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Prince Charles will attend TOBG premier in London
Royal pair to attend film premiere
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The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will attend the premiere of The Other Boleyn Girl, a film about Henry VIII and the rivalry between two of his mistresses.
The movie centres on Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife, and her sister Mary and stars Australian actor Eric Bana as the Tudor monarch.
According to Universal Pictures, it brings to life "one of history's most notorious, controversial, and influential love triangles".
Star Wars actress Natalie Portman plays mistress-turned-wife Anne and Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson is Anne's younger sister Mary.
The movie tells how, driven by their father's ruthless ambition, Anne and Mary compete for the affections of Henry VIII, both sharing the King's bed.
Mary, who was married already, and was rumoured to have given birth to the King's illegitimate son, falls in love with the "surprisingly tender" monarch.
In the film she provides him with a baby boy. But Anne manages to satisfy her hunger for the throne, and put aside her love for her sister, by becoming Queen of England.
The marriage famously came about after a series of Parliamentary Acts cutting back papal power in England and bringing about the English Reformation. Anne is executed after failing to give birth to a male heir.
The premiere takes place in aid of the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund, the trade charity of the film and TV industries which offers practical support and financial assistance for employees who fall on hard time.
The event will be at the Odeon cinema in London's Leicester Square on February 19.
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Tickets to see a Special Advance Screening of "The Other Boleyn Girl"!
Columbia Pictures
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"The Other Boleyn Girl"
Cast :: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, Kristin Scott Thomas, Mark Rylance, David Morrissey
Based on the best selling novel by Philippa Gregory, The Other Boleyn Girl is an engrossing and sensual tale of intrigue, romance, and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in history. Two sisters, Anne (Natalie Portman) and Mary (Scarlett Johansson) Boleyn, are driven by their ambitious father and uncle to advance the family’s power and status by courting the affections of the King of England (Eric Bana). Leaving behind the simplicity of country life, the girls are thrust into the dangerous and thrilling world of court life -- and what began as a bid to help their family develops into a ruthless rivalry between Anne and Mary for the love of the king. Initially, Mary wins King Henry’s favor and becomes his mistress, bearing him an illegitimate child. But Anne, clever, conniving, and fearless, edges aside both her sister and Henry’s wife, Queen Katherine of Aragon, in her relentless pursuit of the king. Despite Mary’s genuine feelings for Henry, her sister Anne has her sights set on the ultimate prize; Anne will not stop until she is Queen of England. As the Boleyn girls battle for the love of a king -- one driven by ambition, the other by true affection -- England is torn apart. Despite the dramatic consequences, the Boleyn girls ultimately find strength and loyalty in each other, and they remain forever connected by their bond as sisters.
"The Other Boleyn Girl" has been rated PG-13.
"The Other Boleyn Girl" opens February 29, 2008!
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http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/theotherboleyngirl/
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Berlin Film Fest 2008 (World Premiere)--British TV helmer Justin Chadwick makes a disappointing feature debut in "The Other Boleyn Girl," a hybrid of a trashy period melodrama and a stately Masterpiece Theater episode, resulting in a kitschy film that can't decide how much to exploit its juicy text about King Henry VIII and the various women in his life.
Though cast by the likable Eric Bana as the sensual King, Natalie Portman as the ambitious Anne Boleyn, and Scarlett Johansson as her sister Mary (the other, more obscure Boleyn girl), in scope, approach, and execution, this film will sit very well on the small screen, just like HBO's "Elizabeth I" and "The Tudors." Indeed, due to its plot's twists and turns, this costume meller might have benefited from a longer treatment, a mini-series, rather than a saga that rushes from one preposterous event and climax to another.
Based on the best-selling novel by Philippa Gregory, "The Other Boleyn Girl" is meant to be an engaging tale of sexual intrigues, erotic romances, and family betrayals, set against the backdrop of a defining moment in history, when King Henry VIII severed his ties with the Catholic Church in Rome.
King Henry VIII has been one of Hollywood's (and UK's) most popular screen heroes, beginning with Charles Laughton, who won the 1933 Actor Oscar for "The Private Life of King Henry VIII," and continuing with Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, and other noted actors who have played the role over the years.
