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The Weinstein Company will distribute Woody Allen's atrociously-titled Vicky Cristina Barcelona sometime later this year. Figure late summer/early fall. The romantic roundelay costars Javier Bardem, Patricia Clarkson, Penelope Cruz, Kevin Dunn, Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson and Chris Messina.

In the Jan. 14 issue of Maclean's, the Canadian news magazine, Allen says this the following during a three-page interview: "I finished a film in Barcelona this summer that's a romance. It's serious in the sense of like Hannah and Her Sisters, [but] it's not heavy at all, there's no killing or life-and-death issues in it. It's a relationship picture."

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on January 30, 2008 at 2:01 PM

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Noah says ...

I don't think the title is that bad. I'll take a title like Vicky Cristina Barcelona, which I'll remember, over something with a generic title like "Untraceable", "Fracture", "Collateral", "Frailty", etc.

Posted by Noah at January 30, 2008 2:18 PM

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p.Vice says ...

Are you constantly running updates about this movie just so you can complain about the title?

Posted by p.Vice at January 30, 2008 2:39 PM

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lazarus says ...

It's also better than "Vicky & Cristina in Barcelona", "Vicky & Cristina Go To Barcelona", "Summer in Barcelona", "Vicky's Emporium & Cristina's Imaginarium" or any other similar title.

I like it, it's different.

Posted by lazarus at January 30, 2008 2:49 PM

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corey3rd says ...

It'll be in the V section of Blockbuster shortly

Posted by corey3rd at January 30, 2008 3:06 PM

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Sean says ...

Something I thought when I saw 'Cassandra's Dream' -- when did Woody start working with the Weinsteins again?

Posted by Sean at January 30, 2008 3:10 PM

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fielding says ...

So that's why the Weinsteins picked up Cassandra's Dream - because they wanted to nab Vicky Cristina Barcelona. That's why Harvey paid Woody a visit while he was shooting VCB.

And who cares about the title? To many filmgoers this will be "the one where Scarlett and Penelope get it on in Spain".

Posted by fielding at January 30, 2008 4:30 PM

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actionman says ...

"the one where Scarlett and Penelope get it on in Spain".

Whaaaaaaaaaaat?

Posted by actionman at January 30, 2008 5:07 PM

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Aris P says ...

Did Cassandra's Dream even come out?? We ARE talking about Academy Award winner Woody Allen yes? One movie a year, Mr. Allen? I think that this one year consecutive record is overshadowing substance no?

Posted by Aris P at January 30, 2008 8:58 PM

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Gordie Lachance says ...

WE GET IT JEFF... you don't like the title. Move along.

There have been 2 films that have played in the Clearview near me for one week only in the past year. Assasination Of Jesse James and Cassandra's Dream, both of which I'm sorry I missed.

Posted by Gordie Lachance at January 30, 2008 10:23 PM

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bachelorcool says ...

Allen vs Creditor: Tedium

Posted by bachelorcool at January 31, 2008 2:24 AM

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BurmaShave says ...

Brilliant.

Posted by BurmaShave at January 31, 2008 6:17 AM

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Lipstik Music says ...

The title really isn't that bad. Maybe the worst part is name dropping the city. But 'atrocious' is stretching it.

Posted by Lipstik Music at January 31, 2008 6:21 AM

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johnc says ...

Allen's often been maladroit with his titles: Interiors, Stardust Memories, A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy, Hannah and Her Sisters, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Deconstructing Harry, and a lot of the recent ones have always sounded awkward or heavy-handed to me.

Posted by johnc at January 31, 2008 6:51 AM

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