“Velvet Goldmine” will be released in the US this coming November. And it won a Special Jury Prize for Artistic Contribution at Cannes. Next up is the Toronto Film Festival the first week of September. Lastly, Jonathan looks to be sporting long hair. Check out the Gallery for pix from Cannes – is it real or a wig?
“Velvet Goldmine” premiered at Cannes on May 22 to critical acclaim. Jonathan is over at Cannes and had this to say: “The film is about a freshness and a spring, because the 1970s was a liberal time. What I do have is a recollection of the 1990s which is also a liberal time because we’ve come through a depression and we feel fresh and young again.” The news wire Reuters had this to say about the film: “The film’s brilliant rendering of the atmosphere of those years of excess...
“A Man of No Importance” will be shown on April 10, on the cable channel Bravo. Check your local listings for times. Jonathan has a very small role in this film. “Velvet Goldmine” has been pushed back to be released in the fall both here in the US and in the UK. The decision to move the release date back was due to a problem with a bad negative cutter. However, the film will debut in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Articles about “Velvet Goldmine” appear in the...
Here’s some more info I found out about “To Live On”, now titled “Ride With the Devil”. Filming starts in Missouri this March and ends in April, with a tentative release date in the fall. Jewel will be playing the love interest of two young men, played by Tobey Maguire and Skeet Ulrich, whose lives change during the aftermath of a year of fierce guerrilla warfare on the Kansas-Missouri border during the Civil War. The film is based on the novel “Woe to Live On” by David Woodrell that...
The February Interview magazine features Jonathan as a hot newcomer to watch. Picture has been added to the Gallery.