While not overtly feminist, this picture, scripted by Oscar-nominee Peter Morgan ("The Queen"), offers a new take on the King and the two sisters who become intriguingly involved and embroiled with his royalty.
To their father, Sir Thomas Boleyn, Anne and her younger sister Mary are simply commodities whose personal lives must be carefully managed so as to yield maximum financial and social benefit for the family. Despite protest of his more reasonable and emotional wife (Kristin Scott Thomas), convinced that Anne has the potential to attract a suitor of superior standing, Sir Thomas turns down a marriage proposal from a merchant family and offers them Mary instead.
Indeed, both Anne (Portman) and Mary (Johansson) Boleyn are driven by their ambitious father and uncle to advance the family's power and status by courting the affections of England's King (Bana). Leaving behind the simplicity of country life, the girls are thrust into the dangerous and thrilling world of court life. What begins as a bid to help their family's fortunes develops and then escalates into a ruthless rivalry between Anne and Mary for Henry's love—and bed.
Initially, it's Mary who wins King Henry's favor by becoming his mistress and bearing him an illegitimate child. However, disregarding family loyalty and royal mores, Anne, who is depicted as the smarter and more conniving of the duo, edges aside her sister and Henry's wife, Queen Katherine of Aragon, in her relentless pursuit of the king, putting to practice her motto that, "Love without position and power has no value."
Much of the vivid detail of Philippa Gregory's best-selling novel "The Other Boleyn Girl" is gone, or arbitrarily compressed-—for dramatic purposes and/or brevity of running time. For example, at least three times in the course of one reel, Mary is sent out of the court and then summoned back for various reasons: as punishment, as crucial witness to Anne's conduct, and also as a messenger of good will, speaking on behalf of her sister to the King.
Unfortunately, as scripted, directed, and acted, the two sisters come across as one-dimensional types-—one good, honorable, and innocent, the other ruthless, conniving, and evil.
HENCE, FROM THE BEGINNING, Despite Mary's genuine feelings for Henry, sister Anne has her sights set on the ultimate prize, though she won't sleep with Henry until the situation is cleared. Anne will not stop until she is Queen of England, to which end she is willing to use and abuse anyone around her. The King shows patience and understanding--up to a point, at which he can no longer suppress his desire and in a burst of anger and passion, he invades her room and rapes her.
Later on, Anne disappointingly gives birth to a daughter (Elizabeth), and then has a stillborn. She tries to seduce her brother to conceive a baby with her, but the poor fella shatters at the idea. Nonetheless, the news gets around, and Anne is tried for treason, adultery, and incest.
Meanwhile, as the Boleyn girls battle for the love of a king--one driven by ambition, the other by affection--England is literally falling apart. To judge from this film, politics and foreign relations are secondary to personal lust and greed.
The decline of the empire is followed by a series of executions that are so poorly staged and acted that they are borderline risible, causing unintentional laughter in the screening I attended.
The movie's forced reconciliatory ending is also problematic and hard to accept. We are led to believe that, despite the fatefully dramatic and tragic consequences, the Boleyn girls ultimately find strength and loyalty in each other--and remain forever connected by their bond as sisters. Suddenly, blood ties resurface and count the most.
Director Chadwick and scripter Moragn place the siblings rivalry at a pivotal historical moment, showing the consequences, risks, and rewards of the Boleyn sisters' web of tangled relationships with the King.
However, Morgan gives the story a schematic arch, beginning the film with a yarn of three innocent children (Anne, Mary, and George Boleyn), before charting their individual and joint journeys from the country field to the throne to the scaffold. As the saga unfolds, we see how all of their lives go horribly wrong, due to ambition, greed, or simple miscalculation.
The otherwise gifted Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson look right and enjoy on screen chemistry, but both struggle hard to give credibility to their roles, including admirable but inconsistent (and distracting) effort to essay a British accent.
