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August 31, 2011

 

Below is a part of the Upsetter narration script with Benicio's notes:

 

 

(Click on thumbnail to enlarge)

 

(Source: adambhalalough.com)

 

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August 30, 2011

 

Click on the photo below to hear Benicio talk about

the hard part of promoting The Argentine and Guerrilla:

 

 

(Source: youtube.com)

 

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August 29, 2011

 

Click HERE to see posters of Benicio's films.

 

(Source: impawards.com)

 

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August 28, 2011

 

Click on the photo below to watch a public message from Benicio:

 

 

(Source: youtube.com)

 

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August 27, 2011

 

You can buy Halloween costumes of The Wolfman

by clicking on the photos below:

 

 

(Source:  halloweencostumes4u.com)

 

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August 26, 2011

 

You can now buy the 11" x 17" poster (framed or not)

of the documentary The Upsetter:

(Benicio narrates the film).

 

CLICK HERE TO BUY THE POSTER

 

 

(Click on the thumbnail to enlarge)

 

(Source:  amazon.com)

 

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August 25, 2011

Benicio and Oliver Stone on the set of Savages last month:

 

Photo by PacificCoastNews.com

 

(Source:  zimbio.com)

 

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August 24, 2011

 

BUY THE SOUNDTRACK

of The Wolfman

 

 

(Source:  amazon.com)

 

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August 23, 2011

 

Click on the following links to hear samples

of The Wolfman soundtrack:

 

Wolf Suite Part 1

Gypsy Massacre

Country Carnage

The Traveling Montage

 

(Source: varesesarabande.com)

 

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August 22, 2011

 

Benicio on the set of Savages today:

 

 

(Source: x17online.com)

 

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August 21, 2011

 

Benicio is the proud father of a baby girl.

Delilah Genoveva Stewart del Toro was

born today weighing 8 lbs 9 oz and

measuring 22 inches.

 

CONGRATULATIONS, BENICIO!

 

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August 20, 2011

 

The documentary The Upsetter:  The Life & Music of Lee Scratch Perry,

narrated by Benicio, is screening in select theaters across the globe

and is now available on iTunes and in a limited edition collector's DVD.

 

(Source: adambhalalough.com)

 

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August 19, 2011

 

Today on TV:

 

The Fan

on Encore and Encore HD at 2 PM

on Encore Espanol at 2:05 PM

on Encore (Pacific) at 5 PM

 

The Usual Suspects

on EPIX HD 2 at 10:15 PM

 

(Source:  locatetv.com)

 

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August 18, 2011

 

Salma Hayek in the role of Elena on the set of Savages:

 

 

(Source:  dailymail.co.uk)

 

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August 17, 2011

 

Don Winslow's book Savages is currently

on sale (at 32% off) on amazon.com.

 

 CLICK HERE TO BUY THE BOOK

 

 

(Source:  amazon.com)

 

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August 16, 2011

 

Click on the photo below to watch

the book trailer of Don Winslow's Savages:

 

 

(Source:   youtube.com)

 

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August 15, 2011

 

Oliver Stone on the set of Savages

 

(Source:  lagunabeach.patch.com)

 

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August 14, 2011

 

Click HERE for a great review of the documentary

The Upsetter:  The Life & Music Of Lee "Scratch" Perry.

 

(Source:  seattletimes.nwsource.com)

 

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August 13, 2011

 

Benicio is now represented by

Jack Whigham at Creative Artists Agency.

 

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August 12, 2011

 

Click HERE to buy the original soundtrack

of The Argentine and Guerrilla.

 

Here are the track listings:

 

1. Ese Hombre es el Che Guevara

2. Ten Years Earlier (December 1, 1956)

3. Sierra Maestra

4. Landscape

5. I Want to Take the Revolution to Latin America

6. New York, December 1964

7. Across Mount Turquino

8. March

9. Some Craziness is Good

10. Luces y Sombras

11. Ambush

12. Political Skills

13. Military Skills

14. Camino a la Habana

15. Nancahuazu Canyon, March 23, 1967

16. Doctor Guevara

17. Santa Clara

18. Patria o Muerte

19. La Higuera, October 9, 1967

20. Balderrama - Castilla, M. J.

21. Fusil Contra Fusil - Rodríguez, Silvio

 

 

(Source: amazon.com)

 

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August 11, 2011

 

How much do you know about Benicio?

