Interview: 'Wanted' Director Timur Bekmambetov
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After the record-breaking success of Night Watch and Day Watch (and an early film for B-movie maven Roger Corman, Arena), Khazakstan-born, Russia-based director Timur Bekmambetov makes his English-language big-studio debut with Wanted, a bruising, brawny action film starring James McAvoy and Angelina Jolie. Bekmambetov spoke with Cinematical in Los Angeles about making the jump to big-money moviemaking, the hidden world of secrets behind Wanted's look, the action-film apprenticeship of James McAvoy, working with Angelina Jolie and how " .... we (film makers) are all vampires. ..."
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(Page 1)2. all the moveis are fantastic.
Posted at 6:23AM on Nov 30th 2008 by Tamara
1. I wonder if he knows Borat?
Posted at 7:56PM on Jun 26th 2008 by Jerry Lentz