USA: MADONNA ATTENDS HUSBAND GUY RITCHIE'S U.S PREMIERE OF GANGSTER FILM "SNATCH" STARRING BRAD PITT

Record ID: 390836

  • Title: USA: MADONNA ATTENDS HUSBAND GUY RITCHIE'S U.S PREMIERE OF GANGSTER FILM "SNATCH" STARRING BRAD PITT
  • Date: 14th January 2001
  • Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (JANUARY 18) (REUTERS- ACCESS ALL) SCU "SNATCH" FILM POSTER, PULL OUT TO MEDIA AND CROWDS AT U.S PREMIERE OF FILM SMV, BENICIO DEL TORO ARRIVING AT PREMIERE PAN ACROSS CELEBRITIES ON ARRIVAL LINE (INCLUDING QUENTIN TARANTINO AND VINNIE JONES) SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) DEL TORO SAYING "I think this is the kind of film that it doesn't really matter. If it's good, it's good, you know? If it's good, it's good, you know? And, I think people are going to bite right into it." SCU KIRSTEN DUNST TALKING TO REPORTERS PAN TO SCU OF ACTOR JASON STATHAM AND BRITISH TELEVISION PRESENTER-TURNED -ACTRESS KELLY BROOK TALKING TO REPORTERS SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) JONES SAYING "I went into .. I crept into some of the previews when it was on for a week and they were laughing all the way through and there was all clapping at the end. So, you know, I was really, really pleased. And, I told Matthew ... (Producer) Matthew Vaughn just came over. He's a bit worried and I said we've got nothing to worry about. And, Brad's fantastic. He's so funny in it." SMV, ANNE HECHE AND MALE COMPANION COLEMAN LAFFOON VARIOUS, COURTNEY COX AND DAVID ARQUETTE (2 SHOTS) WIDE OF JENNIFER ANISTON TALKING TO REPORTERS SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) ANISTON SAYING "Isn't it great? He's funny. He's funny. Yes. That's the hidden secret." SMV, OF ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. WIDE OF MEDIA SURROUNDING MADONNA AND GUY RITCHIE ARRIVING CUTAWAY CAMERAS SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) REPORTER ASKING HOW'S MARRIED LIFE/ MADONNA SAYING "Fabulous. Guy? Isn't it fabulous?"/ RITCHIE SAYING "Yeah, it's fabulous."/ REPORTER ASKING WHAT'S THE BEST THING ABOUT MARRIED LIFE?/ RITCHIE TURNING TO MADONNA WHO LAUGHS, RITCHIE SAYING "I mean, you know, it's magnificent."/ MADONNA SAYING "That I can call him my husband now and not my boyfriend. It's much more interesting." SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) RITCHIE SAYING "I've had a good year. I'm happy with it. And, I just haven't had a break yet. I haven't hada chance to reflect." SCU CAMERA LENS VARIOUS, RITCHIE AND MADONNA TALKING TO OTHERS ON ARRIVALS LINE
  • Embargoed: 29th January 2001 12:00
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  • Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES AND FILM LOCATIONS
  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVA4X5KUK2J4A7ZWH26GGE6SFW7Z
  • Story Text: In their first public appearance together since their high profile wedding, British director Guy Ritchie and music superstar Madonna attended the American premiere of Ritchie's new caper "Snatch" on Thursday, January 18 in Los Angeles.
    Despite all the attention on his personal life, Ritchie was there first and foremost to celebrate the importation of his second feature film into America. It has already become a huge hit in his native United Kingdom, where it opened in September of 2000 as the highest grossing R-rated British film in U.K. history.
    Fans of Ritchie's first film, "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" will recognize "Snatch" as familiar territory. Like the previous movie, "Snatch" is a complicated tale of gangsters and the London underworld full of heists, shady characters and double-dealing.
    "Snatch" departs from its predecessor by including several American characters, played by "Get Shorty" gangster Dennis Farina, Golden Globe-nominated "Traffic" co-star Benecio Del Toro and, most notably, Brad Pitt.
    Pitt specifically asked Ritchie to cast him after seeing "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" and agreed to a big pay cut. Ironically, the film's biggest star spends all his time muttering in a nearly unintelligable Irish accent.
    Two veterans of Ritchie's first film also appear in "Snatch." Jason Statham, whom Ritchie cast in his first feature film after seeing him on a television commercial, returns as a boxing promoter, while former football star Vinnie Jones plays another tough-as-nails mob enforcer, this one named "Bullet Tooth" Tony.
    "Snatch" opens in theatres throughout the United States on Friday, January 19.
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