The Extra Long Life of 'Che'
Published 5/23/2008 by William Booth at washingtonpost.com - Movies
CANNES, France, May 22 -- After Steven Soderbergh's 4-hour-and-28-minute epic film about the grueling guerrilla campaigns of the revolutionary hero and international male model Ernesto "Che" Guevara paused for an intermission, bedraggled columns of cinephiles stumbled from their seats into the lo...
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AP - CANNES, France (AP) Unless it is one of his "Ocean's Eleven" casino romps, Steven Soderbergh never makes things easy for an audience.
AP - CANNES, France (AP) Unless it is one of his "Ocean's Eleven" casino romps, Steven Soderbergh never makes things easy for an audience.
Soderbergh challenges Cannes with epic Che tale
AP - CANNES, France (AP) — Unless it is one of his "Ocean's Eleven" casino romps, Steven Soderbergh never makes things easy for an audience.
AP - CANNES, France (AP) — Unless it is one of his "Ocean's Eleven" casino romps, Steven Soderbergh never makes things easy for an audience.
Soderbergh challenges Cannes with epic Che tale
(AP)
AP - CANNES, France (AP) Unless it is one of his "Ocean's Eleven" casino romps, Steven Soderbergh never makes things easy for an audience.
AP - CANNES, France (AP) Unless it is one of his "Ocean's Eleven" casino romps, Steven Soderbergh never makes things easy for an audience.
'Che' premieres at Cannes
VPage: Response ranged from rapturous to dismissive -- The first response to Steven Soderbergh's four-hour, 18-minute Spanish-language "Che" Wednesday night ranged from rapturous to dismissive after the gala premiere and simultaneous press screening.
VPage: Response ranged from rapturous to dismissive -- The first response to Steven Soderbergh's four-hour, 18-minute Spanish-language "Che" Wednesday night ranged from rapturous to dismissive after the gala premiere and simultaneous press screening.
