“My Valentine” music video to be screened before “The Intouchable”

From paulmccartney.com, May 25, 2012:

With his directorial debut Paul has created a moving homage to photographer Irving Penn featuring Natalie Portman and Johnny Depp signing the words to his song ‘My Valentine’.

The video is now set to grace cinema screens in the USA from today appearing before The Weinstein Company’s film ‘The Intouchables’.

Paul told us, “My daughter, Stella, suggested the original idea to have Natalie Portman and Johnny Depp use sign language to portray my recent song, My Valentine. When I showed the finished film to Harvey, he suggested that it could be shown before one of the films he was releasing this year. It was very kind of him to suggest this and I’m excited to hear that it will be shown at many cinemas before his new release, The Intouchables. Harvey has been a great friend for many years and I hope he’ll remain so for many years to come.”

Harvey Weinstein said, “What an honor it is to have Paul’s short film directorial debut on the head of our INTOUCHABLES showings. Paul and Stella are great old friends. He was the first musician to say yes to perform at the 9/11 concert for New York, which I produced along with our friends John Sykes and Jim Dolan. Stella had a wonderful idea when she thought this song would translate well into a film, and I can’t wait to share it with our audiences when THE INTOUCHABLES comes out on May 25.”

From Wikipedia:

The Intouchables (French: Intouchables, pronounced [ɛ̃tuʃabl]), also known as Untouchable (UK)), is a French buddy comedy-drama film directed by Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano. It stars François Cluzet and Omar Sy. Nine weeks after its release in France on 2 November 2011, it became the second biggest box office hit in France, just behind the 2008 film Welcome to the Sticks. The film was voted the cultural event of 2011 in France with 52% of votes in a poll by Fnac. It also became the most viewed French film in the world with 51.5 million tickets up to 2014 and the success of Lucy. The film has received several award nominations. In France, the film won the César Award for Best Actor for Omar Sy, and garnered seven further nominations for the César Awards, including the César Award for Best Film.