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AFI Fest salutes the prolific actor for his body of work and his newest challenging role – By Gina McIntyre, AFI Fest 2005.

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AFI Fest salutes the prolific actor for his body of work and his newest challenging role.

Johnny on the screen
The four films in AFI’s Depp retrospective reflect some of the actor’s most memorable work.

In the monologue that opens Laurence Dunmore’s feature-film debut “The Libertine,” Johnny Depp, playing the libidinous John Wilmot, second Earl of Rochester in the court of King Charles II, leans forward from his seat in a dimly lit room to tell his audience that they will utterly detest the man they are about to meet. He boasts of his unparalleled vices, touting his depravity proudly before reclining backward into shadow and disappearing from view.

It is an unconventional start for a period costume drama, but the film itself (which the Weinstein Co. is set to release on Nov. 23 in New York and Los Angeles) is, like its leading man, unconventional. Adapted from Stephen Jeffreys’ play of the same name — which was originally staged with John Malkovich in the lead at Chicago’s famed Steppenwolf Theatre — “Libertine” depicts the latter years of the life of Rochester, post-Elizabethan England’s most notorious bad boy, whose obsessions with sex and rebellion led him down a fatal path of alcoholism and disease.

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Academy Award Nominee Johnny Depp stars in the The Libertine – IFILM Exclusive: Teaser Trailer (2006)

John Wilmot, the second Earl of Rochester has a passionate romance with a young actress, Elizabeth Barry, and he writes a scurrilous play which lampoons the monarch who commissioned it, Charles II.
(1 min 16 sec)copyright 2005 IFILM, Corp.

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Johnny Depp is set to star in ‘Shantaram’, a film based on a true story of a robber on the run.

The Hollywood Reporter says that the film will be adapted from Gregory David Roberts’ autobiographical book of the same name by Oscar-winning writer Eric Roth (‘Forrest Gump’).

Australian Roberts was a heroin addict who was convicted of armed robbery but escaped from prison and fled to Bombay, where he set up a medical clinic for people living in the slums.

He was recruited by the Bombay underworld, where he became a passport forger, counterfeiter and gun-runner.

Roberts travels also took him to Afghanistan, where he fought with the mujaheddin. Copyright RTE.ie

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Oscar-Winning ‘Forrest Gump’ Writer to Pen ‘Shantaram’ Script
October 26, 2005
By Borys Kit

SOURCE:The Hollywood Reporter

Oscar-winning writer Eric Roth has been tapped to adapt the Gregory David Roberts novel Shantaram for Warner Bros. Pictures and Initial Entertainment Group.

Set in the 1980s and based loosely on Roberts’s life, the story centers on an Australian heroin addict convicted of robbery who escapes to India, where he reinvents himself as a doctor. When he gets involved in smuggling and gun-running, his adventurous life leads him to Afghanistan and battles with Russians. Roberts wrote the initial draft.

The book was acquired in October 2004 in a $2 million purchase by Warner and Initial. Brad Pitt’s Plan B and Graham King, through Initial, are producing, as is Johnny Depp, via his Infinitum Nihil banner. Depp also is attached to star.

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Tribute.ca – by Jim Sloteck

5 things about Johnny Depp

– He has 12 tattoos. He got his first at 17 (a Native American chief on his right bicep) and the last after the birth of his son (the name Jack on his right forearm).
– For Pirates of the Caribbean he knew that the directors would never agree to letting him get gold-capped teeth, so he went out and got lots more than he wanted done. He showed the directors, and they decided to let him keep a few — the ones he wanted all along.
– Made a brief cameo in Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare and was credited as Oprah Noodlemantra.
– He turned down the lead role in Speed (which made a star out of Keanu Reeves), Brad Pitt’s part in Legends of the Fall and the role of Lestat in Interview with the Vampire which later went to Tom Cruise.
– Depp, who now speaks French, lives with his family in a small town in France with a population of just over 2,000. He also owns a small island in the Caribbean.

I do!

Depp has been engaged four times!
– Sherilyn Fenn, actress (TV’s cult hit Twin Peaks)
– Jennifer Grey, actress (Dirty Dancing)
– Winona Ryder, actress (Edward Scissorhands). After their split, Depp had his WINONA FOREVER tattoo laser altered,

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Tim Burton seems to have a man crush on Johnny Depp. I guess you can’t really blame him – Johnny Depp is the man! From his off kilter performances (as in Pirates of the Caribbean and Willy Wonka) to his incredibly heartfelt and touching roles (as in Finding Neverland), this guy can do no wrong – Christopher Erat of Clarkson Integrator.

