Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp team up for this spy caper about a woman (Jolie) who seduces an innocent tourist (Depp) while on the run from authorities looking for her criminal ex-boyfriend in Venice. Johnny Depp takes a break from his typical fare to play a goofy average Joe, while Jolie provides pure eye candy as usual, thanks in part to her wardrobe. Though it’s fun to watch these two gorgeous actors play off each other, ultimately they don’t generate much heat to keep the weak plot afloat. DVD extras include outtakes, featurettes, and director’s commentary.

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As it should be, the film looks gorgeous on DVD and Blu-ray. It is colorful and the leading actors fill out the scenery rather well. Angelina Jolie glows on screen. The audio is a bit underwhelming, but when the action kicks in it thrives on surround sound.
The extra features of this home video release are not extensive, but a handful of short featurettes exploring the production of The Tourist add to the overall experience. Unfortunately, the lack of truly in-depth featurettes keeps the audience at a distance.
- Audio Commentary: Director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- Canal Chats
- A Gala Affair
- Action in Venice
- Bringing Glamour Back
- Tourist Destination — Travel the Canals of Venice
- Alternate Animated Title Sequence
- Outtake Reel

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The Taormina Film Festival announced that the animated film Kung Fu Panda 2 in 3D will be the opening film at this year’s edition of the 57-year-old event. The Italian premiere of the film — directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson and including the voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan and Seth Rogen — continues Taormina’s trend of serving as a launching pad for high-profile films. In 2010, the Sicily festival premiered with Toy Story 3 in 3D, and previous editions have hosted Transformers and Mission Impossible II. As with the other blockbusters to appear in Taormina, Kung Fu Panda 2 will screen in the festival’s centerpiece venue, the ancient and picturesque Teatro Antico. This year’s edition of the festival runs June 11-18.

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David Fincher is the latest director rumored to be taking charge of Angelina Jolie’s Cleopatra movie. According to Deadline, producer Scott Rudin wants to reunite with his Oscar-nominated Social Network helmer on Sony Pictures’ historical biopic. Jolie is attached to play the Egyptian queen in the film, which will be based on Stacy Schiff’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book Cleopatra: A Life. Rudin previously said that he wants to present a “grown-up sophisticated version” of Cleopatra that bears little resemblance to Elizabeth Taylor’s 1963 epic. Fincher’s appointment on Cleopatra is reportedly dependent on the progress of The Girl Who Played With Fire, the sequel to his Girl With The Dragon Tattoo remake, and if Sony is willing to make his schedule work to direct both pictures. Directors such as James Cameron and Paul Greengrass have been linked to Cleopatra.

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Angelina Jolie has just signed with United Talent Agency, which will represent her as a writer and director. She doesn’t have an agent for her acting work. The signing comes after she made her writing/directorial debut on a Bosnia-set feature that is in postproduction. That untitled film was financed and produced by GK Films. She clearly wants to do more in that area, and UTA becomes Jolie’s first agency representation as a filmmaker. She continues to be represented in all areas by longtime manager Geyer Kosinski and attorney Robert Offer. “Angelina has a distinct and powerful creative voice, and having read her work and seen parts of the film she’s directing, we’re very certain that she’s entering a new and fruitful phase of her extraordinary career,” said UTA partner Rich Klubeck, who’s leading the team of agents representing Jolie’s filmmaking pursuits.

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Angelina Jolie has begun collaborating with jeweller Robert Procop on a collection of accessories. The range – which features “a mix of tablets and cushion-cut stones set in yellow and rose golds” – will go on sale this spring, reports Life & Style. “Her style is very chic and classic, but it still has this very artistic innovation,” Procop told the publication. Jolie previously designed a necklace for partner Brad Pitt as a gift.

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Kung Fu Panda 2 gets its first full trailer following a teaser and several TV spots. It finally sheds light on what challenges coming in Po and The Furious Five’s way to save kung fu, while he considers “stairs” as his old enemy. In Kung Fu Panda sequel, Po’s new life as The Dragon Warrior is threatened by the emergence of a formidable villain, who plans to use a secret, unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu. To stop this, Po must look to his past and uncover the secrets of his mysterious origins; only then will he be able to unlock the strength he needs to succeed. This Jennifer Yuh Nelson-directed movie will be released in the U.S. on May 27.

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Angelina Jolie has urged the world to support Libyan refugees. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jolie spoke in Kabul, Afghanistan about the country’s protests against leader Muammar Gaddafi. “The world needs to address this moment. We have to give people safe passage, evacuation if needed, and ensure they have asylum. We don’t want to look back and find their deaths are on our hands,” she said of the refugees residing in Afghanistan. Jolie, who is the UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, also spoke about the pending civil war in Africa’s Côte d’Ivoire. She said: “As we witness these newest crises unfold in west and north Africa, it is critical that all parties respect the fundamental right of people in danger to flee to safety – whether civilians caught in conflict in their own country or refugees and asylum seekers caught in new conflicts.” She added: “All I’m asking is that civilians be protected, and not targeted or harmed.” The actress warned against perpetuating the “cycle of instability and new crises”.

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Johnny Depp has described his co-star Angelina Jolie as a “shockingly great” parent. The actor explained that he would ”probably be in prison” if he had to cope with the same media attention that she does. At a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, he said: “She is such a versatile, wonderful person who can portray anything. She is a down to earth, clever, funny woman and shockingly great mother. “She is very calm even if she’s surrounded by paparazzi. I don’t know what I would do [if I was in that situation]. I could’ve been in prison by now!” The 47-year-old, who has been in a relationship with actress-and-singer Vanessa Paradis since 1998, also joked that he has no recollection of the scenes he filmed with Jolie on The Tourist. When asked how he felt while performing raunchy scenes with the actress, he replied: “I didn’t tell my family that I was shooting the film. “I can’t remember, I wasn’t in it, I didn’t take the role and this film doesn’t exist. Angelina who? I can’t remember her name, so I’m clean.”

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