Pacino at Venice Festival with Fiery 'Merchant'
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Al Pacino, who has already made purists  squirm with his American accent in one Shakespearean role, has  taken another risk, playing Jewish moneylender Shylock in the  new film version of "The Merchant of Venice."
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Al Pacino as a stand-up comic? That's how he started his career, the Oscar-winning actor says.
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Akbar Asif has convinced Hollywood superstar Al Pacino (The Godfather) to come for his London premiere.
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Stephen Frears' "The Queen" is the   critics' favourite to take the best picture award at the Venice   Film Festival this year, with Emilio Estevez's star-packed   "Bobby" leading a strong chasing pack.
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Francis Ford Coppola's first movie in 10 years is likely to be the top attraction at the Rome film festival next month.
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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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With a strong American presence at this year's Venice International Film Festival, it didn't take long for U.S. politics to rear its controversial head.
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"Lost in Translation" star Scarlett Johansson came to the Venice Film Festival to promote her latest picture, but found herself fending off romantic advances.
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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.
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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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The Venice film festival opens on  Wednesday with &quot;Atonement,&quot; an adaptation of Ian McEwan&#39;s novel  about a girl who makes a false accusation with tragic results  and tries to atone for her mistake.
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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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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 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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Top directors used the Venice Film   Festival on Friday to excoriate the Bush administration, the   war in Iraq and Hollywood itself, and presented three starkly   different movies to express their views.
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Arts & entertainment: Director denounces Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Jack Nicholson for being uninterested in taking risks.
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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.