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    'Parasite' Director Tapped as Head of Jury at 2021 Venice International Film Festival

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    Bong Joon Ho who won multiple Academy Awards for his 2019 comedy thriller has been officially appointed as the President of the Jury at the upcoming Venice International Film Festival.

    Jan 17, 2021
    AceShowbiz – “Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho is heading to Italy to head up the jury for the 2021 Venice International Film Festival.
    The South Korean Oscar winner will lead the seven-person group tasked with determining the winners of the competition prizes, including the Golden Lion for Best Film.
    “Venice International Film Festival carries with it a long and varied history, and I’m honoured to be woven into its beautiful cinematic tradition,” he shared in a statement.
    “As president of the jury – and more importantly as a perpetual cinephile – I’m ready to admire and applaud all the great films selected by the festival. I’m filled with genuine hope and excitement.”

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    Praising the filmmaker as “one of the most authentic and original voices in worldwide cinema,” festival director Alberto Barbera added, “We are immensely grateful to him for having agreed to put his passion as a cinephile attentive, inquisitive, and unprejudiced, at the service of our festival.”
    Cate Blanchett served as the jury president for the 2020 event, which was still held in-person last year, although with a scaled-back programme due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
    The 78th Venice International Film Festival is scheduled to take place from 1 to 11 September.
    Last year, Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland” won the top honor at the event. Meanwhile, the Grand Jury Prize went to Michel Franco’s “New Order” and Silver Lion was handed to Kiyoshi Kurosawa for “Wife of a Spy”.
    The best actress was given to Vanessa Kirby for “Pieces of a Woman” and the best actor to Pierfrancesco Favino for “Padrenostro”.

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      'Parasite' Makes History by Becoming U.K.'s Highest-Grossing Foreign-Language Film

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      Banking $14.59 million since it opened on February 7, the Bong Joon Ho-directed movie breaks the box office record set by Mel Gibson’s ‘The Passion of the Christ’ in 2004.
      Mar 10, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Oscar-winning drama “Parasite” has set a new record as the highest-grossing foreign-language film in British box office history.
      The South Korean movie, directed by Bong Joon Ho, has so far banked $14.59 million (£11.1 million) since it opened on 7 February, dethroning Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ”.
      The biblical film, which featured dialogue in Hebrew and Latin, had held the title since 2004, with a total gross of $14.56 million (£11.08 million).
      Officials at Parasite’s distributor, Curzon Artificial Eye, announced the news via Twitter after the figures were unveiled on Sunday, March 08.
      “This weekend we’re celebrating the fact that Bong Joon Ho’s universally acclaimed #Parasite has now become the highest grossing foreign language film in UK box office history!”

      Curzon Artificial Eye announced the milestones on Twitter.
      “Parasite” claimed four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, at Hollywood’s big night last month (February), and has taken in more than $257 million (£195.5 million) across the world to date.

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      'Parasite' Director Brings to Light Heartfelt Letter He Got From Martin Scorsese

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      During a press conference back in South Korea, Bong Joon Ho spills what message of support ‘The Irishman’ director gave him in the wake of his historic Oscars wins.
      Feb 21, 2020
      AceShowbiz – “Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho was touched to receive a message of support from Martin Scorsese in the wake of his historic Oscars victory.
      The filmmaker took home four top awards at the prestigious Hollywood ceremony earlier this month, with the thriller becoming the first non-English language project to claim the Best Picture prize, as well as the first to triumph in both the International Feature Film and Best Picture categories.
      During a press conference back home in his native South Korea, the director revealed that Scorsese, one of his screen heroes, had sent him a letter of encouragement after his big wins.
      “This morning I got a letter from Martin Scorsese,” Bong shared. “I can’t tell you what the letter said because it’s something personal. But towards the end he wrote, ‘You’ve done well. Now rest. But don’t rest for too long’.”
      Bong added: “He continued by saying how he and other directors were waiting for my next movie.”
      The sweet exchange emerges after Bong heaped praise on Scorsese while accepting the Best Director Oscar, for which the “Taxi Driver” icon was also nominated for “The Irishman”.
      “When I was young and starting in cinema, there was a saying that I carved deep into my heart which is, ‘The most personal is the most creative’,” Bong recalled. “That quote was from our great Martin Scorsese.”

