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Angelina Jolie's 'Unbroken' to Screen in Japan Despite Protests
Angelina Jolie and Louis Zamperini (Universal) By Patrick Brzeski Japanese movie-goers are finally getting a chance to see Unbroken, Angelina Jolie’s prisoner of war drama, despite heated protests from nationalists in the country. Related: Hollywood, Asian Stars Attend Opening of Tokyo Film Festival Jolie’s second feature as a director, Unbroken tells the true story of the Olympic runner and WWII air force pilot Louis Zamperini, who spent two years enduring torture and starvation in Japanese pr
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Angelina Jolie Met the Pope, Screened 'Unbroken' in Vatican City
Angelina Jolie received the rare honor of a private visit with Pope Francis on Thursday morning. The actress–turned–director was invited to the Vatican to screen her new film Unbroken, about former Olympian and war hero Louis Zamperini. “To be invited to screen Unbroken at The Vatican is an honor and a tribute to Louie’s legacy as a man of faith and someone who exemplified the power of forgiveness and the strength of the human spirit,” Jolie said in a statement released by Universal Pictures.
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'Unbroken': What Changes Were Made from the Best-Selling Book?
Zamperini was an Olympic runner and World War II aviator who managed to survive a plane crash, 47 days adrift on the Pacific in a shark-encircled life raft, and over two years in a series of brutal Japanese internment camps. The Army Air Corps actually declared him dead in 1943, but Zamperini (who?s played in the movie by Jack O?Connell) defied all expectations. The movie is based on Laura Hillenbrand?s best-selling 2010 book about Zamperini, also called Unbroken.
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Angelina Jolie: 'I Didn't Like Directing Myself' in New Film With Brad Pitt
For her third time in the director’s chair, however, Jolie decided to get a two-for-one experience by casting herself alongside husband Brad Pitt in the drama By the Sea, which shot in Malta this fall. As it turns out, though, Jolie found the dual experience less than pleasant. By the Sea, which comes from an original story also written by Jolie, is set in the mid-1970s and features Jolie and Pitt as a couple who try to rescue their fraying relationship as they travel across France.
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Even Angelina Jolie Doesn't Get Automatic Green Light on Her Movies
Angelina Jolie tells Entertainment Weekly that she had to really lobby for the directorial gig on Unbroken, which tells the unbelievable true story of World War II POW Louie Zamperini (played in the film by Jack O’Connell). “I had to pitch really hard,” Jolie tells the magazine in this week’s cover story. “Poor Brad — you just couldn’t talk to me,” she says.
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Are Angelina Jolie's Acting Days Numbered?
Stock up on your Angelina Jolie DVDs now, because she may not be making many more on-screen appearances. The Oscar-winning actress has been concentrating more on her humanitarian efforts and film directing these days, with her second effort behind the camera, Unbroken, set for release on Christmas Day.
