'The Artist' nominated for Golden Globe Awards in several categories

'The Artist' is nominated as Best Musical or Comedy
Jean Dujardin is nominated as Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy
Berenice Bejo nominated as Best Supporting Actress
Michael Hazanavicius' nomination for Best Director/Best Screenplay
It is also nominated for Best Musical Score.

The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival [2011] and had a regional premiere at the Austin Film Festival 2011 where it won the Audience Award. Dujardin won the Best Actor award in Cannes.

The Artist (PG-13) Jean Dujardin, Missi Pyle, Berenice Bejo - 100 min.
A silent movie star loses his career to the rise of "talkies," and his lover, a rising movie star, saves him from alcoholism and poverty by encouraging him to make a comeback as a dancer.

The film opens in Austin theaters on December 23rd.