      “Parasite” also earned Bong the Best Original Screenplay accolade.

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      'Parasite' Distributor Savagely Claps Back at Trump for Criticizing Its Oscars Win: 'He Can't Read'

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      President Donald Trump says during a campaign rally that this year’s Academy Awards was ‘bad’ because a non-American film got the Best Picture and slams Brad Pitt for his ‘little wise guy’ speech.
      Feb 21, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Donald Trump had some things to say about the 2020 Academy Awards during a rally campaign in Colorado Springs, Colorado on Thursday, February 20. Speaking at the podium, the president attacked this year’s prize-giving event for handing out the Best Picture prize, one of the coveted awards at the ceremony, to “Parasite”.
      “How bad were the Academy Awards this year?” he asked his supporters who were in attendance at the rally. Criticizing the Academy for giving Best Picture to a non-American movie, the 73-year-old went on to say, “And the winner is… a movie from South Korea! What the hell was that all that about? We’ve got enough problems with South Korea, with trade. On top of that, they give them the best movie of the year. Was it good? I don’t know. ‘Let’s get Gone With the Wind’ back, please? ‘Sunset Boulevard’. So many great movies.”
      Trump added, “I thought it was best foreign film, no?” “Parasite” won both the Best Picture and Best International Feature Film, the latter of which replaced the now-defunct Best Foreign Film category.
      NEON, which distributes the film in North America, didn’t take a long time to respond to Trump’s jab. Hitting back at the president, the company tweeted, “Understandable, he can’t read,” along with the hashtags #Parasite #BestPicture #Bong2020.

      NEON responds after President Trump criticized ‘Parasite’ Best Picture win at Oscars.
      During the rally, Trump also made it clear that he’s not a fan of Brad Pitt, mocking the actor for his political speech at the Oscars. “And then you have Brad Pitt, I was never a big fan of his. He got up, said a little wise guy thing. He’s a little wise guy,” he said of the Best Supporting Actor winner for his role in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”.
      Accepting his prize at the ceremony, Pitt said at the time, “They told me I only have 45 seconds up here, which is 45 seconds more than the Senate gave John Bolton this week.” He was referencing the former national security adviser who was not allowed to testify by the Senate during the Trump impeachment hearing.
      The 56-year-old star then joked that “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” helmer Quentin Tarantino might make a film about the controversial hearings. “I’m thinking maybe Quentin does a movie about it and in the end, the adults do the right thing,” he added.
      Trump’s son Eric Trump later called Brad one of “smug elitists,” blaming him for the Oscars low ratings. “Probably because Americans don’t liked to be preached to by smug elitists. The elegance has been lost and America has tuned these people out of their homes…,” the third-eldest child of the president wrote along with Fox Business’ post that featured a photo of Brad at the 92nd annual prize-giving event, with the caption, “Oscars ratings fall 25% to all-time low.”

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      'Parasite' Director Explains Why He Has to Forbid One Cast Member From Doing Publicity Tour

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      Oscar winner Bong Joon Ho admits that his requirement for Park Myung Hoon to stay on the sidelines during the promotion of the acclaimed thriller movie had given the actor a hard time.
      Feb 13, 2020
      AceShowbiz – “Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho had to hide the identity of one of his stars while promoting the film, so as not to ruin the big twist.
      Park Myung Hoon was forbidden from taking part in the movie’s publicity tour, because his director wanted viewers to be surprised when his character appears.
      Bong tells WENN, “It was so important to make sure that the second half of the film remained a secret, so we had all the actors and crew members sign an NDA (non-disclosure agreement) particularly from the part where the original housekeeper comes back and rings the doorbell.”
      “After that we made sure that none of that was revealed to the public and ever since Cannes we put in a lot of effort to keep that a secret. Particularly the actor, who is in the bunker, who plays the husband (of the housekeeper).”
      “He went to the Cannes Film Festival, but had to remain hidden. Even with the premiere screening, he had to be in a dark corner on the second floor and had to leave five minutes before the film ended and before the standing ovation to avoid all the reporters, because his existence in itself is a spoiler. He had a hard time.”
      “Three weeks after the film was released we really focused on introducing him as part of the cast.”

