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"The Artist", a silent, black-and-white film from France …………… (be) the big winner Sunday at the 69th annual Golden Globe awards.
From Spielberg to Martin Scorcese, George Clooney to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, the "A" list of film celebrities ………………………………. (turn up) for the gala event in Beverly Hills as the 90 international entertainment reporters in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association spread their awards among a handful of films.
They ………………………………. (give) three Golden Globes to the French-made audience favorite "The Artist". The silent, black-and-white story of old Hollywood ………………………………. (win) best comedy film as well as awards for lead actor Jean DuJardin and musical score composer Ludovic Bourse.
"The Artist" ………………………………. (star) 35-year-old Argentin
ean actress Bérénice Bejo and ………………………………. (direct) by her husband, French filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius.The Golden Globe for best foreign language film ………………………………. (go) to the Iranian drama A Separation, directed by Asghar Farhadi.
But some film-goers at Odeon Cinemas in the UK ………………………………. (complain) that Oscar favorite "The Artist" ………………………………. (have) no dialogue and ………………………………. (be) bad enough to warrant a refund.
According to the Telegraph of London, movie fans in Liverpool ………………………………. (demand) their money back claiming they ………………………………. (have) no idea that the Golden Globe-winner was a silent film. They also ………………………………. (complain) the film ………………………………. (be) reduced to a smaller screen size.
Director Michel Hazanavicius ………………………………. (explain) that the smaller size …………………………………….. (give)"The Artist" an authentic look of original silent films, which ………………………………. (be) hugely popular from the late 19th century to the early 1930s.
Odeon and UCI Cinemas Group initially ………………………………. (deny) the complaints some moviegoers ………………………………. (make) at screenings at their multiplex in Liverpool city center. But later Odeon spokesman ………………………………. (say): "Odeon Liverpool One can confirm it ………………………………. (issue) a small number of refunds to guests who …………………………… (be) unaware that "The Artist" ………………
……… (be) a silent film. The cinema ………………………………. (be) happy to offer guests a refund on their film choice if they raise concern with a member of staff within 10 minutes of the film starting."Some French audiences also ………………………………. (have) difficulty with the film. Director Hazanavicius ………………………………. (explain): "It ……………………………………….(be) funny because we ………………………………. don't have a special word in French for 'silent', we ………………………………. say 'mute'. And initially people ………………………………. (keep) asking, 'Is this a movie about mute and deaf people?'”
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