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by Shannonn Kelly  

Variety Review Writer, Eddie Cockrell asks (and answers): 

“How influential is Romero’s work? Closing credit crawl gives special thanks to Romero pals, disciples and supporters Wes Craven, Guillermo del Toro, Simon Pegg, Stephen King, Quentin Tarantino and Tom Savini. They should be proud.”

Read Cockrell’s review at http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117934690.html?categoryid=31&cs=1

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by Shannonn Kelly  

British Director Ken Loach who last year won at Cannes for “The Wind That Shakes The Barley”, wins Best Screenplay at Venice for “It’s A Free World”.

Read about it here http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article2414753.ece

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by Shannonn Kelly 

With a lukewarm reception for his film Black Dahlia in Venice 2006, De Palma hit back hard kicking Venice audiences in the gut with his re-telling of a horrific crime in Iraq perpetrated by US Soldiers in his latest film “Redacted”.

Read about his award and others http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070908195807.7ajr7p8z&show_article=1

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By Shannonn Kelly 

In 2005 with it’s haunting original score, Ang Lee won in Venice for Brokeback Mountain.

 2007 brings Lee another win for “Se, Jie (Lust, Caution)”, in which upon acceptance he dedicated his win to Ingmar Bergman. Read about it in Ireland on Line.

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By Shannonn Kelly

Bernardo Bertolucci Awarded At Venice Film Fest

Read about this great Italian film legend and the Venice Film Festival

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070907093207.hn4s3ne3&show_article=1

And you can ‘Wiki’ him here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo_Bertolucci

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