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Grace Of Monaco Trailer – Nicole Kidman plays the iconic Grace Kelly

March 6, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment


Grace Of Monaco has had a few issues. It was originally due for a prime Oscar-bait Christma release in the US, but it got caught up in a massive battle between director Olivier Dahan and the notoriously cut-happy producer Harvey Weinsten, who wanted to release his own version the movie. The fight resulted in the movie getting shunted and it’s unclear when it will come out in the US.

However in the UK there’s a different distributor, Warner Bros., and so a lot fewer problems. They’ve now who’ve set a June 6th British release, as well as briging out a poster and full trailer, which you can see here.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Set in 1962, six years after her celebrated Wedding of the Century, GRACE OF MONACO is an intimate snapshot of a year in the life of the twentieth century’s most iconic Princess – Grace Kelly – as she strived to reconcile her past and her present, a yearning for a return to the big screen with her newfound role as a mother of two, monarch of a European principality and wife to Prince Ranier III.

‘While contemplating overtures from Alfred Hitchcock to return to her career in Hollywood, Grace found herself plunged into a personal crisis when Rainier’s modernization of an ailing Monaco was halted by Charles de Gaulle – the French President – and his attempts to not only impose French taxation on Monaco, but reclaim the principality for France by force.

‘The full-blown international crisis and impending French invasion that loomed – would pose a crisis not just for her family, her marriage and her country, but in Grace’s private life. It would become the moment in which a cinematic icon, an American far from home, would have to face a tough decision – return to her celebrated status as a movie star, globally loved and adored, or accept that she will never act again, embrace her new role and her new identity, her duty to her husband, her children, and the world’s second smallest country that has now become her home.

‘Grace of Monaco is a real-life fairytale, a sweeping romance, a portrait of the cinematic legend of Princess Grace and a realization that love is much more than a passion, but an obligation.’ [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth  DIRECTORS: Olivier Dahan  FILMS: Grace Of Monaco  

Grace Of Monaco Teaser – Nicole Kidman does her best Grace Kelly impression

September 16, 2013 By Tim Isaac 2 Comments


The Principality Of Monaco is already a bit techy about Grace Of Monaco, saying they don’t think it’s a proper true representation of a short part of Grace Kelly’s life, after she became wife to the leader of the small nation. But then, ever since Kelly retired from movies when she married, the royal family has been incredibly protective of her and her memory.

Now the first teaser trailer is here.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly’s crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco’s Prince Rainier III and France’s Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s.’

The supposed invasion was when French President Charles de Gaulle handed Grace’s husband Crown Prince Rainier (Tim Roth) a six-month deadline to reform Monaco’s financial laws and status as an extreme tax haven. Monaco has said the film overstates the threat of an actual invasion, as well as Kelly’s involvement in it, but then, this is Hollywood – where Grace made her name – so what did they expect?

Frank Langella, Parker Posey, Milo Ventimiglia, and Paz Vega also star. It’s due in UK cinemas at the end of November. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth  DIRECTORS: Olivier Dahan  FILMS: Grace Of Monaco  

First Look At Nicole Kidman In Grace Of Monaco

February 26, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

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Grace Of Monaco has already proved a tad controversial, as the European principality – which is notoriously protective of the late Grace Kelly (perhaps unsurprisingly as she’s the mother of current monarch, Albert II) – has already come out to claim the movie is inaccurate.

However as nobody’s seen it, we’ll have to wait and see what the end product is like. Now the first images have arrived, via The Playlist, showing us Nicole Kidman as Princess Grace.

The film concentrates on a time when Monaco was in a conflict with France and Grace Kelly (Kidman), who by then had given up acting and was the small country’s princess, worked to prevent a coup after French president Charles de Gaulle handed Grace’s husband Crown Prince Rainier (Tim Roth) a six-month deadline to reform Monaco’s financial laws and status as an extreme tax haven. Frank Langella, Parker Posey, Milo Ventimiglia, and Paz Vega also star. (It’s the film’s depiction of this time as an extreme consitutional crisis and Grace’s role in it that Monaco is protesting, as well as for “pointlessly glamorizing” her life).

No release date is currently set, but it’s expected to get an Oscar push, so a late 2013 release is likely.

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ACTORS: Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth  DIRECTORS: Olivier Dahan  FILMS: Grace Of Monaco  

Parker Posey & Milo Ventimiglia Up For Grace of Monaco

September 21, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

The cast for Grace Of Monaco already includes Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth, Frank Langella and Paz Vega, and now Variety reports its grown with the addition of Parker Posey, while Heroes star Milo Ventimiglia is also in talks to appear in the movie.

The film concentrates on the time when Monaco was in a conflict with France, and Grace Kelly (Kidman), who by then had given up acting and was the small country’s princess, worked to prevent a coup after French president Charles de Gaulle handed Grace’s husband Crown Prince Rainier (Roth) a six-month deadline to reform Monaco’s financial laws and status as an extreme tax haven.

Posey is set to play Madge Tivey-Faucon, who was Kelly’s lady-in-waiting. Tivey-Faucon was apparently a ruthless social climber who couldn’t wait to sell unflattering tell-alls to the French press once she left Kelly’s employ. Ventimiglia is likely to play Kelly’s publicist, Rupert Allan.

The movie is set to start shooting soon, with Olivier Dahan directing.

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ACTORS: Parker Posey, Milo Ventimiglia, Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth  DIRECTORS: Olivier Dahan  FILMS: Grace Of Monaco  

Paz Vega Joins Nicole Kidman In Grace Of Monaco

August 2, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Spanish actress Paz Vega has signed up for Olivier Dahan’s planned Grace Kelly biographical drama Grace of Monaco, according to Variety. The actress joins Nicole Kidman, who is already attached to play the iconic Kelly.

The film concentrates on the time when Monaco was in a conflict with France and Grace Kelly, who by then had given up acting and was the small country’s princess, worked to prevent a coup. Vega is set to be opera singer Maria Callas, who was having an affair with wealthy Aristotle Onassis at the time.

Olivier Dahan is directing from a script provided by Arash Amel. It isn’t clear when it might shoot.

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ACTORS: Paz Vega, Nicole Kidman  DIRECTORS: Olivier Dahan  FILMS: Grace Of Monaco  

Nicole Kidman In Talks For Grace Of Monaco

April 6, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Many of Hollywood’s top actresses have been after the lead in Grace Of Monaco, but it seems Oliver Dahan has decided who he wants, as THR reports that Nicole Kidman is in talks to portray Grace Kelly in the film.

The biopic takes place between December 1961 and November 1962, and tells the story of the former Oscar winner and mother of two, who had retired from acting when she became the wife of the ruler of a European nation. The starlet was called upon to save Monaco from an escalating situation regarding its standing as a tax haven, with French leader Charles de Gaulle giving her husband, Monaco’s Prince Rainier III, six months to reform its tax laws. While seen by many as essentially arm candy for the prince, Kelly maneuvered behind the scenes to save Monaco from a coup.

Dahan is best known for directing Marion Cotillard to an Oscar in the Edith Piaf biopic La Vie en rose, is helming the period movie. Grace Of Monaco meanwhile is a $15 million production that is being compared in tone to The King’s Speech.

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ACTORS: Grace Kelly  DIRECTORS: Oliver Dahan  FILMS: Grace Of Monaco  

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