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Javier was in attendance at the photocall for his documentary,"Sons of the Clouds,the Last Colony".Javier was joined by the films director Alvaro Longoria, Spanish actress Elena Anaya and producer Lily Hartley. The event took place at the Academia de Cine in Madrid.

Terrence Malick's Untitled Romance Now Called 'To The Wonder,' Lands R Rating

It was just a couple of weeks ago that we wondered if we were going to be seeing Terrence Malick's then-untitled romance starring (deep breath) Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdams, Rachel Weisz, Javier Bardem, Barry Pepper, Michael Sheen and Amanda Peet before the end of the year. And at the time, the answer was: who knew?

The enigmatic director keeps to himself and likes to continually tinker, but with two more movies gearing up this year in the formerly titled "Lawless" and "Knight Of Cups," we hoped that meant this one was finally nearing the finish line. And it appears that's the case.

The Classifications & Rating Administration (CARA) has revealed (via The Film Stage) that the film is now called "To The Wonder," and has been rated R for "some sexuality/nudity." Hot.

To refresh your memory, the story centers on a man (Affleck) who, feeling at loose ends, travels to Paris, and enters a hot-and-heavy affair with a European woman (Kurylenko). He returns home to Oklahoma, where he marries the European woman (in part for visa reasons), only for the relationship to fall apart. He winds up rekindling a romance with a hometown girl (McAdams) with whom he's had a long history.

And while that sounds like a traditional storyline, early word was that the film was even more experimental than "The Tree Of Life" (whatever that means). But either way, nothing is ever very ordinary in a Malick film. However, whether or not this means we'll see the movie in 2012 is unknown.

"To The Wonder" is still without a domestic distribution deal (though rights to Canada, U.K. and other territories have already been sold) so it remains to be seen where this will land. Malick is on the board of advisors for Tugg, the web platform that lets users vote and organize screenings in their town for various films. Could he strike it out on his own and self-distribute? Or will he go down the traditional path? Footage from "To The Wonder" has screened for domestic buyers, though no deals have been made thus far. Could he be waiting for a festival before shaking hands with a distributor in the U.S.? All we can do is speculate.

So in short, we now have a title and a rating for "To The Wonder." But as for when we'll see it? Again, your guess is as good as ours, but it's a baby step forward.

BARDEM'S DOCUMENTARY WINS PRIZE
By Virginia Hebrero,
Latin American Herald Tribune

SAHARAWI REFUGEE CAMP IN DAKHLA, Algeria – The documentary â€œHijos de las nubes, la ultima coloni (Sons of the Clouds, the Last Colony) produced by and starring Javier Bardem, is the winner of the White Camel award, the top honor handed out at the Sahara Film Festival, or FiSahara, that took place this weekend at this refugee camp.

Directed by Alvaro Longoria, the film analyzing the political and strategic interests that are hampering the resolution of the Saharawi conflict was screened in Dakhla before it is due to hit Spanish theaters in a few weeks but after being presented at the Berlin Film Festival. In the documentary, Bardem leads the viewer through the roots of the conflict up to the current situation of stagnation and obscurity of the Saharawi people.

Neither Bardem nor Longoria traveled to Dakhla, but the prize which was awarded on Saturday by a popular panel at the non-competitive festival, the only one in the world held in a refugee camp was to be accepted by sound technician Charlie Schmukler from the hands of actress Aitana Sanchez Gijon.

The festival's co-director, actor Willy Toledo, told Efe that it was predictable that Hijos de las nubes would take the top award because â€œalways when there is a great film that deals with the Saharawi conflict, like â€˜El problemaâ€™ two years ago, it is greatly appreciated here.

Bardem's documentary â€œhas a focus on high politics, the corridors of the U.N., world leaders, that had not been seen in other films with a Saharawi theme, and beyond that it's very educational for whose who arenâ€™t familiar with the conflict,Toledo said.

Breaking the tradition of offering a real camel to the Saharawi family who hosted Bardem at the camp during the 2008 FiSahara festival, when the idea for the documentary was born, the organizers decided to donate it to the Saharawi police force that currently guarantees the safety of the public and of the event's invited guests. That was to avoid a recurrence of something like the dramatic kidnapping more than six months ago at the Saharawi camps of three aid workers Spaniards Ainhoa Fernandez and Enric Gonyalons, and Italian Rosella Urru to whom the festival paid tribute.

Two special mentions will be made at the festival, one of them regarding the documentary Gdeim Izik: detonante de la primavera arabe, which tells about the creation and displacement, in November 2010, of the Saharawi camp in the area occupied by Morocco established at El Aaiun, a protest that some analysts felt was the beginning of the so-called Arab Spring throughout the Middle East and North Africa.

