http://bit.ly/clevvermovies – Click to Subscribe! http://Facebook.com/ClevverMovies – Become a Fan! http://Twitter.com/ClevverMovies – Follow Us! Hey guys, Tatiana carrier here with clevver movies and in honor of the artist, I thought I would share 5 Interesting Facts about the silent flick that is making a lot of noise in hollywood! . 1. Director Michel Hazanavicius, 44, fantasized about making a silent film for many years, both for the image-driven nature of the format and because many of his favorite filmmakers emerged in that era. 2. Hazanavicius studied many silent films to find the right technique in order to make the story comprehensible without the use of too many title cards. 3. The dog actor in the film, Uggy, won the Palm Dog Award for best canine at the Cannes Film Festival in France. The honor can be awarded to live or animated dogs or a group of dogs in films presented at the festival. (The name of the award is a pun on the Palme d’Or, the festival’s highest honor). ‘Up”s Dug is a previous winner. 4. The stars of the film, Berenice Bejo and Jean Dujardin, had to learn to act in an 80-year-old style that has not really been used since the 1920s, and they both had to learn to tap-dance at a professional level for the film. 5. The Weinstein Company’s publicity strategy of plugging ‘The Artist’ into every film festival and letting word-of-mouth seems to be working. The film has won audience awards in at least three film festivals around the world so far. . Well there ya have it! 5 facts I bet ya didn’t already know about the artist! Now the question is, will you be checking it out? Let us know by commenting below and be sure to stay right here on clevver movies, your number one source for movie news!