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      Mark Ruffalo in Line to Take Lead Role on 'Parasite' TV Series

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      Director Bong Joon Ho has reportedly teamed up with fellow Oscar winner Adam McKay in developing a new five-to-six episode series which filming is expected to begin in 2021.
      Feb 11, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Mark Ruffalo has been tapped for a leading role in a new television spin-off of director Bong Joon Ho’s Oscar-winning film “Parasite”.
      “The Avengers” actor watched from the audience as the filmmaker pick up four trophies, including one for Best Picture, at the 92nd Academy Awards on Sunday (February 09) and now he’s in line to star in a TV series adaptation for HBO network, according to multiple reports.
      Sources tell Collider director Bong is teaming with Adam McKay on the new five-to-six episode series, and Ruffalo has emerged as a frontrunner to star as one of the leads, although the exact details of the character he’ll be playing have yet to be revealed.
      The filmmaker, who made history at the Oscars as “Parasite” became the first foreign language film to win the Best Picture trophy, recently opened up about some of the ideas he may include in the TV series adaptation.
      “I had all these key ideas accumulated from when I started writing the script,” he told TheWrap. “I just couldn’t include all those ideas in the two-hour running time of the film, so they’re all stored in my iPad and my goal with this limited series is to create a six-hour-long film.”
      The “Parasite” series is expected to begin filming in 2021.

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      John Legend Comes in 'Parasite' Defense Against TV Host's Racist Comments on Oscar Wins

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      BlazeTV host Jon Miller is accused of being xenophobic after attacking South Korean director Bong Joon Ho for not speaking in English when accepting an award at the 2020 Academy Awards.
      Feb 10, 2020
      AceShowbiz – While almost everyone at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles gave a standing ovation to the cast and crew of “Parasite”, there’s always going to be some naysayers. Conservative host Jon Miller is one of those haters, ripping the South Korean movie’s director Bong Joon Ho after he won Best Original Screenplay at the 92nd annual Academy Awards on Sunday, February 9.
      “A man named Bong Joon Ho wins #Oscar for best original screenplay over Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and 1917,” he tweeted. Criticizing the filmmaker for not speaking in full English during his speech, Miller continued, “Acceptance speech was: ‘GREAT HONOR. THANK YOU.’ Then he proceeds to give the rest of his speech in Korean. These people are the destruction of America.”
      Moments later when the movie nabbed the coveted Best Picture, Miller added in another tweet, ” ‘These people’ are obviously not Koreans but those in Hollywood awarding a foreign film that stokes flames of class warfare over 2 films I thought were more deserving simply to show how woke they are.That should be clear from the rest of what I tweeted about tonight’s production.”

      He also posted, “LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL,” in response to the movie’s Best Picture win.

      As Oscars and “Parasite” have become trending topics on Twitter, it didn’t take long for other users to catch the wind of his insulting comments. Firing back at the TV host for his racist remarks, John Legend wrote, “Do they pay you for these dumb takes or is this something you do for fun.”

      Writer Yashar Ali, meanwhile, sarcastically asked Miller when Bong Joon Ho nabbed the Best Director award at the same ceremony, “You ok???? You gonna survive this?”
      Another Twitter user blasted Miller, “Don’t even pretend it was about ‘class warefare’. You brought up his Korean name then brought up his speaking in Korean. Your tweet had nothing to do with stoking flames except those of racism.”
      “Xenophobia is a hell of a drug,” wrote another. “Nah, you are. And we’re tired of your whiny, racist bulls**t. F**k off,” someone else replied to Miller’s post. “Does being a racist a** come naturally to you or did you have to work at it?” read another comment.
      “It’s not an overreaction – overreactions are when you’re right but you’ve over done your response. Jon’s not right – he’s racist,” another remarked. Another person schooled Miller, “What is America to you? English-speaking white people? An America that would’ve enslaved you and I less than 200 years ago @MillerStream? No, what we saw tonight is America. An America that’s grown. A melting pot of cultures and languages. Take your self hate elsewhere.”
      But Miller wasn’t the only one against “Parasite” big win at the Oscars. One commented on the movie’s big night, “I don’t like Parasit winning Best Picture Award when there is a The Irishman, as a film critic. In my opinion Parasit is very bad film. I think They want to attract attention to coronavirus.”
      “They don’t deserve it,” someone else commented. A person, who is an apparent President Donald Trump supporter, added, “Calling BS.”
      “Parasite” won a total of four trophies at the Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best International Feature.

