ITALY: 'The Darjeeling Limited' premieres at the Venice Film Festival with a notable absence of leading actor Owen Wilson
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ITALY: 'The Darjeeling Limited' premieres at the Venice Film Festival with a notable absence of leading actor Owen Wilson
- Title: ITALY: 'The Darjeeling Limited' premieres at the Venice Film Festival with a notable absence of leading actor Owen Wilson
- Date: 6th September 2007
- Summary: VENICE LIDO, ITALY (SEPTEMBER 03, 2007) (REUTERS) RED CARPET OUTSIDE PALAZZO DE CINEMA ACTOR ADRIEN BRODY ARRIVING IN CAR VARIOUS OF BRODY SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS VARIOUS OF RED CARPET ARRIVALS ACTOR BILL MURRAY SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS PHOTOGRAPHERS DIRECTOR WES ANDERSON AND PRODUCER ROMAN COPPOLA FANS / RED CARPET ARRIVALS ACTOR JASON SCHWARTZMAN RUNNING TO GREET FANS SCHWARTZMAN SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS BRODY POSING FOR PHOTOS WITH ELSA PATAKY
- Embargoed: 21st September 2007 13:00
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- Location: Italy
- Country: Italy
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- Story Text: 'The Darjeeling Limited', a new film starring Owen Wilson, received its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Monday (September 3) with a notable absence of the Hollywood star.
The 38-year-old actor and writer, nominated for an Oscar with Wes Anderson for the screenplay to "The Royal Tenenbaums" was hospitalised just over a week ago following a reported suicide attempt. He was released from a clinic over the weekend, according to media reports.
Wilson's box-office record -- "Wedding Crashers" topped 200 million U.S. dollars in U.S. box office sales -- and his on-screen image as an affable everyman who charms the ladies and boozes with the boys, has made him a favourite with filmmakers and filmgoers.
"Darjeeling" follows three troubled brothers who meet on a train in India and embark on an often hilarious spiritual journey they hope will heal family rifts.
Owen plays the oldest sibling Francis Whitman, a control freak whose head is wrapped in bandages and whose face is covered in plasters after a near-death motorcycle crash.
Adrien Brody plays the middle sibling Peter, deeply anxious about the impending birth of his child, and Jason Schwartzman rounds off the trio as Jack, a writer who obsessively monitors the messages on his girlfriend's answering machine back home.
Most of the action takes place on an Indian train called The Darjeeling Limited, which trundles across stunning landscapes between teeming towns, where the brothers alight to visit shrines they hope will bring answers to their problems.
But the real epiphany comes when they attempt to rescue three Indian boys whose raft overturns in a fast-running river.
Tragedy and absurdity blur as the boys' family and friends welcome the three bewildered Whitmans into their homes in a village in the middle of nowhere.
The ultimate quest is to find their mother, played by Anjelica Huston, who left them to be a nun on a remote Indian hilltop. When they finally reach her, she meets them briefly only to disappear the following morning.
The film is screening in competition at the Venice Film Festival, whichon Saturday (September 8). - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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