`Atonement' opens Venice Film Festival
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Second-time director Joe Wright hadn't read Ian McEwan's novel "Atonement" when the project to turn the best-seller into a film came his way. Nor had stars Keira Knightley and James McAvoy.
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A new film about the real-life rape and killing of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl by U.S. soldiers who also murdered her family stunned the Venice festival, with shocking images that left some viewers in tears.
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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 will be screened for  thousands in the city's famous St. Mark's square.
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VENICE, Italy  - African cinema is back at the   Venice film festival after nearly 20 years with Chad's   "Daratt," a story about coming to terms with the horrors of   civil war inspired by director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's own   experience.
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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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BEVERLY HILLS, California  - The World War Two saga "Atonement" earned seven Golden Globe nominations on Thursday, including a bid for best film drama, to lead the pack of movies vying for a key Hollywood honor in the widely watched awards season.
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"Atonement" -- the film adaptation of Ian McEwan's award-winning novel about life and love in World War II -- received 14 nominations at the BAFTAs on Wednesday.
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The second film in less that a year to  focus on writer Truman Capote has premiered in Venice.
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Robert Redford's war on terrorism saga, "Lions for Lambs," with Tom Cruise and Meryl Streep, will premiere at the 51st London Film Festival.
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Films competing for the top prize at Venice Film Festival will receive their world premiere at the event.
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VENICE, Italy  - Venice Film Festival   organizers suspended a war of words with their upcoming Rome   rival as this year's event kicked off in low-key fashion   Wednesday with the world premiere of Brian De Palma's murder   mystery "The Black Dalhia."
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A tragic screen portrait of Edith Piaf  kicks off the Berlin Film Festival on Thursday, a fitting  opening to a competition where women, many of them in trouble,  play a central role.
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Actors Al Pacino, Kate Winslet and Johnny Depp have attended the Venice Film Festival amid complaints that Hollywood films dominate the event.
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The Venice Film Festival opens its 75th anniversary edition Wednesday with an all-world premiere competition for the coveted Golden Lion, a cascade of stars such as George Clooney and Keira Knightley, and its share of international controversy.
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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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VENICE, Italy  - Fluid motion and glorious colors provide a visual treat in Jiang Wen's sumptuous romantic fantasy "The Sun Also Rises," which screened in competition at the Venice International Film Festival.
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The Venice film festival has a  reputation for screening obscure auteur movies.