 

Click on the photo below and have fun:

 

 

(Source:  hellomagazine.com)

 

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August 10, 2011

 

More details about Savages:

 

Mia Maestro will play Benicio's wife in the film, which is about

a couple of Laguna Beach-based pot growers who find themselves

unexpectedly involved with a Mexican drug cartel. Ms. Maestro's

character is a soccer mom with a hidden gang-life past.

 

Salma Hayek is playing the Mexican cartel queen-pin Elena,

while Benicio will play Lado, the vicious cartel enforcer.

 

Demián Bichir will play a two-timing attorney

who works for Elena's cartel.

 

Blake Lively will play the shared girlfriend of pot growers

Ben (Aaron Johnson) and Chon (Taylor Kitsch), who are forced

to work with (and against) the cartel when she is kidnapped.

 

(Source:   latina.com)

 

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August 9, 2011

 

Savages is scheduled to be released on September 28, 2012.

 

(Source:  hollywoodreporter.com)

 

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August 8, 2011

 

Click on the photo below to view Michael Shannon

(as Richard Kuklinski) and Michael Wincott (as Mr. Softee)

in the new promo trailer of The Iceman.  The film is currently

in pre-production and will start filming in December 2011.

Benicio will play the role of Roy Demeo in the film.

 

Warning:  coarse language and violence in trailer.

 

(Source:  youtube.com)

 

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August 7, 2011

 

Cast of Savages confirmed so far:

 

Blake Lively

John Travolta

Salma Hayek

Emile Hirsch

Aaron Johnson

Uma Thurman

Taylor Kitsch

Joel David Moore

Mia Maestro

Gonzalo Menendez

Demián Bichir

Sandra Echeverría

Jonathan Patrick Moore

Alexander Wraith

Natalie Gal

Aaron Kunitz

Jake McLaughlin

Matt Riedy

 

(Source:  imdb.com)

 

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August 6, 2011

 

Click on the photo below to watch a clip

of Benicio inviting you to Imagine Ireland:

 

 

(Source:  youtube.com)

 

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August 5, 2011

 

The Usual Suspects is available in a two-disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo.

 

Click HERE to buy it.

 

(Source: amazon.com)

 

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August 4, 2011

 

Criterion's Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas.

is now available on Blu-ray.

 

Disc Features

Director-approved special edition:

 

- Digital transfer, approved by director Terry Gilliam

(with a DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack and

an optional 5.1 mix on the Blu-ray edition)

- Three audio commentaries: one with Gilliam,

one with stars Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro

and producer Laila Nabulsi, and one with

author Hunter S. Thompson

- Deleted scenes, with optional commentary by Terry Gilliam

- Selection of Hunter S. Thompson correspondence,

read on camera by Johnny Depp

- Hunter Goes to Hollywood, a short documentary

- A look at the controversy over the screenwriting credit

- Profile of Oscar Zeta Acosta, the inspiration for Dr. Gonzo

- Collection of artwork by illustrator Ralph Steadman

- Excerpt from the 1996 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

recording featuring Jim Jarmusch and Maury Chaykin

- BBC documentary from 1978 with Thompson and Steadman

- Storyboards, production designs, stills, and trailer

- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic J. Hoberman

and two pieces by Thompson.

 

Click HERE to order.

 

 

(Source:  criterion.com)

 

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August 3, 2011

 

Benicio took part in the narration of a short film entitled Caribbean Marine Etiquette.

The message of the film is at the heart of a public service campaign launched at the

University of the Virgin Islands by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

 

Click on the photo below to view the English and Spanish versions of the film:

 

 

(Source:  forthesea.com)

 

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August 2, 2011

 

Click on the thumbnail below to see the poster for The Iceman.

Benicio will play the notorious mobster Roy Demeo in the film.

 

 

(Source:  worstpreviews.com)

 

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August 1, 2011

 

Click HERE to order The Wolfman figures by Mezco.

The designer vinyl figure stands six inches tall

with six points of articulation.

 

 

 

 

(Click on thumbnails to enlarge)

 

(Source:  Mezcotoyz.com)

 

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