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The story of the successful publicity campaign that made it possible for the French film The Artist (2011) to win five Academy Awards: an intimate look at what happens when a silent, black-and-white French film astounds Hollywood.
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Michel Hazanavicius Bérénice Bejo Jean Dujardin Thomas Langmann Guillaume Schiffman Ludovic Bource Emmanuelle Bercot Anne-Sophie Bion Garance Boulet George Clooney James Cromwell Russell Crowe David Danesi Marc Dujardin Jimmy Fallon Jane Fonda Beth Grant Dustin Hoffman Alexandra Lamy Jérôme Lateur Ed Lauter Gilles Lellouche Penelope Ann Miller Emmanuel Montamat Brad Pitt Missi Pyle Paul Rassam Meryl Streep Alain Terzian Uggie Gregory Weil Harvey Weinstein
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