Knightley film opens Venice gala
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British film Atonement, starring Keira Knightley, raises the curtain on the Venice Film Festival.
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The Venice Film Festival opens on  Wednesday with the world premiere of "The Black Dahlia," a  sepia-tinted throwback to 1940s Hollywood based on a grisly  real-life murder that remains unsolved to this day.
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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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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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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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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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Fans of Japan's distinctive style of  full-length animated films gave a standing ovation at this  year's Venice Film Festival to the latest movie from Japan's  famed Studio Ghibli.
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As the Venice Film Festival winds down a  handful of front-runners have emerged in the competition for  the top prizes, with "Vera Drake," British director Mike  Leigh's story about an abortionist, inching ahead.
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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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The London Film Festival opens on Wednesday with a gala screening of Mike Leigh's movie Vera Drake.
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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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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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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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Prince Charles hosted a charity premiere of "The Merchant of Venice," and praised Al Pacino, the film's star and the prince's friend.
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Franco Zeffirelli, the legendary filmmaker who has directed greats like Elizabeth Taylor and Placido Domingo, will be the first Italian to receive an honorary knighthood from Britain Wednesday.
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Kenneth Branagh's movie of the Mozart opera The Magic Flute is to be launched later at the Venice Film Festival.
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A British film tackling the controversial subject of abortion has scooped two prestigious awards at the Venice Film Festival. Vera Drake, which was backed with Â£1m (â¬1.