Kevin Costner’s “Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter Two” will premiere at the Venice Film Festival after its U.S. release was canceled. The Western epic continues its journey with a special screening on Sept. 7.
Bollywood Fever: Kevin Costner’s “Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter Two” is set to world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September following the cancellation of its U.S. release. The Western epic’s second chapter was initially scheduled for an August 16 release in U.S. theaters but was pulled after the first installment, which had a $100 million budget, only earned $11 million during its opening weekend.
Directed by and starring Costner, alongside Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jena Malone, and Danny Huston, “Chapter Two” will premiere out-of-competition on September 7. This world premiere will be preceded by a screening of the first “Horizon” movie earlier in the day, which received a seven-minute standing ovation at Cannes in May.
In a review by Variety, chief film critic Owen Gleiberman noted, “Instead of unfurling a Western saga in a solid powerful arc, Costner serves up three hours of anecdotes, cross-cutting among groups of characters, dropping in on situations that are dropped just as quickly, taking a skittery overview of life on the range, and asking the audience, in many cases, to stitch together the backstory of what they’re seeing.”
“Horizon: An American Saga” is a detailed depiction of the Civil War expansion and the settlement of the American West. Costner, who also co-wrote the film with Jon Baird, produced it through his company, Territory Pictures.
“My dream was always to show ‘Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter Two’ at the Venice Film Festival,” Costner stated. “The fact that now they have decided to show ‘Chapter One’ earlier in the day and then the world premiere of ‘Chapter Two’ that evening shows not only their belief in how the two films work together but their support of a director’s vision. I’m indebted to Alberto Barbera for his courage and leadership in committing to this cinematic journey.”
Venice Film Festival director Alberto Barbera added, “It is a great pleasure and honor to host the world premiere of the chapter two of ‘Horizon: An American Saga,’ alongside its chapter one. This late addition to the lineup of the Venice Film Festival pays a heartfelt and respectful tribute to the visionary project of a great actor and director, who invested himself in the epic reconstruction of the years crucial to the founding of the country, digging beyond myth in search of authenticity capable of restoring a piece of history in its complex and contradictory reality.”
The 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival will run from August 28 to September 7.
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