USA: SHOWBIZ - Robert Deniro and Al Pacino attend Premiere of their latest film "Righteous Kill" in New york

Record ID: 220026

  • Title: USA: SHOWBIZ - Robert Deniro and Al Pacino attend Premiere of their latest film "Righteous Kill" in New york
  • Date: 11th September 2008
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (English) ROBERT DE NIRO, SAYING: "It was good, we had a good time." ACTOR TERRY SERPICO TALKING TO REPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ROBERT DE NIRO, SAYING: "I thought it was an interesting part, it's kinda like a thriller, so that genre of film I thought would be interesting to do with the director John Avnet, and that's how it started. Sometimes things start and then you're not sure and they evolve into something else, and that's kind of how this happened." (SOUNDBITE) (English) AL PACINO, SAYING: "Well, no, I think it could have been made about any other city, a big city that has crime in it, that has police, I think it could have been made anywhere, Chicago, Boston, I mean it covers a lot of territory, city life. But, New York is New York."
  • Embargoed: 26th September 2008 13:00
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  • Country: USA
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  • Story Text: Fans of "Godfather" stars Robert De Niro and Al Pacino can take delight in their newest film, "Righteous Kill," which premiered in New York on Wednesday, September 10.
    Al Pacino and Robert De Niro teamed up for the red carpet premiere of their latest film, "Righteous Kill," which will give fans the first opportunity to see the pair acting in the same scenes. Joining them on the carpet were co-stars 50 Cent, John Leguizamo, Carla Gugino, and former New York City Mayor Rudy Guiliani, fitting given the long-standing association that De Niro and Pacino have with the Big Apple.
    Famous for being a man of few words on the red carpet, De Niro had this to say about working with his friend, Al Pacino.
    "It was good, we had a good time," says De Niro.
    "Righteous Kill' tells the story of highly decorated NYPD Detectives Turk (De Niro) and Rooster (Pacino) facing a retirement for which neither of them are ready. Before they can hang up their badges, they are called to investigate the murder of a notorious pimp, who appears to have ties to a case they solved years before. With similarities to previous crimes, it becomes clear the detectives are looking for a serial killer - one who targets criminals who have fallen through the cracks of the judicial system.
    The film is set in New York City, but Pacino doesn't believe it necessarily defines the film, that it can easily be related to any urban environment high in crime.
    "Well, no, I think it could have been made about any other city, a big city that has crime in it, that has police, I think it could have been made anywhere, Chicago, Boston, I mean it covers a lot of territory, city life. But, New York is New York," says Al Pacino.
    Although Robert De Niro and Al Pacino have both appeared in the same film, Godfather II, they didn't share any scenes because their characters were in different time periods. Their co-stars in "Righteous Kill" are lucky to say that they are the only ones to have acted with both film legends in the same scene.
    John Leguzamo describes the different style each of them brings to the film, "and Pacino giving this smooth New York, he's like a Courvoisier, he's much smoother. De Niro brings the edge. It's beautiful, they're like the odd couple, like Felix and Oscar," says Leguizamo.
    Also appearing in the film is rapper 50 Cent, who shared his thoughts on the differences between acting and making rap albums.
    "Hip Hop music is so aggressive that you don't really show any vulnerabilities, so you kind of make these superheroes in the studio, you pick the guy with the nicest car, the nicest jewelry, and everything else," says 50 Cent.
    "But at the end of the day, film projects allow you to capture every emotion, period. I mean, as long as it's written in the script, don't come doing something that they didn't ask you to do."
    With the anniversary of 9/11 the day after the premiere, there was much love expressed for the city of New York. Rudy Guiliani, who became known as "America's Mayor" on that day in 2001, hasn't forgotten it since, and is still traumatized by the event.
    "The experience is with me every day," says Guiliani, "and I got used to that a while ago, and I think about it every day, today, a lot more than usual because we're coming up on the anniversary of it, but it's something that's with you forever, and if you just get used to the fact that it's going to be with you, maybe it's a little bit easier."
    He is glad that Senators Barack Obama and John McCain have said that discussing their respective presidential races on the anniversary is off limits.
    "I have always followed the rule on September 11th I don't discuss politics, it's sort of like a day you can put politics aside, not think about it, not talk about it, because i remember when it happened, nobody thought about politics, they just thought about being Americans, so I think it's good that they're doing that, and I hope everybody sticks to it,"
    says Guiliani.
    "Righteous Kill" premieres in theaters on September 12th.
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