Branagh's Flute to play in Venice
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Kenneth Branagh, who directs a film version of Mozart's The Magic Flute, admits he knew little about opera.
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One of the year's most anticipated movies, Stephen Frears' &quot;The Queen&quot; starring Helen Mirren, has become an early contender for the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival when it was lauded by critics ahead of its world premiere.
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Two movies about the Iraq war and its  impact on Americans back home are among 22 competition entries  at the Venice Film Festival this year, lending political weight  to a cinema showcase laden with Hollywood productions.
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The Prince of Wales will be among guests at the London premiere of The Merchant of Venice, starring Al Pacino.
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Tom Hanks opens the Venice Film Festival with a screening of Steven Spielberg's The Terminal.
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A satirical opera about Italy's controversial prime minister and television magnate, Silvio Berlusconi, has opened in Venice.
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VENICE, Italy  - Kenneth Branagh's new version of Anthony Shaffer's crime caper "Sleuth" looks smashing, and it features several great new lines by screenwriter Harold Pinter.
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OVIEDO, Spain  - Director Woody Allen held a secret premiere of his new film "Cassandra's Dream" in the northern Spanish city of Aviles on Monday, ahead of its official unveiling at the Venice film festival later this year.
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The Queen, about the days after the death of Princess Diana, is tipped to win at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.
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Two movies about the Iraq war and its impact on Americans back home are among 22 competition entries at the Venice Film Festival this year, lending political weight to a cinema showcase laden with Hollywood productions.
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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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YSTAD, Sweden (The Local) -- Celebrated UK actor Kenneth Branagh is set to team up with the BBC for the production of a series of three films based on Henning Mankell's best-selling Wallander crime novels, UK trade magazine Broadcast reports. The three 90-minute crime dramas are to be filmed here this summer on location in southern Sweden, home of fictional detective Kurt Wallander. Mankell's series of books on the life of the enigmatic police inspector have achieved great international success, selling 10 million copies worldwide.
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Italians should remember that until not   too long ago theirs was a land of migrants desperate for a   better future abroad, director Emanuele Crialese said on Friday   as he presented his new film at the Venice festival.
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Tom Cruise and Scarlett Johansson are among the stars expected at the 61st Venice Film Festival this week.
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Bernardo Bertolucci will receive an honorary Golden Lion award at this year's Venice Film Festival.
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Ang Lee unveils his latest film in Venice, where he won the top prize with Brokeback Mountain two years ago.
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The Venice Film Festival gets serious  this year with competition films about the Iraq war and its  impact on U.S. society, police brutality in Egypt, big  corporation corruption and the mafia in Italy.