UNITED KINGDOM: George Clooney attends London premiere of 'Men who stare at goats', Kevin Spacey is a no show

Record ID: 220386

  • Title: UNITED KINGDOM: George Clooney attends London premiere of 'Men who stare at goats', Kevin Spacey is a no show
  • Date: 19th October 2009
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (OCTOBER 15, 2009) (REUTERS) FILM POSTER PEOPLE WAITING DIRECTOR GRANT HESLOV TALKING TO JOURNALIST VARIOUS OF GEORGE CLOONEY SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS (SOUNDBITE) (English) GEORGE CLOONEY SAYING (QUESTION: WHAT PSYCHIC TRICKS HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM THIS) "Invisibility. Watch." CLOONEY SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS (SOUNDBITE) (English) GEORGE CLOONEY, SAYING "I've done some films that were comedies but weren't supposed to be but this one , actually 'Up in the air' is sort of not as funny as people think but yes comedies are nice to have." "(QUESTION: HOW EXCITED IS HE ABOUT 'UP IN THE AIR' HAS CLOONEY AS BEST ACTOR) "Yeah yeah I've been down that road before, we know how that works out." CLOONEY SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS (SOUNDBITE) (English) GEORGE CLOONEY, SAYING (QUESTION: ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT FANS GETTING TOO CLOSE) "No no no, although I saw that singer guy yesterday got punched. (Leona Lewis)." "No, sometimes but it's easier being a guy than a girl." FANS TAKING PHOTOS OF CLOONEY WIDE OF RED CARPET
  • Embargoed: 3rd November 2009 12:00
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  • Location: United Kingdom
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVAC9C4W807I7AOYTNWDJOL3JH2F
  • Story Text: U.S. actor George Clooney on Thursday (October 15) attended the second day of the London Film Festival with 'Men who stare at goats'. Co-star Kevin Spacey did not attend.
    In the film, Clooney plays a New Age hippie soldier trained for psychic, peaceful combat in a comedy set during the war in Iraq.
    "The Men Who Stare at Goats" is based on a book by Jon Ronson about a secret unit created by the U.S. army in 1979 which, the author said, believed troops could become invisible, walk through walls and kill goats just by staring at them.
    Ewan McGregor plays a reporter who stumbles across a member of the unit as he prepares to enter Iraq, and he and Clooney's character Lyn Cassady go on an ill-fated journey that sees them kidnapped, shot at and hit by a roadside bomb.
    Jeff Bridges is a long-haired, drug-taking leader of the "New Earth Army," and Kevin Spacey completes the line-up as a rival to Cassady whoup turning the unit into a lucrative private enterprise operating in Iraq during the war.
    Although set in Iraq in recent times, the war is only an incidental backdrop to a comedy which drew loud laughter at a press screening.
    Clooney spoke only briefly to the waiting journalists but spent time meeting fans and signing autographs.
    Asked whether he felt some fans came too close at times he said no not at all but mentioned UK singer Leona Lewis being hit by someone at a book signing in London on Wednesday (October 14).
    'Men who stare at goats' is released across the UK on November 6.
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