• Casino Royale Film Acteurs
• Casino Film Actors

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Sébastien Foucan (born 27 May 1974 in Paris) is a French freerunner of Guadeloupean descent.

He is the founder of freerunning and considered an early developer of parkour. Known for his views on the philosophy of Parkour and freerunning, Foucan stresses the need for training in the basics of both for individual safety and to maintain a positive public perception of the activities. As creator of freerunning, Foucan has stipulated its values:

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Follow your way; Always practice; Respect others in their practice; Be an inspiration for others; Be positive and look for positive environments; Respect your environment; Feel free to try other disciplines; Don't take it too seriously; The journey is more important than the goal; There is no good or bad, right or wrong, but what is important is what you learn from experiences through practice; Freerunning is not an elite discipline, but for people who love and continue to move; Channel your energy in a good way, a way to be better^[1]

He became known in the United Kingdom after Mike Christie's Channel 4 documentary Jump London in September 2003 and the subsequent documentary Jump Britain. In addition to those programmes, Foucan appeared as Mollaka in the 21st James Bond film Casino Royale.^[2] He spent three months in the Bahamas on the film.^[3] Foucan appeared in the music video for Madonna's 2005 single 'Jump', accompanying the singer on her 2006 'Confessions Tour'.^[4] He helped K-Swiss develop the Ariake, the first in a line of five freerunning-shoe models. Foucan appeared in a trailer for the game Mirror's Edge. His most-recent role is assassin Anton Bogart in The Tournament.

It was reported on 3 January 2012 that Foucan would be among 15 celebrities in the seventh series of Dancing on Ice.^[5] On 19 February he was eliminated in a double Ultimate Skills skate-off with Heidi Range.

Freerunning[edit]

Casino Royale Film Acteurs

Foucan attributed the name free running to Guillaume Pelletier, who he had worked with at the time of Jump London.^[6] The word 'freerunning' was coined during the filming of Jump London to present Parkour to the English-speaking world. Since then it has come to represent Foucan's methodology, which focuses on innovation and expression rather than Parkour's speed and efficiency.

Foucan explains freerunning:

Freerunning, for me, is my Parkour evolution. I can't say any more that I do Parkour, because if I want to be free to do flips, or let's say I'm learning breakdancing, and I would like to incorporate it into my Parkour expression...Not to say I am doing capoeira, breakdancing, Parkour and anything else. Freerunning is the way I choose to name my own expression. Now people recognize Parkour with flips (acrobatics) as freerunning. But only the action of doing Parkour and flips is not freerunning. It's the action of adding more stuff into your expression. That's the Freerunning attitude.^[7]

Foucan has described the core value

Follow your way; Always practise; Respect others in their practise; Be an inspiration for others; Be positive and look for positive environments; Respect your environment; Feel free to try other disciplines; Don't take it too seriously; The journey is more important than the goal; There is no good or bad, right or wrong but what is important is what you learn from experiences through practise; Freerunning is not an elite discipline, but for the people who love and continue to move; Channel your energy in a good way, a way to be better.^[1][8][9]

He defines Freerunning as a discipline for self-development, following one's own way.^[1][8][9] Foucan's dissatisfaction with Parkour's limited creativity and self-expression motivated him to develop a similar art of movement which became known as freerunning.^[10]

He reported that he was forced to define free running as a discipline separate from parkour because others had rejected his practice as not being within their definition of parkour.^[6] For example, David Belle and other Parkour enthusiasts have criticized Foucan and freerunning:

Free Running? A kind of demonstration mixing parkour techniques, and acrobatics to be more spectacular and serve the medias and marketing, but also a sport. The term Parkour has been invented by David Belle and Hubert Koundé in 1998 and the word Free Running has been created much later by Sebastien Foucan for the purpose of spreading Parkour in a marketing fashion (they thought the word 'parkour' wasn't international enough and Sebastien Foucan proposed them this word). The problem is that they fully mixed acrobatics to impress people. This is where Freerunning becomes different from Parkour. To make a comparison, Free Running is like artistic katas in martial arts, the goal is only to be spectacular. So it is related to parkour but doesn't answer to the same philosophy. I mean, when you practice to show how spectacular your jump is gonna be, people aren't focused anymore on the difficulty, on the obstacle but on you. This showing-off attitude isn't the parkour philosophy which preaches for humility. In this, Free Running and Parkour are fundamentally opposite even if the first one is related to the second one. Like the traditional way and the freestyle way.^[6]

