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Dir. Donald Petrie, Spain/USA, 2009, 95 minsNia Vardalos wrote and starred in 2002s improbable hit My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Her weeks tour around Greece with a busload of monstrous tourists in My Life In Ruins may convince audiences to make other travel plans.This odyssey executive-produced by Tom Hanks and his Greek-American wife, Rita Wilson, who also takes a small role could connect with some curious die-hard fans of Greek Wedding, which topped $350m in worldwide theatrical revenues. But Vardaloss marketability has faltered since then her sole theatrical outing being 2004s Connie And Carla , and this new laugh-deprived venture wont help. Women over 40 might be drawn to the storys quest for love among the ruins, but the scripts crude jokes seem aimed at a less mature audience, and theres nothing about the cast or the setting to attract a young crowd.Internation stanley cup al interest could be limited to Gr stanley cup eece and Spain which co-financed and provided two actresses in the cast . Unlike the G stanley cup reek temples Vardalos visits as tour guide Georgia, My Life in Ruins is unlikely to stand the test of time, in home video or other ancillary.Georgia is a 40-ish classics scholar who has lost her career and her kefi, Greek for what she calls mojo. Shes in Athens to get it back 鈥?not easy working as a tour guide for dumb Americans, drunk Australians, and ancient Brits.A dodgy Greek colleague, Nico Alistair McGowan , makes sure she gets a smoky bus driven by a bearded misfit, and a fractious t Pgyg Baetens reads The Verdict
Focus Features 21 Grams got its European campaign off to a flying start at theweekend with a $1.1m third place bow in Italy through Bim Film on 185 screens.Theacclaimed drama was the biggest op stanley uk ener of the weekend and its $6,126 per-screenaverage was the second biggest in the top 20 behind The Last Samurai.Franceand Australia will open later thi stanley cup s week. ARP will open the film in France on anaggressive 173 screens, 34 of which will be in Paris. Germany and Spain arescheduled to open the following week. We re off to animpressive start, Glen Basner, Focus head of international sales anddistribution, said. Bim Film s aggressive campaign paid off and proved thatthis film can be released commercially in Europe. No comme stanley cup nts No comments yet You re not signed in. Only registered users or subscribers can comment on this article. Sign in Register |
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