OSS 117: CAIRO NEST OF SPIES (OSS 117, Le Caire nid d’espions) Los Angeles Premiere Comedy/Action France, 2006 In French with English subtitles 35mm/2.35:1/Color/Stereo/99 min Awards: Grand Prix, Tokyo International Film Festival (2006), Golden Space Needle Award for Best Film, Seattle International Film Festival (2006) Official Selection: Seattle International Film Festival (2006), Tokyo International Film Festival (2006), Copenhagen International Film Festival (2006) Directed by: Michel Hazanavicius Written by: Jean-François Halin Based on the original work of: Jean Bruce Cinematography: Guillaume Schiffman Editor: Reynald Bertrand Music: Ludovic Bource, Kamel Ech-Cheikh Produced by: Éric Altmayer, Nicolas Altmayer Production company: Mandarin Cinéma Co-production: Gaumont, M6 Films With: Jean Dujardin (Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, OSS 117), Bérénice Bejo (Larmina El Akmar Betouche), Aure Atika (PrincessAl Tarouk), Philippe Lefebvre (Jack), Constantin Alexandrov (Setine), Said Amadis (the Egyptian spokesperson), Laurent Bateau (Gardenborough), Claude Brosset (Armand Lesignac), François Damiens (Raymond Pelletier), Youssef Hamid (Imam), Arsène Mosca (Loktar), Abdallah Moundy (Slimane) www.oss117.fr Coming out on May 9 in the U.S US Distributor: Music Box Films 942 W. Lake Street Chicago, IL 60607 www.musicboxfilms.com The most astonishing of secret agents, OSS 117 is gifted. He can learn anything in a few minutes: foreign languages, martial arts, Eastern dance...Armed he is invincible. Bare handed he is indestructible. He is handsome. He has charm and style. OSS 117 almost has it all. But when it comes to reason and judgment, he is not so efficient... Starring Jean Dujardin (Counter Investigation (COLCOA 2007), 99 Francs (COLCOA 2008)) as OSS 117 alias Hubert Bonnisseur de la Bath, this parody of classic James Bond films won the Golden Space Needle Award at the 2006 International Seattle Film festival. MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS Michel Hazanavicius started his career on French television channel Canal + in 1988, writing skits for popular Saturday Night Live style TV show “Les Nuls” and TV parodies such as Le Grand Détournement or Derrick contre Superman. After writing and directing various short films, he co-wrote his first feature film in 1996 Delphine 1, Yvan 0 and made his debut as writer/director with Mes Amis in 1999, starring Yvan Attal (Rush Hour 3, Munich, The Interpreter). From 1999 to 2005, he directed more than 40 commercial films and co-wrote the television documentary Rwanda: History of a Genocide (2004). His second feature film, OSS 117: Cairo Nest of Spies won awards and critical acclaim worldwide. PRESS “Sparkling production design, a jubilantly retro score and a genuine flair for using the film and TV vocabulary of the '60s to revisit colonial arrogance put pic in the same conceptual ballpark as Austin Powers or "The Naked Gun" series.” (Variety) “...Director Michel Hazanavicius and screenwriter Jean-François Halin not only spoof the original source material, Bond, Powers and 1960s television series, but also take on former French colonial relations in a hilariously ditsy and politically incorrect way without ever feeling out of synch, which makes OSS 117 one of the most uproaringly hilarious films of the year.” (European-films.net) “Creative and consistently comical, Jean Dujardin recalls the charm of the bumbling Peter Sellers character Inspector Clouseau in his award winning turn as Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath (aka OSS 117)... OSS 117 is filled with cheery, bright and sophisticated humor and memorable performances in a movie that seems to fly by even faster than its ninety-nine minute running time.” (Film Intuition)