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2008

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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 Best Performance By An .. Read more

Starring	Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Javier Bardem, Chris Messina
Director	Woody Allen
Genres	Comedy, Drama, Romance

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Cruz's rush decision over Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- 11 Feb 2009
Woody Allen gave Penelope Cruz just two hours to read the script for his film Vicky Cristina Barcelona and decide if she wanted a role in the project. The filmmaker sent the actress a copy asking her to take on the role of an unstable artist - on the condition she return the manuscript within a strict two-hour time period. But Cruz, who is now nominated for an Oscar for the role, insists she didn't think twice about accepting his offer once she finished reading the screenplay. She says, "He... Read more
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- 02 Feb 2009
Two young American friends, Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) are spending the summer in Barcelona. Vicky has a fiancé back home. She’s all about getting down to work on her research. Cristina is quite different. She prefers to take life as it comes. She’s looking for a good time and hasn’t thought twice about tomorrow. So far, so Woody Allen, right? An exotic locale, a couple of young beauties and a diagrammatic thesis he can string a few jokes on over... Read more
Pedro Almodovar produces 'naughty' short film
- 18 Feb 2009
Spanish director Pedro Almodovar has produced his first short film in 30 years. The Oscar-winning director premiered La Concejala Antropofaga (The Cannibalistic Councilwoman) on Spanish television last week. It is a spin-off from his upcoming release Los Abrazos Rotos (Broken Embraces), a film-noir style offering which stars Penelope Cruz in a four-way love story. She has been hailed as the director's muse and played the lead in his best-known picture Volver. The short film is a monologue of a... Read more
Cruz's guilt over expletive-filled Spanish scenes
- 08 Feb 2009
Penelope Cruz turned the air blue while shooting Vicky Cristina Barcelona - after moviemaker Woody Allen let her improvise her Spanish lines. The beauty, who is nominated for an Oscar for her role in the dark comedy, spoke in a mix of English and subtitled Spanish in the film alongside fellow Spaniard Javier Bardem. And Allen gave the pair freedom over their Spanish lines - letting them ad-lib their on-screen conversations. But Cruz was left terrified after wrapping shooting on the film -... Read more
Hypochondriac Allen missed out on Johansson/Cruz kiss
- 05 Feb 2009
Director Woody Allen missed the same sex kiss between Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz in his new movie Vicky Cristina Barcelona - because he was busy having a suspicious mole tested. The two actresses were stunned when the filmmaker disappeared as they were preparing to pucker up for the saucy scene. But Cruz insists he did them a favour, by diverting attention from the the nerve-wracking shoot. The actress reveals, "On the day I had to kiss Scarlett Johansson, all his attention was on... Read more