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May 31, 2011

 

There's a small article about Benicio on page 10 of this

month's edition (issue #26) of Studio Ciné Live magazine:

 

 

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May 30, 2011

 

How much do you know about Benicio?

 

Click on the photo below and have fun:

 

 

(Source:  hellomagazine.com)

 

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May 29, 2011

 

Click on the thumbnail below to enlarge a caricature of Benicio

taken from the "Actors" portfolio of caricaturist and

illustrator Bernd Ertl from Vienna, Austria:

 

 

(Source:  ausgezeichnet.com)

 

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May 28, 2011

 

Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas is still showing today

at the Tivoli Theatre on Delmar in the Loop,

in St.Louis, Missouri.

 

Click HERE to buy tickets.

 

(Source:  examiner.com)

 

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May 27, 2011

 

As part of Landmark Theaters' Midnight Movies series,

the Tivoli Theatre on Delmar in the Loop, in St.Louis, Missouri,

is showing Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas today.

 

Click HERE to buy tickets.

 

(Source:  examiner.com)

 

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May 26, 2011

 

Click on the photo below to watch a clip featuring Benicio

in the Summer/Autumn 2011 Imagine Ireland campaign,

which promotes Irish arts and entertainment:

 

 

(Source: imagineireland.ie and youtube.com)

 

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May 25, 2011

 

Benicio's filmography on IMDB includes the following projects:

 

The Iceman

(2011)

(pre-production)

Role:  Roy Demeo

 

Savages

(2012)

(pre-production)

Role:  Lado

 

Silence

(2013)

(pre-production)

 

(Source:  imdb.com)

 

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May 24, 2011

 

Benicio at The Naked Island Benefit Screening

last April 22nd at BAM Rose Cinemas in New York.

 

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May 23, 2011

 

Click on the photo below to see Time's photo gallery

of behind the set of The Argentine and Guerrilla:

 

(Photo by Bill Bamberger)

 

(Source:  Time.com)

 

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May 22, 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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May 21, 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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May 20, 2011

 

Click on the photo below to watch a series of

behind-the-scenes clips from The Wolfman.

 

 

(Source: youtube.com)

 

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May 19, 2011

 

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

 

 

(Source: youtube.com)

 

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May 18, 2011

 

To watch Benicio's cameo in Somewhere, follow these instructions:

 

1)  Click on the photo below

2)  Scroll down to the screen and click on Bölüm 2

3)  Fast forward the clip at 11:26

 

 

(Source:  filmx.gen.tr)

 

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May 17, 2011

 

Click on the links below to watch Benicio (as Paco)

in the 1995 episode Good Housekeeping

from the TV series Fallen Angels:

 

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

 

(Source:  youtube.com)

 

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May 16, 2011

 

Click on the photo below to watch a clip (in Dutch)

of Benicio directing El Yuma in Cuba:

 

 

(Source:  video.be.msn.com)

 

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May 15, 2011

 

Benicio has signed with Creative Artists Agency.

 

(Source:  deadline.com)

 

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May 14, 2011

 

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

playing today at the Red Vic Movie House in San Francisco, California.

 

(Source:  hollywoodreporter.com)

 

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May 13, 2011

 

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

playing today at the Red Vic Movie House in San Francisco, California.

 

(Source:  hollywoodreporter.com)

 

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May 12, 2011

 

Click HERE to see seven photos of Benicio

promoting The Argentine and Guerrilla

in Cuba, last November 2008.

 

(Source: dalje.com)

 

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May 11, 2011

 

La Casa de la Provincia in Seville, Spain, is holding an exhibition

entitled "Obama's People And Other Portraits" starting today

until June 12, 2011, at the Centro Andaluz de la Fotografía.

 

The exhibition features photographs, among them one

of Benicio, taken by photographer Nadav Kander.

 

Consult the exhibition's schedule HERE.

 

(Photo:  nadavkander.com)

 

(Source: casadelaprovincia.es)

 

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May 10, 2011

 

Today on TV:

 

The Wolfman

on 5 StarMAX and 5 StarMAX HD East at 7:15 PM

 

(Source:  locatetv.com)

 

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May 9, 2011

 

Listen to Benicio talk about Kaneto Shindô

with WNYC's Amy Eddings by clicking HERE.

 

(Source:  culture.wnyc.org)

 

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May 8, 2011

 

Click on the photo below to read an article about

Benicio directing El Yuma for Siete Días En La Habana:

 

 

(Source:  independent.co.uk)

 

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May 7, 2011

 

There's an article about The Way Of The Gun on page 162

of the May 2011 edition of Total Film magazine:

 

 

(Click on thumbnail to enlarge)

 

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May 6, 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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May 5, 2011

 

More photos of Benicio at the benefit screening of

Japanese director Kaneto Shindô's film Hadaka No Shima

(The Naked Island) last April 22nd at the BAMcinématek:

 

Moderator Christopher Farley and Benicio during the Q&A.

 

Photographer and film director Jerry Schatzberg and Benicio.

 

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May 4, 2011

 

Here's the poster for the documentary The Upsetter:

 

 

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May 3, 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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May 2, 2011

 

Click on the photo below to read and listen to an excerpt

of Jonathan Maberry's novelisation of The Wolfman:

 

 

ORDER THE BOOK HERE

 

(Source:  us.macmillan.com)

 

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May 1, 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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