VARIOUS: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie talk about their humanitarian work on the red carpet ahead of the premiere of 'In the Land of Blood and Honey'
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VARIOUS: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie talk about their humanitarian work on the red carpet ahead of the premiere of 'In the Land of Blood and Honey'
- Title: VARIOUS: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie talk about their humanitarian work on the red carpet ahead of the premiere of 'In the Land of Blood and Honey'
- Date: 9th December 2011
- Summary: CROATIAN ACTOR RADE SERBEDZIJA POSING FOR PHOTOS AND THEN WALKING RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR RADE SERBEDZIJA ON ANGELINA JOLIE, SAYING: "It was beautiful. She's great, fabulous. She's smart. She's brave. She knew why she's doing this film. Why she choose this subject. And it is one of her missions." (SOUNDBITE) (English) ANGELINA JOLIE ON A MAN CLAIMING SHE STOLE HIS SCREENPLAY, SAYING: "(Reporter: Any thoughts on -- there's apparently some gentleman whose kind of being critical, saying you took the story. What do you say to these people?) It's par for the course. It happens with every movie." GWEN STEFANI WALKING RED CARPET AND WAVING FANS TAKING PHOTO WITH BRAD PITT ANGELINA JOLIE WALKING RED CARPET WITH HER CAST VARIOUS
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- Story Text: Angelina Jolie is making her directorial debut with her new film about the 1992-1995 Bosnian War called "In the Land of Blood and Honey."
Jolie, Brad Pitt, and father Jon Voight hit the red carpet for the Los Angeles premiere of the film on Thursday (December 8, 2011) night.
The 36-year-old actress and mother of six talked about why making time for her humanitarian work is so important to her.
"I think for anybody that witnesses and has been able to travel, or has the good fortune to travel, or even in our own, in America, if you open your eyes and you go to the right places and you witness and you spend time with people, you are compelled to then help, and compelled to do something," said Jolie. "And as a human being, I am grateful that my eyes were open to the realities of the war. And we're in Hollywood right now. And this is just a tiny piece of what the world is really like. And, we must, we must remember everything else that is happening and do what we can."
Pitt noted that his girlfriend makes providing assistance to the needy around the world is a top priority.
"I mean with Angie, it's daily. It's daily work," explained Pitt, 47. "It's her first job. And, being an international family, and wanting to see things improve, and feeling like we've been so fortunate. It's something we need to pass on, but with Angie especially. And yes it is. And happy to be. Happy so."
Jolie described why making this film was so important to her. But her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of her father, Jon Voight, talking to a publicist just behind where she was standing.
"I'm very grateful that we're able to bring this story to the world and to do it -- I can hear people behind me -- but that we're able to bring the subject matter forward," smiled Jolie. "And I want people to remember this part of the world. And to also get to know people from this part of the world. I'm very excited for people to get to the know the cast. And hear them speak in our language. And listen to their music, and watch them. It's not just them living in war, it's them as families and full of love, and I think it's what they'd like to return to. It's who they are and they deserve that. And they deserve our attention."
Voight said he was very proud of his daughter's latest accomplishment.
"It's an amazing thing. She wrote herself from scratch. Certainly it's going to be original and in-depth from the experiences that she herself mined with the work with the refugees. And, then she found a way to produce it. And she directed it, in two languages. I mean, come on."
Bosnian actress Zana Marjanovic shared why having someone from the outside make the film about the devastating conflict was a good idea.
"I think that a foreigner directing our story is also very important thing. Because somehow, it was, she saw it with an objective eye. There are very many different voices from within this film. From both sides of the conflict. And I think it's about not telling you what to think, and not making a judgment. It's about you as an audience watching a story. A truthful one, an honest story. And then it's for you to decide how you feel about it."
"In the Land of Milk and Honey" is set against the backdrop of the Bosnian War that tore the Balkan region apart in the 1990s. The film tells the story of Danijel and Ajla (Zana MarjanoviU+0107), two people from different sides of a brutal ethnic conflict.
Danijel, a soldier fighting for the Serbs, serves under his father General Nebojsa Vukojevich (Rade Serbedzija) and Ajla, a Bosnian held captive in the camp he oversees, knew each other before the war, and could have found love with each other. But as the armed conflict takes hold of their lives, their relationship grows darker, their motives and connection to one another ambiguous, their allegiances uncertain.
"In the Land of Blood and Honey" portrays the incredible emotional, moral and physical toll that the war exerts both on individuals and people as a whole, and the terrible consequences that stem from the lack of political will to intervene in a society stricken with conflict.
"In the Land of Blood and Honey" will be released in theatres across North America on December 23, 2011. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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