Exciting update from #BiennaleCinema2025! #DeadMansWire, #OutOfCompetition, unveils a gripping 1977 kidnapping tale. Featuring a reporter role inspired by #AngelaDavis, shaped by #GusVanSant’s vision and childhood influence. Don’t miss this cinematic gem! #BiennaleCinema2025 #OutOfCompetition
¡Mañana inicia el #FestivaldeCannes! 🤩
Aquí está lo que debes saber de la #OfficialSelection en #Competition, el jurado, las películas #OutOfCompetition y la Palma de Oro honoraria de #Cannes2025 👇🎥
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Spike Lee's post on his Instagram account: "Bon Jour. Good Morning. Whaddup❓Da New SPIKE LEE JOINT-HIGHEST 2 LOWEST Starring My Brother DENZEL WASHINGTON Has Been Invited To Da 2025 CANNES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (In The Out Of Competition Category). AND DAT’S DA BOTTLES OF 🍾 🥂TRUTH,RUTH. YA-DIG❓SHO-NUFF. 🇫🇷💪🏾🇺🇸👍🏾👏🏾🙏🏾🔥🤓". The caption was attached to a picture of Highest 2 Lowest production merch, which had the custom stitching: “Highest 2 Lowest 2 Cannes.”
The festival confirmed the film’s addition in a statement to us this afternoon and explained why it was left off this morning’s list of announcements. “The film was not announced this morning due to one final piece of information we were awaiting — the confirmation of Denzel Washington’s presence at Cannes. Highest 2 Lowest, directed by Spike Lee, will indeed be presented as part of the Official Selection, Out of Competition, and will be screened, in the presence of Denzel Washington, on Monday, May 19, 2025,” the statement read. Discussing the film with us at the Red Sea Film Festival in 2024, Lee said 'Highest 2 Lowest' was not a remake but a “reinterpretation” of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime thriller 'High and Low.' The film stars Denzel Washington in his fifth collaboration with Lee. The duo previously worked together on 'Mo’ Better Blues,' 'Malcolm X,' 'He Got Game,' and 'Inside Man.' Kurosawa’s original film follows an executive at a Yokohama shoe company who becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur’s son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom. “In Kurosawa’s film, Toshiro Mifune is a shoemaker,” said Lee. “In our film, Denzel Washington is a music mogul with his own label and his reputation as the best ears in the business. So, this is the fifth film with the dynamic duo.” Apple Original Films and A24 are partnering on the project, with A24 releasing the film theatrically before its global launch on AppleTV+. This year’s festival runs May 13 — 24.
The world premiere will take place May 19, which marks the anniversary of the presentation of "Do the Right Thing" at Cannes in 1989. "Spike loves celebrations," Fremaux said. It turns out May 19 is also the 100th birthday of Malcom X, who Lee honored with his 1992 film starring Washington.
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