Oops, Ryan posted this already. But now that I have you here, I’ll post a great DuJardin video.
And a very young DuJardin after the cut.
When I did a press junket with the Artist team, this is what DuJardin was like:
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Noah / February 12, 2012
One of my favorite recurring SNL sketches, the first two being done with Emma Stone. This is wonderful. Dujardin should host.
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Mel / February 12, 2012
Ryan posted this last night.
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filmboymichael / February 12, 2012
I do love me the Dujardin….
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Jeremie / February 12, 2012
Actually Oscars had quite a good impact in terms of box-office for 4 films: The Descendants, Extremely loud and Incredibly Close, A Separation and The Artist.
The Artist has doubled its profit since nominations were announced (48.6% of gross post nom), A Separation tripled it(66% of gross post nom), and The Descendants added a nice 20 million to the bank (where the film as loosing steam previously in terms of BO).
I also know that The Artist was re-released in France (initial release was in september) with a new campaign highlighting its Oscar noms and has been back in the top 5 for the last few weeks.
Currently in terms of Oscar Boost charts for nominated films since 1982, The Artist is at 12, and ELIC at 5. That’s more than can be said about any of the films nominated for the last 5 years.
And just to add a bit more, with 24 million up to date, The Artist is already more successful than The Hurt Locker.
It is also very likely to end up around 40 and above, placing at number 4 of the most successful foreign films of all time (behind Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Life is Beautiful and Hero). Such a film would have never achieved such a result without the spotlight given by the Oscars and co.
So like it or not, the Oscar race may not have had the impact you wanted, but it certainly had one. And Thomas Langmann would certainly not denying it on his way to the bank.
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steve50 / February 12, 2012
“Dujardin should host.”
Definitely! His English sucks, but he seems to have the personality to handle it.
He appears to be loving his moment in the spotlight as much as we’re enjoying him.
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PaulH / February 12, 2012
Let him enjoy his 15 minutes. He will NEVER walk this road again. Helps have the king of the influence peddlers in Hollywood, the Oscar Whisperer in your corner promoting you. Pitt acts circles around this nimrod in Moneyball.
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Jake / February 12, 2012
PaulH,
What a terribly mean-spirited thing to say.
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Patryk / February 12, 2012
I agree that Pitt gives the greater performance, but I’d hardly call Dujardin a “nimrod.” Not in a million years. He still is more deseriving than Clooney or Oldman.
Would love to see Bichir get a little more publicity, though.
I expect Dujardin has somewhere between 15 minutes and 45 years of enjoyment ahead of him. Closer to 45 years.
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Bobby C. / February 12, 2012
Watched SNL last night for Zooey and pleasantly surprised to see Dujardin doing this skit. Quite enjoyable!
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nycchelsea / February 12, 2012
For some reason I think he would make a very good “James Bond”, he has the looks, chest (!), and smile:))
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filmboymichael / February 12, 2012
“Let him enjoy his 15 minutes. He will NEVER walk this road again”….are you new???? With his great looks and his tremendous talent (and not just in The Artist – he’s had a tremendous career so far), this guy is going to be around for a long, long time…that comment has no merit whatsoever….
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MeredithLeigh / February 12, 2012
Funny, charming, handsome and that damn smile…purr…purr. I think I’d start removing my clothes if he read Green Eggs and Ham to me. I adore how much he is enjoying this and think he’ll do just fine in the future.
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Sasha Stone / February 12, 2012
Funny, charming, handsome and that damn smile
Is he the cat’s meow or what. Good lord. When he came into our junket room it was like a force field. When he left I noticed I was sweating. He was so so SO SO cute.
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Dane Marvin / February 12, 2012
He is quite the charmer and his old-style dancing is perfect. He’s reminiscent of Gene Kelly in the looks and charm department, I just wonder if his acting in the English language would be good enough to anchor a major studio release? We’ll see — could be another Benigni who never “walks this road again” but still has a nice career internationally or he could pop up from time-to-time in major American productions. Either way, he doesn’t annoy me as Benigni does so I’ve decided to be okay with him winning Best Actor (I still think Pitt deserves it more). It’s just weird to think they’re probably going to give Dujardin the Best Actor statue when actors like Pitt, DiCaprio, Giamatti, Clooney, Oldman, etc. haven’t won one.
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PaulH / February 12, 2012
I’m sorry, but that’s how I feel. Dujardin is a flash in the pan in America who is profoundly fortunate. If Weinstein didn’t have his back, would he or his POS film have even been nominated? ABC better get negotiating with Summit/Lionsgate to have the Twilight cast intro the world premiere of Breaking Dawn part 2 during the Oscars because only the hardcores are going to tune into this fiasco of a show. He IS Bengini 2.0.
only the hardcores are going to tune into this fiasco of a show.
good. that’s how I like it.
