
Release date:November 25, 2011
(NY, LA)
Studio:The Weinstein Company
Director:Michel Hazanavicius
MPAA Rating:PG-13 (for a disturbing image and a crude gesture)
Screenwriter:Michel Hazanavicius
Starring:Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo, Malcolm McDowell, John Goodman, Missi Pyle, James Cromwell, Penelope Ann Miller
Genre:Romance
Official website:WeinsteinCo.com
Plot Summary:
Hollywood 1927. George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a silent movie superstar. The advent of the talkies will sound the death knell for his career and see him fall into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo), it seems the sky's the limit - major movie stardom awaits. "The Artist" tells the story of their interlinked destinies.