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      Oscars 2020: 'Parasite' Historical Wins Round Up the Full Winner List

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      The South Korean movie wins big with a total of four awards including Best Picture and Best Director, while Renee Zellweger and Joaquin Phoenix are named Best Actress and Best Actor respectively.
      Feb 10, 2020
      AceShowbiz – “Parasite” is officially the biggest winner at the recently wrapped 2020 Academy Awards. The dark comedy thriller film won the coveted Best Picture prize at the Sunday, February 9 ceremony, becoming the first film not in the English language to win in the category.
      Executive producer Miky Lee was joined by director Bong Joon Ho and the cast onstage to accept the prize. “Thank you for being you,” he said to the helmer. Producer Kwak Sin Ae, meawhile, admitted she was left “speechless” by the win.
      The South Korean film edged out “1917”, “The Irishman”, “Jojo Rabbit”, “Joker”, “Little Women (2019)”, “Marriage Story”, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “Ford v Ferrari” for the prize.
      Moments before going up on the stage to receive the Best Picture award, Bong Joon Ho was named Best Director. It’s his first Oscar in the category. “After winning best international feature, I thought i was done for the day and was ready to relax,” he said in his speech.” “Just to be nominated is a huge honor. I never thought I would win.”
      Bong Joon Ho earlier won the Original Screenplay award, which he shared with Han Jin Won. The movie also made history as the first South Korean film to win in the Foreign Language Film category, which is renamed International Feature Film this year, bringing its total win to four.
      Taking other big prizes at the event were Renee Zellweger for Best Actress for her role as Judy Garland in “Judy” and Joaquin Phoenix as Best Actor for his portrayal of the psychopath villain in “Joker”.
      “Joker” collected a total of two awards, having won Original Score for Hildur Gudnadottir’s works earlier at the ceremony. Other winners with multiple trophies were “1917” which received three (Visual Effects, Cinematography and Sound Mixing) and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” with a total of two wins, including Best Supporting Actor for Brad Pitt and Best Production Design for Barbara Ling and Nancy Haigh.
      Best Supporting Actress went to Laura Dern for her role in “Marriage Story”, while Taika Waititi took Adapted Screenplay Oscar for writing “Jojo Rabbit”. “Toy Story 4” was named Best Animated Feature, with “American Factory” taking home the award in Documentary Feature category.
      Other winners at the 92nd annual Academy Awards are listed below.

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      'Parasite' Favored to Win Best Picture in Oscars Poll

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      Aside from picking the Bong Joon-ho-directed movie over ‘1917’, moviegoers have also selected Saoirse Ronan and Florence Pugh for the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress honors.
      Feb 6, 2020
      AceShowbiz – “Parasite” will win the Best Picture prize at the Oscars on Sunday, February 09 if users of movie website Fandango have their way.
      Over 2,000 moviegoers, who use the site to check out trailers and interviews and book film tickets, took part in Fandango’s Oscars poll and declared “Parasite” the movie of the year, narrowly beating out “1917”, while “Joker”, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “Little Women (2019)” complete the top five with 10 per cent or more of the vote.
      They also picked “Parasite” helmer Bong Joon-ho as Best Director, ahead of Sam Mendes and Quentin Tarantino.
      Fandango users are also expecting a few upsets in the acting categories, handing the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress honours to “Little Women (2019)” co-stars Saoirse Ronan and Florence Pugh. Most Oscars experts predict Renee Zellweger and Laura Dern will win these awards for their roles in “Judy” and “Marriage Story”.

      And the Fandango voters went with the majority regarding the Best Actor and Supporting Actor categories, picking “Joker” lead Joaquin Phoenix and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” star Brad Pitt.

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