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filmboymichael / February 12, 2012
“Dujardin is a flash in the pan in America who is profoundly fortunate”….it is possible that success lives outside the USA…..what and extremely arrogant comment.
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James / February 12, 2012
I recently saw Lucky Luke (pronounced Looky Look) starring Jean Dujardin with cameos by Melvil Poupaud and Sylvie Testud. It’s a parody of American Westerns. Harvey should do everything to keep that film away from AMPAS members. I’ve also seen that Brice de Nice movie (The Brice Man),it’s awful, and quite simply Dujardin’s pre-Artist filmography is unimpressive. But he’s bound to get better roles after his present success. A talkie The Artist Part 2 is brewing where his voice needs to be dubbed because it’s squeaky.
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PaulH / February 12, 2012
He’ll get his pick of roles in France, James, yes. Just not, I don’t believe, here in the US.
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alfred / February 12, 2012
I bet he’s gonna be a villain in a SH film soon. Maybe Thor 2? Hollywood will find him a role.
ASC Award for half hour TV category CALIFORNICATION.
ASC Award for miniseries/MOV category is Martin for PAGE EIGHT!
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Awards Fan / February 12, 2012
Dujardin is like a breath of fresh air, so genuine. What a great smile and so handsome!
I think that one of the reason’s for his success are that the audience was starving for something new and different. They sure got it this year!
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Nichola / February 12, 2012
his wife is so lucky. I would let him do dirty silent things to me.
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Alexandra / February 13, 2012
That smile, those eyebrows – it was love at second sight for me. Second, because for some reason, even though I knew him from the OSS movies, I didn’t quite pay attention to his looks back then, but he’s a charmer – so sweet and funny. He’s right there in the same league with Gad Elmaleh. The Funny or Die video made me actually think that he would be a great Pirates of the Caribbean villain . Add a mustache and he’ll have that Clark Gable allure, just like in The Artist. He and Fassbender are my big crushes of 2011. If he’ll improve his English to star in more mainstream projects, he might become bigger in the USA. I hope he won’t follow the Christoph Waltz route, from whom I was expecting, but his last movies were duds, it seems like Tarantino will have to bring him back on the right track again with Django Unchained.
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Alexandra / February 13, 2012
*I was expecting more, sorry for the missing word. This happens when a sleepy night owl decides that it would be a good idea to leave comments.
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Peters / February 13, 2012
It’s Dujardin, not DuJardin
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JOHN / February 13, 2012
All throughout the Artist I couldn’t stop thinking how much he reminds me of a young Sean Connery. Looks, mannerisms… accent not so much.
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Gregoire / February 13, 2012
Yes, let’s give him the Academy Award for being pretty!
It’s ironic that Dujardin is going to win the Best Actor Oscar in a silent film even though he has a beautiful speaking voice.
ALSO: Roberto Begnini was pretty ugly and this guy is NOT–big difference.
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eclipse22 / February 13, 2012
aww sasha i envy you now, you saw jean dujardin in person sighhh and some of you just don’t get french humor obviously! i’m glad i’ve basked in french and english-speaking culture from birth that i have no problem with either!
one thing though i never ever watched american comedies in french, alas everything gets lost in translation ,nothing to be done about that…
jean is a great actor and very talented, he’s been steadily improving over the years from his sketches to his sitcom “un gars,une fille” to his switch to cinema, even french critics put him down in advance saying he wouldnt amount to much he didnt have what it took to be a big screen actor until he proved them wrong!
Now he’s one of France’s most famous actor, a very bankable one at that! we’ve followed him long enough to know he’s not just a flash in the pan but the real deal, an artist who’s always seeking to improve his skills and doesnt let naysayers dictate his professional career
bravo jean, go get that oscar!
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SallyinChicago / February 13, 2012
The last two hetero men in hollywood – Brad Pitt and Jean Dujardin.
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Michael / February 13, 2012
Back in 2005 when I was in the tenth grade I did a 3 month student exchange to France. While I was there, one of the movies I checked out in theaters was Brice de Nice, starring Jean DuJardin as seen in the clip you posted. While I was there, everyone at school was talking about the movie and Brice de Nice’s common saying “Casse” and corresponding action was the most imitated movie moment. Seeing the movie in theaters in a small French city was quite the experience for me and is one of my most vivid memories. It’s pretty crazy seeing how Brice de Nice has come!
