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Opening This Week
Sandler plays a Mossad agent; Black voices a clumsy panda
Compiled by LEE CLARK ZUMPE
Article published on Monday, June 2, 2008 |
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| Photo by COLUMBIA PICTURES INDUSTRIES INC. |
| In Columbia Pictures' "You Don't Mess with the Zohan," onetime counter-terrorist and now-hairstylist Zohan (Adam Sandler, right) begins a new life - and a budding romance - in New York with Palestinian salon owner Dalia (Emmanuelle Chriqui, left). |
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PINELLAS COUNTY – A number of new movie releases will hit theaters on June 6, including the following:
“You Don’t Mess With the Zohan” – In “You Don't Mess With the Zohan,” a comedy from screenwriters Adam Sandler, Robert Smigel and Judd Apatow, Sandler stars as Zohan, an Israeli commando who fakes his own death in order to pursue his dream: becoming a hairstylist in New York. Dennis Dugan directs. Rated PG-13.
“Kung Fu Panda” – This DreamWorks film released through Paramount Pictures features the voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Ian McShane, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu and Seth Rogen. The story focuses on Po, a somewhat clumsy panda who loves kung fu but spends his days working in his family’s noodle shop. When he is chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy, he joins the world of kung fu, studying alongside the Furious Five – Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey. Po must ultimately defend everyone from the treacherous snow leopard Tai Lung. Rated PG.
“Mongol” – Opening in limited release, award-winning Russian filmmaker Sergei Bodrov illuminates the life and legend of Genghis Khan in “Mongol,” a semi-historical film which premiered in July 2007 and which will be released theatrically in the United States through Picturehouse.
Bodrov based his film on leading scholarly accounts. Written by Bodrov and Arif Aliyev, “Mongol” explores the early years of Temudgin, born in 1162, who would become one of history’s greatest leaders. From his perilous childhood to the battle that sealed his destiny, the film paints a multidimensional portrait of the future conqueror, revealing him not as the evil brute of hoary stereotype, but as an inspiring, fearless and visionaries.
Bodrov is expected to continue the tale, eventually completing a trilogy encompassing Genghis Kahn’s life and legacy. Rated R.
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Article published on Monday, June 2, 2008
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