The Tourist : Not Sold In Theater!!

The film 'The Tourist' that awaited many people because for the first time a duet featuring famous actors, Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, was not expected. The film is unable to compete with other films.

As reported by The Sun, the screening of the first week, 'The Tourist' is only able to reap a profit of £ 12 million or equivalent to Rp170, 5 billion. Achievements are defeated the movie 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader' is making a fortune £ 19 million or equivalent to Rp270, 1 billion. This film was in first position the box office, while 'The Tourist' is only able to be ranked second.

In fact, the funds spent to make a movie that takes the background of Venice, Italy had reached about £ 63 million or equivalent to Rp895, 6 billion. After the premiere screening in the United States, the film is also widely criticized. In fact, many observers expect the movie 'The Tourist' will be withdrawn from cinemas in just over a week.

This film tells the story of a secret agent woman, Elise Ward, played by Jolie. He must solve a criminal case that charged him. While Depp's role as Frank Taylor. He is of American tourists who visit Italy and used by Ward to streamline its work. (Kd)

'Alice in Wonderland' Deceiving the LA Times Readers

The front page of the newspaper Los Angeles Times Friday, March 5, 2010, was unusual. Actor Johnny Depp's face costumed characters "Mad Hatter" in the film "Alice in Wonderland" dominates the front page of one of the leading city newspaper the United States (U.S.) is.

The figure of "colorful" it is in a position almost covered the entire article that was published two months ago. Posts typical "Los Angeles Times" also graced the front page of "fake" is.
As quoted from the CNN page, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Times, John Conroy, said the ads on the front page of "fake" it is an opportunity to widen the boundaries of advertising and creating new innovations that attract attention.

Meanwhile, journalism experts from the Poynter Institute, Roy Peter Clark said the economic hard times and lack of newspaper advertising sales force to tear the wall of separation ethics front pages of newspapers with advertisements (firewall).

"The walls were in recent years become a fence that separates the ad with the news, but the Los Angeles Times created a swinging gate, can follow the flow," Clark said as quoted by the CNN page.

Clark said that the ad gave the impression that there are parties who are willing to deceive readers. Way, Clark continued, by making the reader think that the front page it is in fact the front page.

The use of news articles as part of advertising is another issue, Clark said. "I am very worried because they use the news 'false' true original. It looks like misuse of journalism," Clark asserted.

Two articles that almost covered the figure of "The Mad Hatter" is about health proposals, published February 18 last, and the Afghanistan war, which was published on 19 February. "If I wrote the article, I must be mad," said Clark.

Furthermore, although Conroy said the reader will not be confused with the fake cover, some journalists like CNN bureau in Los Angeles did not immediately realize that the front page actually was behind the ad.

A Los Angeles Times reader who works at a marketing firm in Hollywood films also feel fooled by these ads. "We never offer this kind of ad repeatedly on media companies, but never managed to persuade them," said the reader who refused to name it.

"I do not always agree with what we (film marketing companies) are doing," he continued. This reader predicted that ad is worth around U.S. $ 100 thousand (nearly USD 1 billion)

Conroy himself refused to disclose the price of the ad. "Our front page is the 'real estate' our most precious. Advertising is in accordance with the price," said Conroy.

Johnny Depp: Angelina Jolie Has' Appetite Dark Humor, Bad "

 

In the January issue of Vanity Fair magazine, Johnny Depp told the rock singer Patti Smith that played with Angelina Jolie in the film "The Tourist", a "pleasant surprise".

"You do not know what he could - if he has a sense of humor," says Jonny (47 th) to the magazine, the actress who has six children and boyfriend Brad Pitt's.
"I was very pleased when told that he was so normal, and the incredible sense of humor is dark, evil," he said.

Jonny Depp, who had two children - Lily-Rose (11 th) and Jack (8 th) from Vanessa Paradis, who has been dating him for 12 years, even equating Angelina (35 years) with legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor.

"You know, you sit down with him, he sat there and cursed like a sailor, and he's funny. Angie have in common, you know, a similar approach," he said.

The film "The Tourist" will be released on December 10.
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