Bardem's 'Sons' closes Japan, Spain Wild Bunch-sold docu to bow on 20 screens in Spain
By John Hopewell,Variety

'Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony' MADRID Wild Bunch has initiated major territory sales on Alvaro Longoria's documentary "Sons of the Clouds," produced by Javier Bardem, closing Japan with Comstock. In a separate deal, Spain's Wanda Films will release "Sons" on 20 prints in major cities on May 18 -- a muscular theatrical roll-out for a docu-feature in the country.

Cameo will handle Spanish DVD distribution, arthouse indie service Filmin and other Spanish platforms will guide its VOD launch. Longoria's directorial debut explains how the Morocco-annexed Western Sahara ended up as Africa's last colony, leaving 200,000 Saharawis living in desert refugee camps, mostly in South-West Algeria. Elena Anaya, star of Pedro Almodovar's "The Skin I Live In," will provide the Spanish voiceover. An as yet undisclosed celebrity will supply the voiceover for the English-language release, Longoria said.

"Javier Bardem's media presence gives the film more possibilities, and the Western Sahara's plight has had large repercussions in Spain," said Miguel Morales, at Wanda Films. Doc world preemed as a Berlinale Special at February's Berlin Film Festival and will screen at the Cannes market, which kicks off May 16. Bardem appears in the film as its producer, attempting in vain to score interviews with Moroccan authorities, and explaining to camera his interest in the Sahara.

"Sons" is produced by Bardem's Pinguin Films, Longoria's Morena Films and Candescent Films in the U.S.

"The Western Sahara is a specific case. But the film also shows the realpolitik practised by democratic countries, which mean human rights are not a priority in international diplomacy," Longoria said

MOVIE RUMOR: Javier Bardem to Appear in Film Based on Brother's Novel
From: Latin American Herald Tribune

MADRID – Javier Bardem will make his return to Spanish cinema when he plays a neo-Nazi ideologue in "Alacran enamorado" (Scorpion in Love), a film based on a novel by his brother Carlos.

In remarks to Efe, Spanish director Santiago Zannou said the winner of a best-supporting-actor Oscar for his turn in the Coen brothers' "No Country for Old Men" will play a secondary character named Solis, a role distinct from the purely villainous one he has in the upcoming James Bond film.

"In my film (the character) is more realistic, not a wicked villain who wants to destroy the world, but an ordinary person. Those are the ones who truly frighten me, for having a type of ideology that separates people, that engenders violence," Zannou said.

This will mark the first time Bardem has worked with a Spanish director since he won four Goya awards for his performance in Alejandro Amenabar's "Mar adentro" (The Sea Inside).

"Alacran enamorado" tells the story of Alyssa, a seductive Latin American immigrant who had fallen victim to a prostitution ring and now makes a living cleaning houses, and Julian, alias "El alacran" (The Scorpion), a member of a neo-Nazi group.

Alex Gonzalez and Judith Diakhate have the starring roles, while Carlos Bardem plays a boxing trainer and former boxer Rudo Hovic is the owner of the gym. EFE

THEY are probably two subjects that Lucian Freud would have loved to have painted. So it is fitting that Spanish stars Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem have taken a bit of downtime to visit a huge retrospective of his work in London.

The high profile couple left their baby at home to visit the late artist's show at the National Portrait Gallery.They stayed for ages, wearing headphones and listening intently to the audio guide,said a fellow exhibition goer.

A few nights earlier the pair were snapped leaving fancy 34 restaurant in Mayfair after a double date with director Ridley Scott and his partner Giannina Facio. Bardem has been in London filming the new Bond film Skyfall.

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Javier was recently interviewed by Spanish journalist,Inaqui Gabilondo for the Canal + TV Channel in Spain.The interview is set to air on April 25th in Spain and in it,he discusses his career and making the documentary,Sons of clouds.

Javier and his wife enjoyed a night out in London just last night! They apparently had dinner with director Ridley Scott which sort of confirms some rumors that the award winning director is pursuing the award winning actor for a role in his next film,The Counselor.Check out all the new photos!

"It's like a gift," says Javier Bardem on his role in Skyfall, the next James Bond due for release in October. "I'm 43 years old, so I remember going to see the Bond movies with my father and mother."

Bardem plays the main baddie - rumoured to be called Silva - to Daniel Craig's 007 and has recently been shooting the film across London. "It's also shooting in Istanbul and some other places I'm not allowed to say. It's amazing to think we're still shooting when we have to be opening in, what, six months." Directed for the first time by Sam Mendes, who Bardem says is "doing a great job", Skyfall apparently sees Bond's allegiance to Judi Dench's M put under strain as her past reveals itself. "He's very, very funny, a great colleague, and so strong," says Bardem of Craig. "He's shooting non-stop and I'm thinking: 'Oh my God, I don't know how you do it'. He's on top of all the stunts, and I go, 'man, if I were you, I would be a mess'. In my opinion, he's a great Bond."

