Artist
- Release Date
- October 12, 2011
- Director
- Michel Hazanavicius
- Cast
- Jean Dujardin , Berenice Bejo , John Goodman , James Cromwell , Penelope Ann Miller , Missi Pyle
- Runtime
- 100
- Main Genre
- Comedy
- Studio
- The Weinstein Company
- Writers
- Michel Hazanavicius
- Tagline
- N/A
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.
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