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Penelope Cruz
Penélope Cruz Sánchez - born 28 April 1974, in San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid
Wise words: "There's so much more I want to do. I refuse to get to 50 and wait at home for the phone to ring. In Spain, actresses work until they are old. That's my plan."
Cruz first came to public attention in Spain in 1992 with the release of Jamón jamón (dir. Bigas Luna) and Belle Epoque (dir. Fernando Trueba).
In Spanish cinema she has proved herself in a range of roles in different genres, and her key films in her native language are: Jamón jamón, Belle Epoque, Abre los ojos / Open Your Eyes (dir. Alejandro Amenábar), La niña de tus ojos / The Girl Of Your Dreams (dir. Fernando Trueba), and of course the three films she has made with Pedro Almodóvar –Carne trémula / Live Flesh, Todo sobre mi madre / All About My Mother, and Volver.
To date she has won two Goya awards for Best Actress (for La niña de tus ojos and Volver) and also became the first Spanish actress to be nominated for an Oscar for her performance as Raimunda in Almodóvar’s last film.
Also not to be missed is the Italian film Non ti muovere / Don’t Move (dir. Sergio Castellito), in which she gives a truly heartbreaking performance and for which she won a David di Donatello award for Best Actress.
Forthcoming roles include a Woody Allen film and another collaboration with Almodóvar.
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Cruz picks up useless skills for movie roles -
18 November 2009
-Penelope Cruz is often amused by the useless skills she has picked up while rehearsing for film roles - she can gallop on a camel and chop vegetables really quickly.-
-The actress always puts everything into movie characters, so she looks the part on screen - and she
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Cruz locked herself away before singing debut at Abbey Road -
8 November 2009
-Spanish movie star Penelope Cruz was so paranoid about protecting her voice before her musical debut in Nine she became a recluse.-
-The actress felt the pressure of recording her vocals at London's famed Abbey Road Studios and decided to lock herself away in her hote
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Cruz braved injuries to film Nine -
6 October 2009
-Penelope Cruz suffered for her art in upcoming movie-musical Nine - dangerous physical stunts left her hands bleeding.-
-The actress stars alongside Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench and Kate Hudson in the film and was hoisted up in the air for one particularly trying scene.-
Penelope Cruz - what members say
Penelope Cruz - filmography
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Nine
(2009)
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz
Director: Rob Marshall
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Famous film director Guido Contini struggles to find harmony in his professional and personal lives, as he engages in dramatic relationships with his wife, his mistress, his muse, his agent, and his mother.
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69%
from 15 members
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Broken Embraces
(2009)
Starring: Penelope Cruz, Penelope Cruz, Blanca Portillo
Director: Pedro Almodovar
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After LIVE FLESH, ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER, and VOLVER, director Pedro Almodovar and his muse Penelope Cruz unite for a fourth time with this drama. Here, Almodovar delves into noir style to tell a tale of a man (BAD EDUCATION'S Lluis Homar) with dual identities who tries to compartmentalize his life ..read more »
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71%
from 232 members
Due for release on 1st February 2010
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G-Force
(2009)
Starring: Penelope Cruz, Penelope Cruz, Will Arnett
Director: Hoyt Yeatman, Hoyt Yeatman Jr.
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Two time Oscar-winning visual effects artist Hoyt Yeatman makes his feature directorial debut with this Jerry Bruckheimer-produced family film following a group of highly trained guinea pigs on their mission to prevent an evil billionaire from taking over the world. Beginning in the Civil War -- ..read more »
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66%
from 186 members
Due for release on 30th November 2009
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Elegy
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Penelope Cruz, Penelope Cruz, Ben Kingsley
Director: Isabel Coixet
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Charismatic professor David Kepesh glories in the pursuit of adventurous female students but never lets any woman get too close. When gorgeous Consuela Castillo enters his classroom, however, his protective veneer dissolves. Her raven-haired beauty both captivates and unsettles him. Even if Kepesh ..read more »
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59%
from 4,210 members
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz, Penelope Cruz
Director: Woody Allen
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It’s the film that critics are hailing as Woody Allan’s return to form. Vicky Cristina Barcelona has become one of the most talked about movies of the year. A sizzling, erotically charged, relentlessly hilarious and touching romantic comedy that won Penelope Cruz (Volver, Vanilla Sky) a ..read more »
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67%
from 13,939 members
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Elegy - BLU-RAY Version
(2008)
Starring: Penelope Cruz, Penelope Cruz, Ben Kingsley
Director: Isabel Coixet
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Charismatic professor David Kepesh glories in the pursuit of adventurous female students but never lets any woman get too close. When gorgeous Consuela Castillo enters his classroom, however, his protective veneer dissolves. Her raven-haired beauty both captivates and unsettles him. Even if Kepesh ..read more »
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62%
from 16 members
Not available for rental
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The Good Night
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Michael Gambon, Martin Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow
Director: Giles Nuttgens, Jake Paltrow
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Jake Paltrow directs his sister Gwyneth in this take on the midlife crisis. Gary (Martin Freeman) was once riding high as the member of a successful pop band. Now, seven years later, the band is no more and he pays the bills by composing mediocre music for commercials. To further add to his ..read more »
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46%
from 3,160 members
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Manolete
(2007)
Starring: Penelope Cruz, Penelope Cruz, Adrien Brody
Director: Menno Meyjes
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The film starts in the trip from Sevilla to Linares, where Manolete stops in Córdoba to see his mother. He will be remembering some passages of his life.
