Angelina Jolie @ Cannes Film Festival 2007

thanks GOD its victoria day in canada,i can stay here for the whole damn day.

b/coz she is pregnant!thats why shes glowing!

Beautiful couple, beautiful family. They just look so right together. May they be blessed with many years of love, friendship, and prosperity.

Anustin……. also She is radiantly in love with Brad and vice versa

Lainey’s review
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A Mighty Heart

They were here today for A Mighty Heart – the screening took place at 10:45am following by a photo call and then a press conference at 1pm.

About the film - very well received, with some comparing Michael Winterbottom’s direction to Michael Mann’s: tightly shot with a journalist’s eye, almost like a reality show without the fake. One of the actor’s at one point during the question period actually said Winterbottom would have followed them into the loo if they were still in character.

Those who were hoping it will suck will be very disappointed. A Might Heart does not suck. Not even close. In fact, it made me cry… because you can’t imagine the strength of this woman – what she went through, how she fought, how in spite of the murder of her husband while pregnant with his child, somehow she manages to continue to believe in humanity.

And even though this post is primarily about smut, I’d be remiss to undercredit the remarkable Mariane Pearl. She is incredibly impressive. Which is why there has been much criticism levelled at the casting: that Angelina and Mariane look nothing alike, that they are from different ethic backgrounds, that in hiring Angelina to play the role, it effectively robbed other actresses with more similar physical characteristics the opportunity.

On film, the resemblance is adequate. You still KNOW it’s Angelina Jolie but it’s not a stretch of the imagination either. More importantly, her acting and her accent do the part justice. She is different in this movie than she has been in others. You know most of the time, when Angelina Jolie delivers a line, because of the nature of her films like Tomb Raider and Mr and Mrs Smith, the delivery is always tinged with a little action hero cheese – like Bruce Willis without a *****?

Well in A Mighty Heart, her speech patterns are different, she’s less of a caricature than she is a character, and she shows more range than she ever has before, and that could explain why they are seriously considering an Oscar run. I’m not sure if I’d go that far but never underestimate the Paramount hype machine. The lips however…the lips are way to distracting. Not in person but definitely on film. Is it possible to make them smaller?

Sorry, I digress.

Back to publicity and marketing and what is looking like a brilliant subtle piece of master media manipulation that only Brad Pitt can pull off.

Mariane Pearl was front and centre during the press conference. The first questions were directed at her. And so in her charming, multilingual way, she addressed questions about her involvement and about how she wanted to tell her story. One of the first things she did therefore was to stress that she herself was the one to pick Angelina Jolie for the part. She approached her, she asked her, and she says she is thrilled with the result. Now is not a celebrity, she is a private person, so she did not give in to that voyeuristic need for all of us to see her emote on a stage when questions about her memories came up. Needless to say, seeing a film chronicling the kidnapping and subsequent death of her husband must have been unimaginably painful. And yet she stayed away from the melodrama and focused instead on the message: she wanted to do justice to Danny’s life and she was grateful for Angelina’s respect of her wishes – she actually went so far as to say something to the effect of “it meant even more because Angelina is someone that I love”. Of course at that point, Angelina almost cried.

And so you can hear that subtle but powerful underlying message, right? Mariane Pearl, who is beyond reproach, has given her stamp of approval to Angelina Jolie. So whose place is it to argue her judgement?

Brad Pitt is a media genius, see?

And still…it would unfair to end on that note. Because Mariane Pearl is amazing. She has this way of speaking, of holding herself, of treating the most haunting subject matter with such poise and such peace, it’s hard not to feel comfortable in her presence. Mariane Pearl is all class. And regardless of your feelings about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, her life story is absolutely, 100% worth sharing.

More Brad and Angie details coming…

JARED!YO!POST THEM PLEASE!DUDE!

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lylian Says:
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ITA. You know, I was chatting with a friend not so long ago who was teasing me about my shoe fetish. I tend to buy Ballys and ferragamo shoes for work. With proper care and re-soleing, I realised that I have reached an age where I will probably never have to buy another pair of work shoes again. What I have are unlikely to wear out during my working life.

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And it’s the fact that they COULD buy enough clothes to never have have to wear the same thing twice as long as they live, but they DON’T. They choose to be more simple and pared down. I like that. I mean, geez, how many clothes do you really need, anyway? Are you wearing your clothes, or are they wearing you? Sure B&A have nice expensive clothes, I am just impressed that they don’t appear to be focused on what they are wearing all the time. And of course, they’ve got the looks and charisma to pull it off. For some actors, if you took away all their clothes and trappings, they would look just like rest of us. B&A could never be mistaken for, what was it “Carol” said upthread? Normal People? I think not! hahaha!! Now *that’s* riduculous, dear.

Thanks for this pics,Jared!
Oh my god,she is so beatiful and looks very
very happy

and b!tching the unwelcome!

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PaulC Says:
May 21st, 2007 at 10:34 am - flag comment
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Damn, if people can’t see how happy they look today, they never will. Well, whatever floats your boat dude.

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curly Says:
May 21st, 2007 at 10:42 am - flag comment

this pic is so touching..
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OMG, how many photographers are there? Damn!

Coco, Merci beaucoup for letting us know what some of the French papers are saying! I’m so happy for B&A and the movie!

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Mr and Mrs Smith Says:

May 21st, 2007 at 10:44 am - flag comment
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PaulC Says:
May 21st, 2007 at 10:34 am - flag comment
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Damn, if people can’t see how happy they look today, they never will. Well, whatever floats your boat dude.

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I’m with you, MAMS! Just try and remember all the poor dears have had to deal with in just 24 short hours, and with more to come, they’ll be braying at the moon by Wednesday.

The O13 Premiere will be more glam, for sure. That’s the place to show off your fancy duds and be more playful. Heads will bang against keyboards and rolling chairs will be hurled in a certain PR office in LA, you know.

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Mr and Mrs Smith Says:

May 21st, 2007 at 8:53 am - flag comment
This is going to be my job today. To repost this review for AMH on every new thread.

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WOW! You should get a life!

Variety review is up! it’s good too