Foucan has described freerunning as a process of movement aimed at self-development through physical activity, play, and creativity. He regards it as an act symbolic of leaving 'fixed path and social systems'.^[11]

Foucan appeared in Ninja Warrior UK 4 and cleared the Heats, but his run in the Semi-Final has not been broadcast yet.

Filmography[edit]

Acting

• Casino Royale (2006) as Mollaka
• The Tournament (2009) as Anton Bogart
• The Antwerp Dolls (2015) as Marco
• Creators: The Past (2016) as Tammuz

Stunts

• 55 Degrees North (TV series) Episode #1.1 freerunning performer (2004)

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abcFree Running founder Sebastien Foucan to be interviewed by Worldwide JAM. Worldwide Jam.tv.
2. ^IMDb, Casino Royale (2006)
3. ^'Curtis – Sébastien's stunt double'. theurbanheroes.com. 29 November 2006. Archived from the original on 22 May 2007. Retrieved 14 May 2007. Curtis was hired to be a stunt double in the recent James Bond Film 'Casino Royale'. He was on location in the Bahamas for 13 weeks working closely with Gary Powell the stunt coordinator to help plan and execute the opening chase scene.
4. ^Confessions Tour details – Mad-Eyes – Madonna tour schedule, setlist, equestrian, bedouin, disco. Mad-Eyes.
5. ^[1]Archived 10 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
6. ^ ^abcWorldwide Jam. Parkour and Free Running Resource. Worldwidejam.tv.
7. ^'Ask Seb' Episode 1 – Sébastien Foucan. YouTube (2 November 2010).
8. ^ ^abHome « Sébastien Foucan: the official website Sébastien Foucan: the official website. Foucan.com (16 August 2012).
9. ^ ^abFreerunning: Find Your Way: Amazon.co.uk: Sebastien Foucan: Books. Amazon.co.uk.
10. ^Foucan. Foucan (16 August 2012).
11. ^Sébastien Foucan: Founder of free running Life and style. the guardian.com.

External links[edit]

Casino Film Actors

• Sébastien Foucan on IMDb
• Sébastien Foucan in British Documentary 'Jump Britain' at Google Video

Monte Carlo is a 2011 American adventure-romanticcomedy film based on Headhunters by Jules Bass. It was directed by Thomas Bezucha. Denise Di Novi, Alison Greenspan, Nicole Kidman, and Arnon Milchan produced the film for Fox 2000 Pictures and Regency Enterprises. It began production in Harghita, Romania on May 5, 2010. Monte Carlo stars Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester and Katie Cassidy as three friends posing as wealthy socialites in Monte Carlo, Monaco. The film was released on July 1, 2011. It features the song 'Who Says' by Selena Gomez & the Scene and numerous songs by British singer Mika. Monte Carlo received mixed reviews from critics, and earned over $39 million on a $20 million budget. Fox Home Entertainment released Monte Carlo on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on October 18, 2011.

Plot[edit]

Grace Bennett (Selena Gomez) is a New York University bound, Texas high-school student who works as a waitress with her best friend, high school dropout Emma Perkins (Katie Cassidy) to earn money for a trip to Paris after graduation. Grace's stepfather pays for her uptight older stepsister Meg Kelly (Leighton Meester) to come with them on the trip. Emma goes to Paris despite her boyfriend Owen's (Cory Monteith) proposal of marriage. The trip quickly proves to be a disappointment-they have been ripped off with a cramped hotel room and a tour that moves too fast for anyone to properly appreciate anything. After being left behind by their tour guide, the three girls seek refuge from the rain in a posh hotel. There, the hotel staff and paparazzi mistake Grace for the spoiled celebutante British heiress Cordelia Winthrop-Scott, Grace's double, who leaves rather than stay to attend an auction for a Romanian charity for which she is to donate an expensive Bulgari necklace. The three girls spend the night in Cordelia's suite, and the next day fly to Monte Carlo with Cordelia's luggage, despite Meg's misgivings.

