Ridley Scott claims that his 1977 debut movie would have received one among cinema's largest awards if it weren't for a $50,000 bribe. The English director is maybe finest identified for his iconic science fiction movies, Foreigner and Blade runnerwhich have been solely the second and third movies of his profession. A number of years earlier, he made his characteristic movie directing debut in 1977 with a lesser-known historic drama, the primary within the style earlier than directing many others in Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven, The Final Dueland Napoleon.
Scott's later historic epic Gladiator received arguably cinema's largest award, the Oscar for Greatest Image, in 2001, whereas his 2016 sci-fi movie The Martian was additionally nominated for the glory. Moreover, Scott acquired three Academy Award nominations for Greatest Director for Thelma and Luisa, Gladiatorand Black Hawk down. The director has additionally competed a number of occasions for an additional of cinema's largest awards, the Palme d'Or on the Cannes Pageant. along with his debut movie, Thelma and Luisaand Robin Hood all debuting on the competition.
Ridley Scott says duelists ought to have the Palme d'Or
The director claims there was a bribe of US$50,000
Ridley Scott claims his debut movie, The duelistsought to have received the Palme d'Or if there had been no bribery. Directed by Scott in his movie debut based mostly on a brief story by Joseph Conrad the 1977 historic drama follows a sequence of duels between two rival officers spanning practically 20 years in the course of the Napoleonic Wars in France. The movie stars Harvey Keitel, Keith Carradine, Albert Finney, Edward Fox, Cristina Raines, Robert Stephens, Tom Conti and Stacy Keach.
Throughout a latest look on The Hollywood Reporterannual administrators' roundtable alongside Denis Villeneuve and different fellow filmmakers, Ridley Scott acknowledged The duelists ought to have received the Palme d'Or if there had been no bribery. The director claims that corruption influenced the Cannes committee, though the true winners, the Taviani brothers for Father Padronethey deserved the Palme d'Or and so they weren't those who bribed the jury. As an alternative, a brand new award, Greatest Debut Movie, was created for Scott. Learn his full feedback beneath:
Do you wish to hear a narrative about Cannes? I made my first movie, which price US$800,000, referred to as The Duelists. David Puttnam was my producer, he mentioned they needed us to be the English entry into Cannes. I mentioned, “Wow, that’s good!” So, I'm in Cannes and I'm approached by an important gentleman who was a part of the committee, a terrific American director. He mentioned, “I cherished your rattling film. The issue is that the jury acquired $50,000 as a bribe to vote for an additional movie.” He mentioned, “I’m going to create a prize for you.” [Scott won a prize for debut film.] I didn't win the Palme d'Or. Paradoxically, the Palme didn't go to the man who was paying. It was for 2 brothers who performed Padre Padrone. They received by having a very good film. I believed: “Fuck this corruption, even at this stage.
Our tackle Ridley Scott's Cannes corruption allegation
Cannes jury course of stays largely sincere
Though there have been some circumstances of alleged corruption on the French movie competition, Cannes jury course of stays largely sincere. Even within the case that Ridley Scott refers to, he admits that the Taviani brothers received the Palme d'Or for "having a very good film", Father Padronenor have been they those who bribed the jury. Though the director didn't win the Palme d'Or for his debut, The duelists, Ridley Scott lastly received a fair larger prize - profitable Greatest Image for an additional historic epic, Gladiator, in 2001.
Supply: THR