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Nik / February 17, 2012
Anyone comparing Dujardin to Benigni should take a look at that video. Benigni didn’t have THAT CHEST! Just saying!
One of my favorite recurring SNL sketches, the first two being done with Emma Stone. This is wonderful. Dujardin should host.
Ryan posted this last night.
I do love me the Dujardin….
Actually Oscars had quite a good impact in terms of box-office for 4 films: The Descendants, Extremely loud and Incredibly Close, A Separation and The Artist.
The Artist has doubled its profit since nominations were announced (48.6% of gross post nom), A Separation tripled it(66% of gross post nom), and The Descendants added a nice 20 million to the bank (where the film as loosing steam previously in terms of BO).
I also know that The Artist was re-released in France (initial release was in september) with a new campaign highlighting its Oscar noms and has been back in the top 5 for the last few weeks.
Currently in terms of Oscar Boost charts for nominated films since 1982, The Artist is at 12, and ELIC at 5. That’s more than can be said about any of the films nominated for the last 5 years.
And just to add a bit more, with 24 million up to date, The Artist is already more successful than The Hurt Locker.
It is also very likely to end up around 40 and above, placing at number 4 of the most successful foreign films of all time (behind Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Life is Beautiful and Hero). Such a film would have never achieved such a result without the spotlight given by the Oscars and co.
So like it or not, the Oscar race may not have had the impact you wanted, but it certainly had one. And Thomas Langmann would certainly not denying it on his way to the bank.
“Dujardin should host.”
Definitely! His English sucks, but he seems to have the personality to handle it.
He appears to be loving his moment in the spotlight as much as we’re enjoying him.
Let him enjoy his 15 minutes. He will NEVER walk this road again. Helps have the king of the influence peddlers in Hollywood, the Oscar Whisperer in your corner promoting you. Pitt acts circles around this nimrod in Moneyball.
PaulH,
What a terribly mean-spirited thing to say.
I agree that Pitt gives the greater performance, but I’d hardly call Dujardin a “nimrod.” Not in a million years. He still is more deseriving than Clooney or Oldman.
Would love to see Bichir get a little more publicity, though.
Let him enjoy his 15 minutes
I expect Dujardin has somewhere between 15 minutes and 45 years of enjoyment ahead of him. Closer to 45 years.
Watched SNL last night for Zooey and pleasantly surprised to see Dujardin doing this skit. Quite enjoyable!
For some reason I think he would make a very good “James Bond”, he has the looks, chest (!), and smile:))
“Let him enjoy his 15 minutes. He will NEVER walk this road again”….are you new???? With his great looks and his tremendous talent (and not just in The Artist – he’s had a tremendous career so far), this guy is going to be around for a long, long time…that comment has no merit whatsoever….
Funny, charming, handsome and that damn smile…purr…purr. I think I’d start removing my clothes if he read Green Eggs and Ham to me. I adore how much he is enjoying this and think he’ll do just fine in the future.
Funny, charming, handsome and that damn smile
Is he the cat’s meow or what. Good lord. When he came into our junket room it was like a force field. When he left I noticed I was sweating. He was so so SO SO cute.
He is quite the charmer and his old-style dancing is perfect. He’s reminiscent of Gene Kelly in the looks and charm department, I just wonder if his acting in the English language would be good enough to anchor a major studio release? We’ll see — could be another Benigni who never “walks this road again” but still has a nice career internationally or he could pop up from time-to-time in major American productions. Either way, he doesn’t annoy me as Benigni does so I’ve decided to be okay with him winning Best Actor (I still think Pitt deserves it more). It’s just weird to think they’re probably going to give Dujardin the Best Actor statue when actors like Pitt, DiCaprio, Giamatti, Clooney, Oldman, etc. haven’t won one.
I’m sorry, but that’s how I feel. Dujardin is a flash in the pan in America who is profoundly fortunate. If Weinstein didn’t have his back, would he or his POS film have even been nominated? ABC better get negotiating with Summit/Lionsgate to have the Twilight cast intro the world premiere of Breaking Dawn part 2 during the Oscars because only the hardcores are going to tune into this fiasco of a show. He IS Bengini 2.0.
Dujardin is a flash in the pan in America who is profoundly fortunate
PaulH, surely I don’t need to remind you that it’s easy to have great success, fame and fortune outside America.
In fact, life outside America’s celebrity circus might be what many people prefer.
only the hardcores are going to tune into this fiasco of a show.
good. that’s how I like it.
“Dujardin is a flash in the pan in America who is profoundly fortunate”….it is possible that success lives outside the USA…..what and extremely arrogant comment.