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Volver
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Penelope Cruz, Penelope Cruz, Carmen Maura
Director: Pedro Almodovar
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Following the passing away of their mother in a fire, Raimunda (Penelope Cruz, VANILLA SKY) and Sole (Lola Duenas, TALK TO HER), leave their home town of La Mancha to live in Madrid. Raimunda lives with her daughter and unsupportive husband, taking on menial jobs, while Sole works in secret as a ..read more »
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72%
from 37,063 members
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Sahara - HD DVD Version
(2005)
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Penelope Cruz, Penelope Cruz
Director: Breck Eisner
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Dirk (Matthew McConaughey) and Al (Steve Zahn) have been friends since kindergarten, having also gone through college and the Navy together. The two now work for a former admiral travelling around the world and salvaging treasures from the sea with the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA). ..read more »
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63%
from 60 members
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Sahara - BLU-RAY Version
(2005)
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Penelope Cruz, Penelope Cruz
Director: Breck Eisner
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Dirk (Matthew McConaughey) and Al (Steve Zahn) have been friends since kindergarten, having also gone through college and the Navy together. The two now work for a former admiral travelling around the world and salvaging treasures from the sea with the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA). ..read more »
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61%
from 872 members
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Sahara
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Penelope Cruz, Penelope Cruz
Director: Breck Eisner
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Dirk (Matthew McConaughey) and Al (Steve Zahn) have been friends since kindergarten, having also gone through college and the Navy together. The two now work for a former admiral travelling around the world and salvaging treasures from the sea with the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA). ..read more »
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57%
from 56,599 members
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Head In The Clouds
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Charlize Theron, Penelope Cruz, Penelope Cruz
Director: John Duigan
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A Parisian apartment is home to Gilda Besse, an aspiring photographer, Guy Malyon, an Irish teacher, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. When war breaks out, the three friends go their separate ways, seemingly forever...
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53%
from 2,906 members
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Gothika
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Halle Berry, Robert Downey Jr, Charles S. Dutton
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
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GOTHIKA stars Halle Berry as Dr. Miranda Grey, a psychiatrist who becomes a patient in her own mental hospital after she is accused of murdering her husband (Charles S. Dutton). Grey's only initial memory of the incident involves a chilling encounter with a distraught girl (Kathleen Mackey) on a ..read more »
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from 32,742 members
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Masked And Anonymous
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Penelope Cruz, Penelope Cruz
Director: Larry Charles
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In a fictional America caught up in a civil war that is tearing the nation apart, a benefit concert is being organized. A traveling troubadour named Jack Fate (Bob Dylan) is sprung from jail by his scheming former manager (John Goodman) to headline a concert with the expectations to bring peace to ..read more »
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42%
from 1,673 member
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Penelope Cruz, Penelope Cruz
Director: John Madden
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In keeping with Hollywood's time-honoured tradition of turning celebrated novels into cinematic spectacles, director John Madden brings Louis de Berniere's acclaimed 1994 work, CORELLI'S MANDOLIN, to life. Set on the Greek island of Cephalonia in 1940, the film tells the story of the beautiful ..read more »
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61%
from 10,721 members
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Blow - BLU-RAY Version
(2001)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Penelope Cruz
Director: Ted Demme
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George Jung (Johnny Depp) doesn't want to live like his father (Ray Liotta)--always short of money and constantly berated by his mother (Rachel Griffiths). So he sets off for California to live on the beach, where he finds he can make a living selling drugs. Soon George's drug dealing business ..read more »
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72%
from 274 members
Not available for rental
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Blow
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Penelope Cruz
Director: Ted Demme
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George Jung (Johnny Depp) doesn't want to live like his father (Ray Liotta)--always short of money and constantly berated by his mother (Rachel Griffiths). So he sets off for California to live on the beach, where he finds he can make a living selling drugs. Soon George's drug dealing business ..read more »
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69%
from 13,753 members
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Waking Up In Reno
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Charlize Theron, Billy Bob Thornton, Patrick Swayze
Director: Jordan Brady
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Billy Bob Thornton, Natasha Richardson, Charlize Theron, and Patrick Swayze star in this redneck road trip comedy that is a twisted mixture of the 1969 wife-swapping classic BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE and 1997's VEGAS VACATION. Lonnie Earl (Thornton) is a self-centered Little Rock, Arkansas car ..read more »
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53%
from 541 members
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Vanilla Sky
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Penelope Cruz
