Kevin Costner Can’t Hold Back Tears as His Western Epic ‘Horizon’ Earns 7-Minute Cannes Standing Ovation, Promises ‘3 More’ Installments

This afternoon, Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof debuted his latest feature, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, in Competition here at the Cannes Film Festival to a nearly 15-minute standing ovation.

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are unforgettable actors. And even early in their careers, they stood out in a sea of extras, according to Kevin Costner.

“Yellowstone” star, 69, insisted that he “didn’t f–king cry” as it seemed he did when his new movie, “Horizon: An American Saga,” received an 11-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival. Costner appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Tuesday after his trip to France and revealed what was going through his mind when he experienced the positive response to his Western feature. “I actually started walking my life backwards for a second,” he said.

Kevin Costner’s new movie, which he has largely financed himself, has been panned by critics in its first-look reviews at Cannes.The film – which Costner has directed, co-written and stars in – is a four-part Western drama that takes place over 15 years of the American Civil War. Costner has spent over $98million (£77million) of his own money on the project.The film, which premiered at Cannes on Sunday (May 19) also stars Sienna Miller, Jamie Campbell Bower, Sam Worthington, Ella Hunt, Isabelle Fuhrman and Jena Malone.After the premiere, the first-look reviews for the project were largely negative.

Kevin Costner had the support of five of his seven children at the premiere of his new film. “Horizon,” which premiered in Cannes this week, has been a film that Costner has been developing for the past three decades, which he ultimately wrote, directed, and starred in. Kevin Costner named his son after a character in ‘Horizon’, his new filmWhy Kevin Costner didn’t cast Chris Hemsworth in his movieCostner and his kids were dressed up for the occasion.

Yellowstone star Kevin Costner will return to the Western genre with his film series Horizon: An American Saga, the first part of which is set to arrive in theaters June 28. The first film in a planned four-arc installment premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival to an 11-minute 40-second standing ovation, which brought the actor to tears.

a rating of 27% on Rotten Tomatoes. Variety slammed Costner’s film as “meandering” and says it “seldom seems to aim in a clear direction,” while IndieWire writes, “These aren’t characters so much as the spokes of a plot in human form, each of their storylines moving as if being pulled by horses across the entire span of the American West.” Costner left “Yellowstone” to work on this passion project of a film, with rumors flying in his wake. “Horizon” debuted at Cannes Film Festival over the weekend and hits theaters June 28.

Donald Trump. “The Apprentice,” the story of the 45th and possibly 47th president’s early years as a real estate developer, earned a eight-minute standing ovation on Monday. It’s probably safe to assume that the film festival crowd isn’t a MAGA-heavy one, so it helps that “The Apprentice” paints a blistering portrait, focusing on Trump’s relationship with Roy Cohn, the McCarthy-ite lawyer and fixer who took an interest in the “the Donald” before he was a household name.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Kevin Costner confirmed in a new GQ magazine cover story that reports claiming he spent $20 million of his own money to co-finance his new Western epic “Horizon: An American Saga” are not true, as he actually contributed more than that from his personal bank account. “I know they say I’ve got $20 million of my own money in this movie,” Costner said. “It’s not true.

seven children at the premiere of his new Western movie, “Horizon: An American Saga” at the Cannes Film Festival. Costner, 69, was joined at the event Sunday by his daughters Annie, 40, Lily, 37, and Grace, 13, and his sons Cayden, 17, and Hayes, 15.His sons Joe, 36, and Liam, 26, were missing from the family reunion.Costner shares his three oldest kids with his first wife, Cindy Silva, whom he was married to from 1978 to 1994.

Kevin Costner was seen getting visibly emotional after receiving a standing ovation for his new film Horizon: An American Saga.The Western, which is described as a two-part event and has been a long-term passion project for the actor and director, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival yesterday (May 19).Following the screening, Costner reportedly received a seven-minute standing ovation, with footage showing the actor in tears.Horizon has been in the work for 35 years, and is set during the American Civil War and focuses on the expansion of the American West.A post shared by Variety (@variety)Speaking at Cannes after the premiere, Costner said (via Variety): “I’m sorry you had to clap that long for me to understand that I should speak.“Such good people. Such a good moment, not just for me, but for the actors that came with me, for people who believed in me who continued to work.

As Horizon: An American Saga filmmaker Kevin Costner recently told Deadline that he’s on schedule to shell out $98 million for the first three movies in his Western series, and a fourth film will take him over the $100 million threshold.

Sienna Miller attended the Cannes Film Festival to promote her new movie Horizon: An American Saga at the weekend and she made sure it was a family affair by bringing along her daughter Marlowe, boyfriend Oli Green and her mum Josephine.The actress, 42, arrived on the red carpet in a semi-sheer lavender gown by Chloe with layers of ruffles and a playsuit underneath, showing off her amazing figure. She accessorised it simply with a giant diamond necklace and her signature red lippy.

There can be no doubt if there is one person bound and determined to keep Hollywood’s long history of Westerns alive it has been Kevin Costner. Okay, well Clint Eastwood too. And that has been true right from the beginning of his career when he played the freewheeling scene stealer Jake in Lawrence Kasdan’s Silverado in 1985, and he also made an impression as title star of 1994’s Wyatt Earp. But his real mark on the genre has been not just as an actor but also as director and producer behind the scenes, first with his Oscar-winning 1990 Best Picture Dances With Wolves and 2003’s terrific Open Range with co-star Robert Duvall. For the past few seasons he has prominently been involved in a more contemporary take in his hit TV series, Yellowstone. But without question his most ambitious and sprawling swing yet, Horizon: An American Saga, which kicked off Sunday night at the Cannes Film Festival in an out of competition world premiere, is the pinnacle of this star’s love affair with the West and how it evolved.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic Arriving in the middle of the art smorgasbord that’s the Cannes Film Festival, a three-hour Western directed by Kevin Costner sounded like it might be just the ticket for a perfect night of counterprogramming: a grandly scaled slice of neo-classical Hollywood. That, after all, describes the other two Westerns Costner has directed (“Dances with Wolves” and “Open Range”), as well as his quirky sci-fi pseudo-Western “The Postman.” There’s no question that “Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1,” Costner’s fourth outing as a director, gives off some of that traditional flavor.

Kevin Costner and Sienna Miller make rare red carpet appearances with their respective children at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival premiere of their new film Horizon: An American Saga held at Palais des Festivals on Sunday (May 19) in Cannes, France.

CANNES – There is nothing wrong with a three-hour movie. There have been absolute masterworks longer than 180 minutes.

Kevin Costner was honored with France’s Order of Arts and Letter at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, ahead of the Out of Competition world premiere of his two-part Western epic Horizon: An American Saga.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Manila-based production outfit Parallax Studio and entertainment company Saga Film Studios have formed a joint venture that will distribute the two-part Western epic “Horizon: An American Saga” in the Philippines. The deal is the first of a number of acquisitions planned by the joint venture. The “Horizon: An American Saga” films are directed by and star Academy Award winner Kevin Costner.

Selena Gomez and Karla Sofía Gascón, has earned the biggest standing ovation of this year’s Cannes Film Festival so far. Gomez wiped away tears as the Palais clapped for a full nine minutes, accompanied by plenty of hooting, whistling and cheering. During the standing ovation, director Jacques Audiard waved his hat at the balcony as stars Saldaña and Édgar Ramírez shared an emotional hug.