I recently saw Lucky Luke (pronounced Looky Look) starring Jean Dujardin with cameos by Melvil Poupaud and Sylvie Testud. It’s a parody of American Westerns. Harvey should do everything to keep that film away from AMPAS members. I’ve also seen that Brice de Nice movie (The Brice Man),it’s awful, and quite simply Dujardin’s pre-Artist filmography is unimpressive. But he’s bound to get better roles after his present success. A talkie The Artist Part 2 is brewing where his voice needs to be dubbed because it’s squeaky.
He’ll get his pick of roles in France, James, yes. Just not, I don’t believe, here in the US.
I bet he’s gonna be a villain in a SH film soon. Maybe Thor 2? Hollywood will find him a role.
The ASC has begun:
ASC Award for half hour TV category CALIFORNICATION.
ASC Award for miniseries/MOV category is Martin for PAGE EIGHT!
Dujardin is like a breath of fresh air, so genuine. What a great smile and so handsome!
I think that one of the reason’s for his success are that the audience was starving for something new and different. They sure got it this year!
his wife is so lucky. I would let him do dirty silent things to me.
That smile, those eyebrows – it was love at second sight for me. Second, because for some reason, even though I knew him from the OSS movies, I didn’t quite pay attention to his looks back then, but he’s a charmer – so sweet and funny. He’s right there in the same league with Gad Elmaleh. The Funny or Die video made me actually think that he would be a great Pirates of the Caribbean villain
. Add a mustache and he’ll have that Clark Gable allure, just like in The Artist. He and Fassbender are my big crushes of 2011. If he’ll improve his English to star in more mainstream projects, he might become bigger in the USA. I hope he won’t follow the Christoph Waltz route, from whom I was expecting, but his last movies were duds, it seems like Tarantino will have to bring him back on the right track again with Django Unchained.
*I was expecting more, sorry for the missing word. This happens when a sleepy night owl decides that it would be a good idea to leave comments.
It’s Dujardin, not DuJardin
All throughout the Artist I couldn’t stop thinking how much he reminds me of a young Sean Connery. Looks, mannerisms… accent not so much.
Yes, let’s give him the Academy Award for being pretty!
Yes, let’s give him the Academy Award for being pretty!
I’ll say it: he’s not universally pretty to all of us.
Did anybody else see his goofy rubberface act on the red carper at the BAFTAs last night. Imagine if Clooney or Pitt or Oldman acted like this.
The interview question was fawning and embarrassing enough. But Dujardin’s cloying reaction made her look downright erudite.
If we’re going to judge actors on their looks, let’s go Full Meat Market. Let’s get serious. Flop those cocks out, boys.
He Roberto Benigni-ed his way down that red carpet. Clownish.
If he’s got range or any levels of nuance below CHARISMA!, it’s not apparent from the three movies I’ve seen him in.
That’s not acting. It’s voguing.
It’s ironic that Dujardin is going to win the Best Actor Oscar in a silent film even though he has a beautiful speaking voice.
ALSO: Roberto Begnini was pretty ugly and this guy is NOT–big difference.
aww sasha i envy you now, you saw jean dujardin in person sighhh and some of you just don’t get french humor obviously! i’m glad i’ve basked in french and english-speaking culture from birth that i have no problem with either!
one thing though i never ever watched american comedies in french, alas everything gets lost in translation ,nothing to be done about that…
jean is a great actor and very talented, he’s been steadily improving over the years from his sketches to his sitcom “un gars,une fille” to his switch to cinema, even french critics put him down in advance saying he wouldnt amount to much he didnt have what it took to be a big screen actor until he proved them wrong!
Now he’s one of France’s most famous actor, a very bankable one at that! we’ve followed him long enough to know he’s not just a flash in the pan but the real deal, an artist who’s always seeking to improve his skills and doesnt let naysayers dictate his professional career
bravo jean, go get that oscar!
The last two hetero men in hollywood – Brad Pitt and Jean Dujardin.
Back in 2005 when I was in the tenth grade I did a 3 month student exchange to France. While I was there, one of the movies I checked out in theaters was Brice de Nice, starring Jean DuJardin as seen in the clip you posted. While I was there, everyone at school was talking about the movie and Brice de Nice’s common saying “Casse” and corresponding action was the most imitated movie moment. Seeing the movie in theaters in a small French city was quite the experience for me and is one of my most vivid memories. It’s pretty crazy seeing how Brice de Nice has come!
Anyone comparing Dujardin to Benigni should take a look at that video. Benigni didn’t have THAT CHEST! Just saying!