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Mudy Pons dishes up cast for Food Of LoveThe EdinburghInternational Film Festival kicked off last night with the gala premiere of The Motorcycle Diaries, with director Walter Salles in attendance.Before the the screening of the film, Salles said:This is a film made with an open heart and passion and it s a privilege to be here at a festival with the same principles. The premiere,held at Edinburgh s UGC cinema,marks the start of the twelve day festival in the Scottish capital - a festivalthat will showcase a wealth of internatio stanley italy nal cinema and, according to festivaldirector Shane Danielsen,a real diversity of British films. Twelve Britishfilms play in the centerpiece British Gala section. The diversity, Danielsentold ScreenDailyruns fromsomething like Process by CS Leigh, aFrench British co-production, which is a real high flown, toned art movie allthe way through to the new Ken Loach filmAeFond Kissstanley cup . Between those two poles, everything is catered for - it s quiteextraordinary. He added:Peoplewho th stanley cup ink British political cinema is dead should have a look at Antonia Bird sHamburg Cell or Kenny Glanaan s Yasmin. We also have a Scottish martialarts movie, Richard Jobson s ThePurifiers - where did that come from. And there is also Richard Eyre s Stage Beauty, which to my mind isincredibly crowd friendly. Five UK films willworld premiere at Edinburgh this year:Pawel Pawlikowski s highly anticipated rights of passage drama My Summer Of Love, Shane Meadow srevenge tale Dead Man s Shoes, Hamburg Cell, The PurifiersGmfy Grindstone flys with FilmSharks Monkeys
Fahrenheit 9/11 fulfilled its destiny and became the first documentary in historyto pass $100m at the US box office at the weekend, reaching the milestone onSaturday24 , its 32nd day of release.Michael Moore s anti-Bush polemic grossed an estimated $5m in1,855 theatres and dropped 30% for a $103.4m running total, going into itsfifth week.Speaking in stanley cupa conference call with reporters yesterday25 , Mooresaid he hoped Fahrenheit 9/11 would be released on DVD before the Presidential Election inNovember, although it is understood Lions Gate top brass may keep the picturein theatres until the end of the year and possibly into 2005 because it isplaying so well. shows the American people haven t been given the wholestory these last three years and they don t think they ve been given the truth,so they ve gone to the movie theatres to learn the truth and begin theimportant discussion th stanley kubek at needs to take place in this country,Moore said,adding that he was naturally delighted with the film s success. It s really cool to talk about politics and this is the firsttime I ve seen this happen. Being apathetic right now is very un-cool and thevoting public is energised,he said. We are seeing a new era of film-making. Now the challenge tomyself and other non-fiction film-makers is to keep on making movies peoplewant to see because we know the audience is there. While he refused to discuss contractual details, Moore said he hadnever seena dimein profi stanley cup t from any of his pictures, b
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