The Artist

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The Artist is a 2011 French black-and-white silent romantic comedy-drama film that pays homage to Hollywood’s silent era and won multiple Academy Awards, including Best Picture.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf black-and-white film
film
romantic comedy-drama film
silent film
academyAward Academy Award for Best Actor
Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Academy Award for Best Director
Academy Award for Best Original Score
Academy Award for Best Picture
cinematographyBy Guillaume Schiffman
countryOfOrigin France
countryOfProduction France
director Michel Hazanavicius
distributor The Weinstein Company
Warner Bros. Pictures France
dogActor Uggie
editedBy Anne-Sophie Bion
Michel Hazanavicius
featuresCharacter Jack the dog
festivalAward Best Actor Award at Cannes Film Festival
filmingLocation Los Angeles
genre black-and-white film
romantic comedy-drama
silent film
homageTo Hollywood silent era
intertitleLanguage English
languageType silent with intertitles
leadActorAwardRecipient Jean Dujardin
mainCharacter George Valentin
Peppy Miller
musicBy Ludovic Bource
notableFact first French-produced film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture
first mainly silent film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture since 1929
originalLanguage French
premieredAt Cannes Film Festival
producer Thomas Langmann
productionCompany La Classe Américaine
La Petite Reine
Studio 37
releaseDate 2011-05-15
releaseYear 2011
runtimeMinutes 100
settingPeriod early 1930s
late 1920s
stars Bérénice Bejo
James Cromwell NERFINISHED
Jean Dujardin
John Goodman
Missi Pyle
theme fame and decline
romantic relationship between film stars
transition from silent films to talkies
timePeriodDepicted 1927–1932
title The Artist
wonBestActorAt 84th Academy Awards
wonBestCostumeDesignAt 84th Academy Awards
wonBestDirectorAt 84th Academy Awards
wonBestOriginalScoreAt 84th Academy Awards
wonBestPictureAt 84th Academy Awards
writer Michel Hazanavicius


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