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Venice film festival kicks off with Italian epic
VENICE, Italy (AFP) - The Venice film festival kicked off on Wednesday with Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore's "Baaria", a sentimental journey to his Sicilian hometown in an epic covering three generations.
People:Cormac McCarthy Silvio Berlusconi Paul Dano Mickey Rourke Ewan McGregor Steven Soderbergh
2009-09-02
Sarajevo film festival opens
SARAJEVO (AFP) - The 15th annual Sarajevo Film Festival opened Wednesday with an open-air screening of the Romanian film "Tales from the Golden Age" set in the final years of dictator Nicolai Ceausescu's rule.
Nations:Bosnia People:Mickey Rourke Gillian Anderson Source:(AFP)
2009-08-13
Rourke's ready to rumble as Iron Man villain
LOS ANGELES - Mickey Rourke's bruising opponents in "The Wrestler" don't look so tough compared to his new foe: Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man.
Nations:U.S. People:Jon Favreau Mickey Rourke Source:(AP)
2009-06-11
Iran angered over films 'The Wrestler' and '300'
TEHRAN, Iran - An adviser to Iran's president on Sunday demanded an apology from a team of visiting Hollywood actors and movie industry officials, including Annette Bening, saying films such as "300" and "The Wrestler" were "insulting" to Iranians.
People:Barack Obama Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Mickey Rourke Sean Penn Annette Bening
2009-03-01
Schwarzenegger to play himself in Stallone film
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Art will imitate life when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger spends a few hours playing himself later this year in a movie by Sylvester Stallone.
Nations:Brazil U.S. People:Forest Whitaker Mickey Rourke Sylvester Stallone Arnold Schwarzenegger Jet Li Source:(AP)
2009-02-25
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