The latest pairing of Depp and Burton comes in the form of yet another stop-motion animation film: Corpse Bride. With Wallace and Gromit stealing the spotlight as of late, can Corpse Bride compete with its more mature themes and Burton-esque gothic style? The answer – yes. But only if moviegoers give it a chance.

Being innocent, artistic, and sincere, Victor is a character we have all seen before but cannot help but love. Perhaps it has something to do with Depp’s charismatic voice, or maybe we all love to love cute, artsy characters. [more…]

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Even though Captain Jack Sparrow soars into theaters next Summer (alongside Daddy Richards, I hope), some “unofficial” production stills from the Pirates of the Caribbean sequel are now hitting the online. Although they all seem to follow a common theme (bit heavy on Orlando), they’re sure to whet your appetite, if just a little bit – by Erik Davis for Cinematical.

**Contains Spoilers**

In Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Captain Depp must find a way out of a blood debt he owes to the Captain of the Flying Dutchman or else evil will have its way with him in the afterlife. Joining Jack once again for another awesome adventure are Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightly), who are right in the midst of planning a big old wedding when chaos erupts. [more…]

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After a live conversation with Johnny Depp, AFI Fest 2005 will host the world premiere of the Depp-starring The Libertine – By Mark Umbach for FilmStew.com

The AFI Fest 2005 has selected Oscar-nominated actor Johnny Depp as this year’s Tributee. The Fest’s Tribute to Johnny Depp will take place on November 11 at the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood. Following the tribute, the Fest will host the world premiere screening of the latest Depp effort, The Libertine, co-starring John Malkovich and Samantha Morton and marking the feature directing debut of Laurence Dunmore.

“Our challenge each year in choosing a tributee is to find someone who is a highly accomplished artist about whom we crave to know more,” said Christian Gaines, Director of AFI Fest. “Johnny Depp is such an artist. He has made interesting, risky choices in his career and has evolved into one of the most absorbing actors of our time.”

Depp will make a rare public appearance during the Fest in a live conversation with film critic and author Richard Shickel. As part of the Tribute, the Fest will screen a montage of Depp’s career with an in-depth look at various clips from throughout his career. In addition, the Fest will screen a retrospective of four Depp films during the course of the Festival, including Dead Man, Edward Scissorhands, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?.

“Johnny is a brilliant and truly unique actor,

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Source: IFMagazine.com
By: Nuts McDougal
Location: The High Seas
The Skinny: Director Gore Verbinski (The Ring, Pirates of the Caribbean) was out promoting his new Nicolas Cage comedyThe Weather Man when he revealed his plans for the two back-to-back Pirates of the Caribbean sequels starring Johnny Depp which are currently in production.

“I’m a quarter of the way through the third one and three quarters of the way through the second one,” says Verbinski. “It’s madness.”

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest is due out July 7, 2006 with Depp returning as Jack Sparrow. Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley and Geoffrey Rush also return. Pirates 3 will arrive in 2007. Although the movies are shot back-to-back, Verbinski reveals they’re shooting both films simultaneously with both scripts constantly in flux.

“We’re shooting scenes in the third movie without even knowing what the hell we’re doing,” laughs Verbinski. “We actually have a pretty good second script and the third script is still on the operating table. And we’re in triage constantly, everyday. I don’t recommend making two movies at once. I think that we’re going to get there, but it’s just madness. You’re like building ships and the ships aren’t ready and you have four hundred extras. There’s a lot of fun and I think that the second movie is strong and clever and has a lot going on.

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Special to the Daily Blue and beautiful, who can resist the charm of the semi-decayed corpse bride? Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp provide lead voices for Tim Burton’s new animated film – Shauna Farnell for Vail Daily News.

Take something creepy and gruesome like maggots, disembodied heads, severed eye balls and corpses, transform them into puppets, and they’re slightly less disturbing for those of us who don’t like that sort of thing. For those who do like that sort of thing, you’ll probably feel you’re in the midst of genius when you see Tim Burton’s “Corpse Bride.”

I have to admit, I cringed more than laughed every time the corpse bride (voice of Helena Bonham Carter) would get upset enough for her eyeball to pop out of her head and the maggot that served as her voice of conscience (voice of Enn Reitel) would appear with some words of wisdom. In all fairness, though, this is not a bad Halloween movie.

Victor Van Dort (voice of Johnny Depp) is the clumsy, awkward son of a fishing merchant who has somehow found himself positioned to marry Victoria (voice of Emily Watson), the sheltered but beautiful (in Tim Burton’s gothic, spindle-legged puppet sense of the word) member of the aristocratic Everglot family.

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