Director: Cameron Crowe
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Director Cameron Crowe (JERRY MAGUIRE, ALMOST FAMOUS) teams up with Tom Cruise once again in an adaptation of Alejandro Amenabar's 1997 Spanish film OPEN YOUR EYES. Cruise plays David Aames, a playboy publisher leading a seemingly charmed life. His most recent playmate is his "friend" Julie Gianni (..read more »
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58%
from 18,773 members
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All The Pretty Horses
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Matt Damon, Penelope Cruz, Penelope Cruz
Director: Billy Bob Thornton
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Billy Bob Thornton's ALL THE PRETTY HORSES is about John Grady Cole (Matt Damon), a young rancher growing up just after WWII. After his mother sells the family ranch, John convinces his best friend, Lacey Rawlins (Henry Thomas), to accompany him to Mexico, where ranching is still a big part of life...read more »
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55%
from 1,245 member
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Woman On Top
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Penelope Cruz, Penelope Cruz, Anne Ramsey
Director: Fina Torres
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Director Fina Torres presents a sweet and sour love story/fairy tale with WOMAN ON TOP, the quirky story of Isabella (Penelope Cruz) a top-notch chef and glowing beauty who suffers from motion sickness. Playing up all of these characteristics, the film explores two of Cruz's love affairs: one with ..read more »
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46%
from 1,734 member
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All About My Mother
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Penelope Cruz, Penelope Cruz, Cecilia Roth
Director: Pedro Almodovar
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A birthday treat for single mother Manuela turns to disaster when her teenage son is killed in a car crash. Consumed by grief she goes to Barcelona to tell his father about the son he never knew he had, but he is a transvestite dying from an AIDS related illness... Spanish dialogue with English ..read more »
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72%
from 18,590 members
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The Girl Of Your Dreams
(1998)
Starring: Penelope Cruz, Penelope Cruz, Antonio Resines
Director: Fernando Trueba
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Based on an allegedly true story of how during the fascist era of the 1930s the Nazi Party's head of propaganda, Josef Goebbels, fell head-over-heels in love with the reigning Spanish cinema queen when the latter visited the Ufa studios in Germany. Singer Macarena Granada is shooting a cheesy ..read more »
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57%
from 450 members
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If Only
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Douglas Henshall, Lena Headey, Penelope Cruz
Director: Maria Ripoll
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Almost everyone wishes they could have a second chance at love. This charming British romantic comedy, IF ONLY, dares to revel in the fantasy. Douglas Henshall plays Victor Bukowski, an unemployed man distraught over the fact that his beloved ex is about to marry another man. Magically, he is ..read more »
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51%
from 1,328 member
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Open Your Eyes
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Eduardo Noriega, Najwa Nimri, Penelope Cruz
Director: Alejandro Amenabar
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Watch now: £2.49
Handsome 25-year-old Cesar (Eduardo Noriega) has it all--a successful career, expensive cars, a swank bachelor's pad, and an endless string of beautiful and willing women. Unfortunately, he can't get rid of his latest conquest, Nuria (Najwa Nimri) soon enough. When she crashes his birthday party, ..read more »
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68%
from 6,188 members
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Framed
(1993)
Starring: Timothy Dalton, Timothy West, David Morrissey
Director: Geoffrey Sax, Guy Slater
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Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause.
A young cop vacationing in Spain catches escaped criminal Eddie Myers (Dalton) who had been presumed dead. Myers will only cooperate if the young officer is his interrogator, ..read more »
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59%
from 61 members
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Belle Epoque
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Penelope Cruz, Penelope Cruz, Miriam Diaz-Aroca
Director: Fernando Trueba
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The sultry Spanish countryside, 1931. The monarchy is ending, and the army and church reign supreme over Spanish life. In this tumultuous world, a young soldier Fernando (Jorge Sanz), decides to desert the army in hopes of finding a more pleasant way to live and seeks refuge on the farm of widowed ..read more »
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66%
from 2,106 members
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Jamon Jamon
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Penelope Cruz, Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem
Director: Bigas Luna
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Silvia, a village girl pregnant with Jose Luis' baby, plans to marry but Jose's mother has other ideas. She hires the talents of the local hunk Raul to win Silvia away. Spanish dialogue with subtitles.
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62%
from 4,913 members
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Noel
on DVD
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Penelope Cruz, Penelope Cruz
Director: Chazz Palminteri
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Watch now: £2.49
A first-rate cast comes together for this collection of intertwining tales of lonely New Yorkers reaching out to each other on Christmas Eve. Susan Sarandon plays Rose, a widowed editor who spends way too much time at the hospital bed of her Alzheimers-stricken mother. Robin Williams is the ..read more »
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53%
from 3,632 members
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Penelope Cruz facts
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Fabulous 12 June 2005
... has taken refuge with a local convent where she is looked after by Sister Rosa(Penelope Cruz) but Rosa reveals that she is pregnant.....also by Lola........
Meanwhile Manu...
Weak film 12 July 2005
