Comments on: Hollywood Meets Tehran http://thefilmtalk.com/blog/hollywood-meets-tehran-annette-bening-alfre-woodard-academy-sid-ganis/ Tue, 22 May 2012 13:13:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Philhttp://thefilmtalk.com/blog/hollywood-meets-tehran-annette-bening-alfre-woodard-academy-sid-ganis/#comment-1849 Phil Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:19:41 +0000 http://www.thefilmtalk.com/?p=528#comment-1849 It's the all the political baloney, as you say, that gets in the way....<br><br>+ if they had actually seen the film (The Wrestler), which I'd say they havent', they'd see that the "Ayatollah" is actually a good guy in the film - concerned about the well being of Rourke's character at the end as he tries to get him to end the fight. It's the all the political baloney, as you say, that gets in the way….

+ if they had actually seen the film (The Wrestler), which I'd say they havent', they'd see that the “Ayatollah” is actually a good guy in the film – concerned about the well being of Rourke's character at the end as he tries to get him to end the fight.

]]> By: Hollywood Meets Tehranhttp://thefilmtalk.com/blog/hollywood-meets-tehran-annette-bening-alfre-woodard-academy-sid-ganis/#comment-1848 Hollywood Meets Tehran Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:20:53 +0000 http://www.thefilmtalk.com/?p=528#comment-1848 [...] Random Feed wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptWhen there’s an international crisis, I know I’d prefer to have Annette Bening and Alfre Woodard on my side – strong women with a reflective presence. I’m not kidding. So it’s good to see that they’ve gone one step further than just talking about peace or acting in movies that make people feel good about themselves. Right now, they’re actually in Iran, along with some other senior members of the Academy, as part of what might be considered one of the highest level cultural exchange programs s [...] [...] Random Feed wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptWhen there’s an international crisis, I know I’d prefer to have Annette Bening and Alfre Woodard on my side – strong women with a reflective presence. I’m not kidding. So it’s good to see that they’ve gone one step further than just talking about peace or acting in movies that make people feel good about themselves. Right now, they’re actually in Iran, along with some other senior members of the Academy, as part of what might be considered one of the highest level cultural exchange programs s [...]

]]> By: Philhttp://thefilmtalk.com/blog/hollywood-meets-tehran-annette-bening-alfre-woodard-academy-sid-ganis/#comment-1847 Phil Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:19:41 +0000 http://www.thefilmtalk.com/?p=528#comment-1847 It's the all the political baloney, as you say, that gets in the way....<br><br>+ as you say, if they had actually seen the film (The Wrestler), which I'd say they havent', they'd see that the "Ayatollah" is actually a good guy in the film - concerned about the well being of Rourke's character at the end as he tries to get him to end the fight. It's the all the political baloney, as you say, that gets in the way….

+ as you say, if they had actually seen the film (The Wrestler), which I'd say they havent', they'd see that the “Ayatollah” is actually a good guy in the film – concerned about the well being of Rourke's character at the end as he tries to get him to end the fight.

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