL CIELO (BATTLE IN HEAVEN) by Carlos REYGADAS (En compétition)
• CIDADE BAIXA (LOWER CITY) by Sergio MACHADO (Un certain regard)
• LE TEMPS QUI RESTE by François OZON (Un certain regard)

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