The all-important Bond girls in the latest instalment are the English actress Naomie Harris and the French actress and model Berenice Marlohe. Not surprisingly, neither fall short in the aesthetics department, but Bardem won't reveal whether there are any scenes that might give his wife Penelope Cruz reason to be jealous. "I can't tell you that," he laughs. "It's our little secret."

While information detailing Skyfall's plot is - predictably - difficult to come by, photos taken earlier this month from a scene shot on London's Whitehall road show Bardem in a police officer's uniform, apparently a disguise (he is, after all, the bad guy).

Whether it's part of the disguise or not, we'll have to wait and see, but underneath Bardem's policeman's cap sits a rather luxuriant looking blonde wig. It might appear somewhat unusual, but at least it's not as ridiculous as the 1970s-era bowl-cut hairstyle he was forced to wear as the maniacal baddie in the No Country for Old Men. "No, I don't wear his haircut," he says, sounding somewhat relieved.

Although he might not appear the type, Bardem seems to be an in-demand villain at the moment. Following his Oscar-winning role in the Coen brothers' film and now Bond, there are rumours he's Ridley Scott's preferred choice as the main antagonist in The Counselor (based on a screenplay by Cormac McCarthy, who also wrote No Country for Old Men). But Bardem is quick to dismiss the Hollywood gossip mill.

"If I were going to do every movie that they said I was doing, I'd be filming non-stop, I'd have my body in pieces and would be in different countries doing different roles at the same time," he jokes. "But I know about it, and it would be amazing to work with Scott."

Entertainment Tonight visited the set of SKYFALL where they interviewed both Javier, Daniel Craig and the "Bond girls".

Javier was asked whether his character in Skyfall is a good villain or a bad villain? Javier replied that he doesn't know,but it's both fun and intense! Daniel Craig mentioned that he approached Javier at a party and offered him the role and Javier said yes! The day ET! was there they were filming the scenes in the subway.Javier did not disclose anything about his character at all,so we still know nothing about "Silva".Daniel Craig did reveal that we will get to see James Bond in a bathing suit again! Check out "Casino Royale" for that one and our TV captures! :)

It's being reported that supposedly Javier and his family have moved into a home near Kensington Palace,which is the home of Prince William and his wife,Kate.Javier is still in England filming Skyfall and will be staying at the home for the duration.

Javier Bardem is about to play a Bond baddie, but his new documentary is all about doing good, he tells Kaleem Aftab

'There is no good side to celebrity," Javier Bardem laughs. The Spanish actor knows all about the price of superstardom. One half of Spain's most famous couple â€" PenÃ©lope Cruz gave birth to their son just over a year ago" he is as successful in English-language movies as those in his mother tongue. He won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his brutal turn in the Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men and was nominated in the Best Actor category for playing the gay Cuban writer and poet Reinaldo Arenas in Julian Schnabel's Before Night Falls and again in 2011 playing a criminal clairvoyant in Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Biutiful. Three performances that highlight his remarkable range.

Yet Bardem's claim about celebrity feels a little disingenuous, especially as the 43-year-old actor was recently in attendance at the Berlin Film Festival as producer and presenter of Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony, a documentary about the plight of the Sahrawi people in the former Spanish colony of Western Sahara. Using fame to highlight a political cause is a path well-trodden by actors. When I put it to Bardem that he is able to get a documentary made about a subject close to his heart because of his celebrity, and that people are interested, so it can't all be bad, he responds: "That is true but not as much as you think, for sure."

Bardem is an impressive figure. He is very personable, flashing his devilish electric smile at all the right moments, and has the ability to make you want to agree with his every word. Yet there is also a sense of disappointment that comes with the knowledge that for all his efforts to push the issue of the Sahrawi people into the public consciousness, including speaking at the United Nations, it will never garner as much media attention as his relationship with Cruz, and her pregnancy.

They married in 2010 at a private family ceremony in the Bahamas in an attempt to avoid press intrusion. Today, he deflects questions on his relationship, saying that it shifts attention away from his work."It brings some other pressure and expectation that maybe the movie doesn't deserve," he says. "It can help in some ways, but not in others. There is nothing perfect. You have your career, career is not a word that I like, I mean you have your job. And you keep on choosing based on what you have always chosen. There's no master plan. No, Jesus, no. I guess these ideas belong to people's perceptions from the outside. But we're used to that. There are perceptions from the outside and then there is us. The real us."

It's tough to sympathise with someone whose life appears so glamorous. Yet the flipside of the glamour, he says, is balancing work with the impact it has on the rest of his life. "I do a job and am lucky enough to do a job that I love, but it is a hard one. I'm not saying it is as hard as working in a coal mine, but it is still difficult in a different way. Sometimes you have to go through very strong emotional journeys and then come back to yourself. And that can be difficult to control."