This is the second misguided historical project for Natalie Portman after the disastrous response to Milos Forman's "Goya's Ghosts" last year. And while it's good to see Johanssson, after several films with Woody Allen (some good, some bad), I wish she were given a richer role to play; in most scenes, Johansson wears the same anguished and painful expression.
As a movie, "The Other Boleyn Girl" operates on the assumption that the sleazy and nasty intrigues of royalty, peeking at its operations behind closed doors (just as Anthony Harvey did in the 1968 royal melodrama, "The Lion in Winter"), should appeal to modern audiences as a reflection on obsession with celebrity and as a cautious morality tale. Nonetheless, the overall impression is of cheap sensationalistic treatment that trivializes the subject matter and its dramatic personas.
Source:http://www.emanuellevy.com/article.php?articleID=8716
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me too tigger is the finalcountdown for can see this wonderful film. I can,t wait 
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My thoughts exactly Tigger, I am quite excited for this movie. And I just want to say....I miss you girls. Things got extremely busy for me for awhile, good busy. I plan on being around a lot more now that my schedule has lightned tremendously. I gotta share in the Bana love with you girls now that this Historical Porn has come out with our Bana in it!
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There's nothing better than historical porn !!!! 
The wait is almost over, tomorrow we shall start salivating!
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Hello all girls, please luli don,t forget info your opinion about the movie. Annette we miss you. I,m see the film the monday I can,t wait.
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TOBG IN 3 POSITION
EXCLUSIVE FANTASY MOGULS EARLY FRIDAY ESTIMATES
1. NEW – Semi Pro (New Line) - $5M - $1,602 PTA - $5M cume
2. Vantage Point (Sony) - $3.8M - $1,206 PTA - $31.8M cume
3. NEW – The Other Boleyn Girl (Sony) - $2.9M - $2,487 PTA - $2.9M cume
4. Jumper (Fox) - $2.1M - $671 PTA - $61.3M cume
5. Spiderwick Chronicles (Paramount) - $1.8M - $493 PTA -$48.1M cume
6. Step Up 2 the Streets (Disney) - $1.65M - $654 PTA - $44.5M cume
7. Fool's Gold (Warner Bros) - $1.28M - $453 PTA - $55.6M cume
8. NEW – Penelope (Summit) - $1.1M - $920 PA - $1.1M cume
9. Definitely Maybe (Universal) - $995,000 - $455 PTA - $24.2M cume
10. No Country For Old Men (Miramax) - $925,000 - $454 PTA - $66.5M
11. Juno (Fox Searchlight) - $850,000 - $521 PTA - $132.6M cume
12. Be Kind, Rewind (New Line) - $675,000 - $833 PTA - $5.7M cume
13. Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (Universal) - $620,000 - $445 PTA - $37.1M cume
14. The Bucket List (Warner Bros) - $445,000 - $284 PTA - $86.3M cume
15. There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage) - $395,000 - $317 PTA - $36.4M cume
*In Bruges (Focus) - $187,000 - $806 PTA - $3.1M cume
*The Band's Visit (Sony Classics) - $67,000 - $1,136 PTA - $521,000 cume
*The Counterfeiters (Sony Classics) - $60,000 - $3,333 PTA - $205,000
*NEW – Bonneville (Sen Arts/Scranton Lacy Films) - $53,000 - $525 PTA - $53,000 cume
*NEW – City of Men (Miramax) - $37,000 - $493 PTA - $37,000 cume
*NEW – Chicago 10 (Roadside Attractions) - $11,000 - $786 PTA - $11,000 cume
*NEW – Contre-enquete (Counter-Survey) - $1,400 - $467 PTA - $1,400 cume
*NEW - The Lost (Anchor Bay) - $1,169 - $1,169 PTA - $1,169 cume
*NEW – The Unforeseen (Cinema Guild) - $1,086 - $1,086 PTA - $1,086 cume
*NEW – Romulus, My Father (Magnolia) - $280 - $140 PTA - $280 cume
*NEW – Vivere (Regent Releasing) - $221 - $221 PTA - $221 cume
http://news.fantasymoguls.com/originalcontent/2008/02/early-friday--1.html
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