Brad Pitt @ Cannes Film Festival 2007

MAMS…that;s it, you officially the Bampzs article and quotes keeper…keeping person…..whatever.

Thanks for the articles.

Ohmigod. He is gorgeous! An absolute Adonis and she is a Goddess! I love them together! And their gorgeous kids!

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love that comment…sex make them smile more…
Mr and Mrs Smith…thanks for the link.. love that picture of them.
I just love this family….I have a big smile on my face right now….Happy Monday everyone.

#64 AR,

Good for you. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I didn’t see the attraction until receintly either. The more his personality comes out the hotter he becomes. Maybe you should find out a little more about the guy. He’ll win you over.

In the second photo, look at Brad strut. He’s saying to himself,”I am the ****”. That is one PRETTY MOFO and he knows it. That’s why he downplays his looks and dresses so casual sloppy sometimes. Hey Brad, if you got it, FLAUNT IT. A lot of folks say she is so skinny. If you had BRAD PITT as your lover, you’d be thin too. (HOT WILD SEX). She is still beautiful.

Not looking too good MR. Pitt. Give me more of that delicious Johnny Depp.

As Angelina said, she doesn’t want her partner to pretend somebody else but himself. I think Brad could find his way back to his inner self through Angelina. He doesn’t need to pretend to be a glamourous celebrity. He becomes “beautiful”, when he discovers and develops his inner beauty.
They’re both very beautiful inside and outside. Wish them alot of happiness and love.

They are so present in the public mind, it is good that they take leading roles of ethical issues. It’s very motivating for oneself.

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African Girl Says:
May 21st, 2007 at 10:18 am - flag comment

Thanks Voice for the Link to people..
Jolie and Pitt in Cannes
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie showed their love – and their new movie – to the world’s media Monday as they stepped out arm-in-arm at the Cannes Film Festival.

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I love the WEs and OURs peppered all through the article. It’s not “The Children”, it’s “OUR children”, it’s not “The Family” It’s “OUR Family”…love, love, love.

BP saying “What’-her-name”…Funny.
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I have always loved how they talk like that. They are just so in love with each other and their children

wow ladies you have to read lainey\’s account.

He looks old!

Slightly OT.

This is what Johnny Depp said about having his first child.

“(She) was not only the greatest thing that’s ever happened - it’s the only thing that’s ever happened to me. I helped give our daughter life and I feel she gave me life. Suddenly, you meet your reason to live, meet the future. It was like my birth in a way. I was born that day

Some people have made comparisons betwen AJ and JD and I’m begining to see it, this sounds like what AJ said about Maddox.

Beautiful Angelina and Brad.

Had to laugh at Jess finding Brad hot too, even though he’s nearly 20 years older. I remeber when I thought 40 was old and now I’m past it and I still don’t think I’m old. Luckily, 50 is the new 30.

LOL

Thank you jared for all your hard work.

this Wednesday, Anne Curry is going to interview both Brad and Angie on Today show and Dateline. I cannot wait. Thursday Ocean’s 13 premier at Cannes. This Sunday is Shiloh’s birthday. What a week for Brad and Angie.

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Mr and Mrs Smith Says:
May 21st, 2007 at 10:25 am - flag comment

Thanks MAMS. Reading that article, you see why it’s not far fetched that AJ and MP are friends. These are two STRONG WOMEN who don’t play victims, I mean if anyone deserved to throw herself a pity party, it’s MP instead of going on all the talk shows, whining about how she was done wrong, instead of giving interviews every two months to keep the world updated on how she’s “coping”, she drew strength from the ordeal, turned this painful even into something positive. I really do admire these two women

This is from variety.
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A Mighty Heart
By JUSTIN CHANG

A Paramount Vantage release (in U.S.) and presentation of a Plan B Entertainment/Revolution Films production. Produced by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Andrew Eaton. Co-producer, Anita Overland. Directed by Michael Winterbottom. Screenplay, John Orloff, based on the book “A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband, Danny Pearl” by Mariane Pearl.

