Pacino's 'Merchant' Screens in Venice
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Al Pacino growls, grimaces and demands a "pound of flesh" as Jewish moneylender Shylock in a new version of Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice." But the actor argued Saturday that the film successfully addresses long-standing controversy over the work's anti-Semitism.
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Periodically, St Mark's Square in Venice is flooded by spring tides. On Friday night it was inundated with Hollywood executives and movie stars for the first film premiere to be staged in the historic piazza.
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Two movies that offer searing explorations of the effect of Iraq on the minds of American servicemen shine in Venice
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The Venice Film Festival opened its 75th-anniversary edition on Wednesday with a cascade of stars.
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Actor Aseem Merchant, who is shooting in   Hyderabad for producer Boney Kapoor's yet   untitled action film, got the surprise of his   life from his co-star Salman Khan.
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The Venice Film Festival has got under way with the world premiere of The Black Dahlia, starring Scarlett Johansson.
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Venice's film festival pays tribute to spaghetti westerns this year by screening more than 30 films celebrating the interpretation of a quintessentially American genre by Italian directors 40 years ago.
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Tom Cruise returned to the Venice Film Festival Friday with ``Collateral.&#39;&#39; It was his first appearance on the Lido since teaming with Nicole Kidman for the ``Eyes Wide Shut&#39;&#39; European launch.
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Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman will promote their films, Collateral and Birth, at the 61st Venice International Film Festival. Mira Nair's Vanity Fair will also be screened.
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Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg brought ``The Terminal&#39;&#39; to pop the cork on the 61st Venice Film Festival yesterday, where almost two dozen American films are set to screen during the festival&#39;s 11-day run.
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Johnny Depp swooped into Venice on  Saturday on a wave of Oscar optimism for his portrayal of Peter  Pan's creator J.M. Barrie in the fantastical new film "Finding  Neverland."
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The film in which Dame Helen Mirren portrays the Queen is being premiered at the Venice festival.
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After years of gangsters, villains and  hard men with a heart, Al Pacino has come back to Shakespeare  and after playing Jewish moneylender Shylock he has his sights  set on King Lear and Macbeth.
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Arts & entertainment: He's been called the heir to Pacino, De Niro and Nicholson, all in one - Javier Bardem
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Stars turn out as St Mark's Square in Venice is transformed into a giant cinema for the premiere of the animated film Shark Tale.
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Director Brian De Palma has impressed critics at the Venice Film Festival with his graphic new film on the Iraq war called Redacted.
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Robert De Niro splashed up in Venice as  a tough-talking gangster with fins for the spectacular world  premiere of "Shark Tale" on Friday, which was screened for  thousands in the city's famous St. Mark's square.