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  • September 2007
    • Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt Win Top Honors in Venice

      Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt Win Top Honors in Venice

      (Newser) - Cate Blanchett’s performance as the young Bob Dylan in the biopic 'I’m Not There' earned her the best actress award at the Venice Film Festival last night.. Ang Lee's controversial 'Lust, Caution' took the Golden Lion for best film and Brad Pitt won best actor for the title role in 'The Assassination of Jesse James.' More »

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      Iraq war   actor   Brad Pitt   Cate Blanchett   Bob Dylan   Ang Lee   Lust, Caution   I'm Not There   Venice Film Festival   Redacted   Ingmar Bergman

    • Blanchett 'Astonishing' as Dylan

      Blanchett 'Astonishing' as Dylan

      (Newser) - I'm Not There , director Todd Haynes' Bob Dylan biopic, has gained at least one fan in the Telegraph 's David Gritten. More "symbolist poem" than conventional biography, the film portrays Dylan in various guises, including an 11-year-old black actor and Cate Blanchett in the film's "tour de force." Among other embodiments: Richard Gere as Wild West outlaw Billy the Kid. More »

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      movie review   Cate Blanchett   Bob Dylan   I'm Not There   Venice Film Festival   Todd Haynes

    • Iraq War Pics Win Fans at Venice Festival

      Iraq War Pics Win Fans at Venice Festival

      (Newser) - Films about the Iraq war are hits at the Venice Film Festival, Reuters reports. One critic calls Brian De Palma's Redacted, about the rape of an Iraqi girl by US soldiers, "truly a blow to the stomach." Others tout In the Valley of Elah, starring Tommy Lee Jones as the father of a soldier murdered after returning from Iraq. More »

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      Iraq war   movie   film   Venice Film Festival   Paul Haggis   Tommy Lee Jones   Brian De Palma

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