VARIOUS: French actor and comedian Jean Dujardin attends German premiere of the silent movie 'The Artist' nominated for six Golden Globes, with director Michel Hazanavicius dreaming about an Oscar and expressing surprise about the film's success

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  • Title: VARIOUS: French actor and comedian Jean Dujardin attends German premiere of the silent movie 'The Artist' nominated for six Golden Globes, with director Michel Hazanavicius dreaming about an Oscar and expressing surprise about the film's success
  • Date: 5th January 2012
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (French) DIRECTOR "THE ARTIST," MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS, SAYING: "I just felt like doing this movie and I think what made me make it was the desire to share that pleasure with the audience because I just love the way stories are told in silent movies. (pauses) The room it leaves you as a spectator allows you to imagine so many things that it makes for a very personal movie for each individual in the audience."
  • Embargoed: 20th January 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Germany
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVA3IN3146FOR8KTA2BIZO0WZP4K
  • Story Text: The makers of the silent movie "The Artist," nominated for six Golden Globes, attended the German premiere in Berlin on Tuesday night (January 03), with director Michel Hazanavicius recounting the uphill struggle to get the film made.
    "If everyone tells you that it will never work you have to accept it at some point. So I accepted it, thinking it might not work," Hazanavicius said.
    "But, I thought, I could still sell it here and there and still create a prestigious movie for festivals. I never would have thought that it would become such a success."
    Asked about the likelihood of getting an Oscar in February, Hazanavicius said, "to be totally honest, I think I will never again be so close to the possibility of getting an Oscar which is after all the highest award in cinema.'
    "But," Hazanavicius quickly added, "this does not mean that I think I deserve it or that I think the movie deserves it. That's not the issue. The point is that today, I'm in a situation where it's possible. There you go."
    French actor and comedian Jean Dujardin, who stars in the film, told how he too was unsure about the movie's success.
    "This is the first time - I have done about twenty movies - this is the first time that I had doubts. I was unsure and got cold feet. I had not a lot I could build on, except for Michel. I trust him. But even with a lot of trust you know there is a moment when you feel all alone, alone in front of the camera or with others. But it's scary. I was scared," Dujardin said.
    In mid-December, The Artist painted a pretty picture at the Golden Globe nominations, leading all movies with six nods overall including best film comedy or musical.
    The Golden Globe Awards, which are given out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, are among the most widely-watched honours programmes leading up to the Oscars in February.
    But unlike the Oscars, Golden Globes movie nominations are grouped into two categories, dramas and musicals or comedies, where "The Artist" faces competition from director Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris," cancer comedy "50/50," box office hit "Bridesmaids" and "My Week with Marilyn," starring Michelle Williams in the role of screen siren Marilyn Monroe.
    The Golden Globe Awards will be given out in a gala ceremony on Jan. 15, hosted by British comedian Ricky Gervais and telecast live on the NBC network.
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