Clooney, Pitt to kick off Venice Film Festival

2008-04-29 23:59:27 [ Big Normal Small ]    　Comment

Actor George Clooney reacts to the media on the red carpet during the premiere of his new movie Leatherheads in his home town of Maysville, Kentucky March 24, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters) Photo Gallery>>>

    BEIJING, April 29 -- "Burn After Reading," a dark spy-comedy by Oscar-winning directors Joel and Ethan Coen, will open this year’s Venice Film Festival.

    The movie, which stars George Clooney, John Malkovich, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand and Tilda Swinton, will have its world premiere Aug. 27, festival organizers announced Monday.

U.S. actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie pose as they arrive for the screening of "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" at the 33rd Deauville American Film Festival Sept. 3, 2007. Pitt and Jolie have been named Hollywood's most influential couple in a new poll.(Xinhua/Reuters File Photo)
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    "Burn After Reading" is the story of an ousted CIA official whose memoir falls into the hands of two gym employees.

    The festival will run through Sept. 6, when the prestigious Golden Lion will be awarded. The official lineup will be announced in late July.

    (Source: chinadaily.com.cn/Agencies)

 

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