At Monte Carlo the girls meet Theo Marchand (Pierre Boulanger), the son of the philanthropist hosting Cordelia. Theo is cold towards the three, because he dislikes Cordelia's spoiled brat nature, but he escorts them to a ball, where Grace successfully fools Cordelia's aunt Alicia (Catherine Tate) and Emma dances with a prince (Giulio Berruti). Meg reunites with Riley (Luke Bracey), an Australian backpacker and ex-rugby player she briefly met in Paris. They find they have things in common, and spend time together before he leaves for Italy. When Grace has to take part in a game of polo, Alicia discovers the impersonation because of Grace's different riding style. Alicia believes that Grace is a lookalike, hired by Cordelia to take her place while she parties, but in order not to endanger the charity auction she agrees to keep silent. Theo is attracted to 'Cordelia's' frank personality, while Emma's prince invites her to a party on a yacht. Emma dresses up for the party in the Bulgari auction necklace but meets Meg on the way, and Meg takes it for safekeeping, but later forgets about it, accidentally leaving it in Riley's backpack. At the party, Emma is disillusioned by the prince's obnoxious nature and snideness and arrogance towards the waitresses.

Owen arrives in Monte Carlo in search of Emma. So does Cordelia, and she sees the newspaper account of Grace's appearance at the ball. She finds that the necklace is missing and calls the police. The girls have gone in search of Riley but he shows up at the hotel with the necklace; they find Cordelia in the room. When Cordelia threatens to call and withdraw the necklace from the auction, the girls panic and tackle her to the couch. When people come to the door, they muffle her screams and Grace covers for them. They then tie her to a chair and gag her by stuffing an apple in her mouth so Grace can take her place at the auction. Cordelia escapes, and reveals Grace's fraud at the auction. She demands that Grace be arrested, but after Grace's sincere public confession Alicia bids the unexpectedly large amount of €6 million for the necklace to save her. The film ends with Cordelia being forced to move in a ranch, Meg joining Riley on his travels around the world; Owen and Emma moving into their own home in Texas; and Theo and Grace reuniting at the Romanian school where the former works and the latter volunteers at.

Cast[edit]

• Selena Gomez as Grace Bennett/Cordelia Winthrop-Scott
• Leighton Meester as Meg Kelly
• Katie Cassidy as Emma Perkins
• Cory Monteith as Owen Andrews
• Pierre Boulanger as Theo Marchand
• Luke Bracey as Riley
• Catherine Tate as Alicia Winthrop-Scott
• Andie MacDowell as Pamela Bennett
• Brett Cullen as Robert Kelly
• Giulio Berruti as Prince Domenico Da Silvano
• Valérie Lemercier as Madame Valerie
• Franck de Lapersonne as Grand Belle's Manager
• Jeremiah Sullivan as Bartender 2

Production[edit]

Monte Carlo is loosely based on the novel Headhunters by Jules Bass. The novel tells the story of four young Texas women who pretend to be wealthy heiresses while searching for rich potential husbands in Monte Carlo. There, they meet four gigolos posing as wealthy playboys. Fox bought the film rights to the novel in 1999, three years prior to the novel's publication.^[3] In 2005, Hollywood trade magazine Variety announced that siblings Jez and John Henry Butterworth would be writing the script. It also reported that actress Nicole Kidman had signed on to play the lead as well as produce the film with Rick Schwartz.^[3]

The Butterworths were later fired and Tom Bezucha was hired to direct and co-write Monte Carlo. Bezucha and Maria Maggenti turned in a draft of the screenplay by July 2007; it starred Kidman as 'one of three Midwestern schoolteachers who decide to ditch a disappointing no-frills holiday in Paris and pose as wealthy women vacationing in Monaco'.^[4] However, in 2010, executives had the film rewritten again after deciding that the film should be made more youthful. The updated script was co-written by Bezucha and April Blair, and changed the three school teachers to two college students and a recent high-school graduate.^[5]Monte Carlo was shot in Budapest, Hungary; Dunakeszi, Hungary; Paris, France; Harghita, Romania; and Monte Carlo, Monaco.^[4] It began filming in Harghita on May 5, 2010, and wrapped on July 7, 2010.^[6] It is the first film to use the film studio, Raleigh Studios Budapest.^[7]

