Venice honors Burton
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Tim Burton, master of macabre movies  like &quot;Corpse Bride&quot; and &quot;Edward Scissorhands,&quot; was honored with  a career award at the Venice film festival on Wednesday.
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Mike Leigh, one of Britain&#39;s best known and controversial film-makers, was celebrating a double triumph at the Venice film festival last night when his latest film won the Golden Lion prize
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VENICE (Reuters Life!) - The head of state of a Gulf country partied dressed like a catholic cardinal in Venice this weekend, his identity disguised beneath a carnival mask.
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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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&quot;Vera Drake,&quot; Mike Leigh&#39;s tough tale of a working-class mother who is caught performing illegal abortions in 1950s England, scooped up the prizes at the Venice Film
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The Venice Film Festival is past the  halfway point and the buzz ahead of the prize ceremony on  Saturday is building.
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LOS ANGELES  -- The Venice Film Festival honored British filmmaker Mike Leigh&#39;s &quot;Vera Drake,&quot; a period film about an abortion rights activist in the 1950s.
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ROME  - The fur was flying Tuesday   between the organizers of the venerable Venice Film Festival   and its fledgling counterpart in Rome.
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Two very different movies about the Iraq war are among the favorites for awards at this year's Venice film festival as it passes the halfway stage, and an unusually high number of male leads have stood out.
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The Venice Film Festival is grappling with its perennial tag as the No. 2 movie extravaganza in Europe &#151; still a little brother to Cannes in terms of stars, marketing and buzz, even though it's older.
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The quality of mercy, as Portia observes in the Merchant of Venice, is not strain&#39;d - but much of this year&#39;s Venice film festival has become extremely strain&#39;d.
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Dame Helen Mirren's latest film The Queen is among the favourites to win at the Venice Film Festival.
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VENICE The disorder that characterized this year&#39;s Venice Film Festival at times took on comic proportions and was crowned by two episodes.
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The 11-day Venice Film Festival winds up   on Saturday after a red carpet award ceremony on the glamorous   Lido beach front, with British entry "The Queen" and   Hollywood's "Bobby" favorites to take away the main prize.
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ROME Sept. 12, 2004 - Italian media grumbled Sunday over the failure of a hometown film to win big prizes at the Venice Film Festival, where the British movie &quot;Vera Drake&quot; by director Mike Leigh grabbed the best-picture award.
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"Vera Drake," Mike Leigh's tough tale of a working-class mother who is caught performing illegal abortions in 1950s England, scooped up the prizes at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, including the coveted Golden Lion.
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One of Britain&#39;s most respected filmmakers was basking in Italian glory this weekend, after Mike Leigh scooped the top prize at the Venice Film Festival.