Sons of the Clouds begins with Bardem's visit to the FiSahara Film Festival in 2008, which takes place in Dakhla, a refugee camp in the Algerian desert. Invited guests stay with Sahrawi refugees, a stark contrast to the five-star hotels in which luminaries are usually housed at film festivals. It was getting to know his host family that led Bardem to his decision to raise awareness of their plight. The documentary was born.

The Western Sahara was once a colony of Spain, so is this a collective colonial hangover? Bardem laughs: "I've never heard that term before." The film gives a potted history of the Sahrawi people, explaining how, when the Spanish left, Morocco claimed the desert as their own under protest of Algeria, where the resistance movement the Polisario Front is based. French and US interests also add to the general confusion.

The actor separates the sentiments felt by the Spanish populace from the stance of various Spanish governments on the dispute. "The population is really aware of it and supportive of the Sahrawi people. But no government has done much about it, because it is a hot potato... they will be forced to face Morocco in so many ways and they can't, or they don't want to," he says. "But the Sahrawis have a lot of support from the population in Spain. So, yes, there is a hangover, I guess, but it is really painful for the government. The government cannot sleep with it, we, the population, we have to overcome it, and we take the next step."

By making himself the face of the campaign, Bardem recognises that he's open to censure. "Of course, you will be criticised for it, or you will be supported for it. Life is not perfect. But at the end you have to do what you believe in. And I guess it's not something that I jumped into, to be the main face. We never thought about what exactly to include in the movie, it was about trying to express the journey through my face, in order to understand the situation better."

Born in the Canary Islands, the youngest of a family of actors, Bardem has often appeared alongside his mother, Pilar Bardem, and older siblings, Monica and Carlos Bardem. He learned English by listening to heavy metal, in particular AC/DC, and is known for speaking up on issues he believes in. An atheist, he created controversy after the legalisation of gay marriage in Spain when he said in 2005 that if he were gay, "I would get married tomorrow, just to mess with the church." Last year, he joined the Enough Project, an organisation that raises awareness about conflict materials in eastern Congo.

As for joining the list of actors who put their names to political campaigns, the actor does not think it a surprising phenomenon. "Movies are powerful. But I think everything is political. When you put gas in your car you are making a political statement, because you are supporting the empires that control and continue the destruction of some countries. What I mean is that of course there has to be a relationship between politics and film.

"The question is, how far do you want to go with it? If you feel you should do something, then do it. And do it in a way, or form, or shape that you think can help the best, which in my case is making movies. There are also a lot of movies that are just entertainment, which is good and we all need it."

The next year will be a big one for the actor, with roles in two hotly anticipated films. First up, the new as-yet-untitled Terrence Malick picture rumoured to be heading to Cannes. "Of course I cannot tell you what it is, or what I do," says Bardem, maintaining the secrecy that surrounds Malick's films. What is known is that it stars Ben Affleck and Rachel McAdams, and is about an American man who reconnects with a woman from his past after his marriage to a European falls apart. Bardem plays Father Quintana.

Then comes the fulfilment of a childhood dream. He will play the villain in Skyfall, the latest James Bond film. "I was born watching James Bond movies and there are many reasons to do this â€" the cast, the script, the story, the role and, of course, [director] Sam Mendes," he says.

BARDEM STRIKES GOLD!

On February 24,2008,Javier Bardem became the first Spanish actor to ever win the Academy Award!

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On what he called "the greatest night of my life,"Javier became the first Spanish actor to win The Academy Award.

In his acceptance speech,Javier dedicated the award to his mother,Pilar Bardem,who proudly watched from the audience.

"Wow. Alright, this is very amazing. It's a great honor for me to have this. I want to and I have to speak fast here, man. Thank you to the Coens for being crazy enough to think that I could do that and put one of the most horrible haircuts in history over my head. Thank you for really proving my work. I want to share this with the cast, with the great Tommy Lee Jones, with the great Josh Brolin, with the great Kelly MacDonald. And I want to dedicate this to my mother, and I have to say this in Spanish, and I'm sorry,

Mama esto es para ti. Esto es para tus abuelos, para tus padres, Rafael y Matilde. Esto es para los comicos de Espana que han traido la dignidad y el orgullo a nuestro oficio. Esto es para Espana. Y esto es para todos vosotros. Thank you very much!"

No Country For Old Men won four Oscars including,
Best Director,Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture.

On May 23,2010 Javier won the Palme d'Or for Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival for his role in the film,BIUTIFUL.

He dedicated his award to his family and to his fiance,actress Penelope Cruz who were all present at the event.

To read his acceptance speech and for all the news,photos,videos,movie trailer and reviews of Javier's "Biutiful" success at Cannes 2010,please click below and go to our Cannes Film Festival Page.

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