In March 2010, it was announced that Selena Gomez had been cast as one of the film's leads following the script's rewrite.^[8] For the role, Gomez spent several weeks learning to play polo, and practicing how to fake an English accent.^[6] Leighton Meester also negotiated a deal to one of the leads that month, and Katie Cassidy was cast as Emma in April.^[9]French actor Pierre Boulanger made his English-speaking feature debut in the film.^[10]

Soundtrack[edit]

The film's musical score was composed by Michael Giacchino. To coincide with the film's release, a soundtrack album was released by Varèse Sarabande on June 28, 2011.^[11]

Reception[edit]

Critical response[edit]

Monte Carlo received mixed reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 40% based on 93 reviews. The website's consensus states 'Although it has its charming moments, Monte Carlo is mostly silly, predictable stuff that never pushes beyond the boundaries of formula.'^[12] At Metacritic the film received a score of 43 out of 100 based on reviews from 23 critics indicating 'mixed or average reviews.'^[13]

Ben Sachs of the Chicago Reader wrote that 'the movie hits a surprising range of emotional grace notes, including several moments of genuine regret, and concludes with an understated moral lesson about the value of self-respect over social status.'^[14] Sandie Chen of Common Sense Media said the film was 'silly, but sweet'.^[15]

Accolades[edit]

Home media[edit]

Fox Home Entertainment released Monte Carlo on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on October 18, 2011. The DVD extras include deleted scenes, a feature titled 'Ding Dang Delicious: The Boys of Monte Carlo', a 'Backstage Pass' and a theatrical trailer. The Blu-ray Disc features all the DVD features plus the addition of 'Monte Carlo Couture', 'Jet Setter's Dream', 'Gossip with the Girls' and a digital copy of the film.^[17]

References[edit]

1. ^Kaufman, Amy; Fritz, Ben (June 30, 2011). 'Movie Projector: 'Transformers' will detonate competition at holiday box office'. Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
2. ^'Monte Carlo (2011) – Box Office Mojo'. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
3. ^ ^abMohr, Ian (September 25, 2005). ''Head' games at Fox 2000'. Variety. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
4. ^ ^abFleming, Michael (July 9, 2007). 'Kidman to star in 'Monte Carlo''. Variety. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
5. ^McClintock, Pamela (March 3, 2010). 'Fox, New Regency head to 'Monte Carlo''. Variety. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
6. ^ ^ab'Note from Selena!'. SelenaGomez.com. May 6, 2010. Archived from the original on May 8, 2010. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
7. ^(May 7, 2010). 'Hollywood style film studio opens in Budapest'. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
8. ^Nadine Cheung (March 4, 2010). 'Selena Gomez set for 'Monte Carlo''. Archived from the original on October 9, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
9. ^Kit, Borys (April 8, 2010). 'Two teens plan trip to Monaco'. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
10. ^McClintock, Pamela (April 26, 2010). 'French actor makes English debut'. Variety. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
11. ^'Monte Carlo [Original Score]'. AllMusic. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
12. ^'Monte Carlo (2011)'. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
13. ^'Monte Carlo Reviews'. Metacritic. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
14. ^Sachs, Ben. 'Monte Carlo'. Chicago Reader. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
15. ^Chen, Sandie (July 1, 2011). 'Monte Carlo Movie Review'. Common Sense Media. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
16. ^Ng, Philiana (July 19, 2011). 'Teen Choice Awards 2011: 'Pretty Little Liars', Rebecca Black Added to List of Nominees'. The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
17. ^'Monte Carlo'. DVDActive.com. August 11, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2011.

External links[edit]

• Monte Carlo on IMDb
• Monte Carlo at Rotten Tomatoes
• Monte Carlo at Box Office Mojo
• Monte Carlo at Metacritic