Mariane Pearl - Angelina Jolie
Danny Pearl - Dan Futterman
Captain - Irrfan Khan
John Bussey - Denis O’Hare
Asra - Archie Panjabi
Randall Bennett - Will Patton
Steve LeVine - Gary Wilmes

The sad saga of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl has made it to the bigscreen with facts, figures and beating heart intact in “A Mighty Heart.” In his first studio venture, Michael Winterbottom coaxes forth a staggering wealth of detail from this terse, methodical account of Pearl’s kidnapping and murder in Pakistan, seen through the eyes of those who sought his return. Given audiences’ resistance to films dealing with 9/11 and its aftermath, soberly restrained pic reps a mighty tough sell, though Angelina Jolie’s performance as Pearl’s widow should broaden prospects for the June 22 Stateside release.

Adapting Mariane Pearl’s harrowing memoir, director Winterbottom, who previously ventured into Mideast politics with “In This World” and “The Road to Guantanamo,” proves to be just the man for the task. Though the prolific British chameleon isn’t one to make the same film twice, his gifts for docudrama storytelling –

an ability to shepherd complicated narratives, avoiding every opportunity for sensationalism in favor of a low-key mounting dread — couldn’t be better suited to the material.

Having covered the U.S. bombing of Afghanistan following the Sept. 11 attacks, the Pearls were working as journalists in Karachi, Pakistan, on Jan. 23, 2002 — the day Danny (”Capote” scribe Dan Futterman), chasing a story about foiled shoe bomber Richard Reid, got into a cab and never returned. Sticking close to the very pregnant Mariane (Jolie), pic recounts the restless five-week search for the man’s whereabouts and his kidnappers’ identities, all accompanied by a hailstorm of media attention.

Screenwriter John Orloff (”Band of Brothers”) crisply diagrams the labyrinth of false leads and fruitless interrogations with various middlemen Danny may have had contact with on the night of his disappearance. Suspicion ultimately comes to rest on the elusive Omar Saeed Sheikh (Alyy Khan), a known Islamic militant with a history of kidnapping foreigners.

Like his fellow suspects, Sheikh is seen only briefly, and in the most objective possible light. Working in the brisk, discursive style of a police procedural, Winterbottom and Orloff scrupulously follow the rescue effort, step by agonizing step — ensuring that the audience is never given additional information despite its foreknowledge of the tragic outcome. Even larger political questions — the implications, say, of a scene in which a Pakistani suspect is strung up and interrogated, or the grim irony of a journalist couple facing intense media scrutiny — are subjugated to the flow of the storytelling.

Along the way, writer and helmer also manage to sketch vivid portraits of Mariane’s key supporters and allies. These include Danny’s tough-minded colleague, Asra Nomani (Archie Panjabi); a local cop (Irffhan Khan), known simply as Captain, determined not to let the case soil Pakistan’s reputation; American diplomatic security agent Randall Bennett (Will Patton), who tends to see the silver lining in all bad news; and Wall Street Journal higher-up John Bussey (Denis O’Hare), who arrives in Pakistan after news of the ordeal, a comforting but resilient figure.

But this is ultimately — and very intimately — Mariane Pearl’s story, and much of it rests on Jolie, who fits comfortably into the naturalistic mold that shapes the entire ensemble. Though Jolie sports a big belly, a high-coiffed hairstyle and a very challenging accent (raised in France, Mariane is of Afro-Cuban and Dutch descent), this isn’t the sort of commanding star turn in which the performer vanishes behind a well-known celebrity mask, but rather a subdued, carefully considered portrait of a woman caught between premature grief and persistent hope.

Jolie plays Mariane as sharp and prickly, but also highly principled and completely devoted to her husband. Wisely, Winterbottom opts to shoot her more high-pitched outbursts from a distance or in near-darkness, as if refusing to milk more histrionics than necessary.

Occasional subdued flashbacks to happier days from Mariane and Danny’s marriage, including a very brief love scene, add emotional texture even as they take something away from the film’s otherwise unsentimental approach.

Pic negotiates its way around another potential landmine — to show or not to show the widely circulated video of Pearl’s murder — re-creating a very brief, non-graphic snippet of the contentious footage and getting the facts across with the utmost restraint.

Shot on location in Pakistan, India and France, the film gains considerable authenticity and momentum from its handheld DV lensing by Winterbottom’s regular d.p., Marcel Zyskind, and Peter Christelis’ rapid editing, rarely allowing a shot to last more than a few seconds.