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For what this may or may not be worth, video of red-carpet interviews with Spider-Man 3 director Sam Raimi and costar Topher Grace from last night's premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on May 1, 2007 at 9:48 AM

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christian says ...

"Spider0-Man 3"

who is that?

Posted by christian at May 1, 2007 9:54 AM

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RoyBatty says ...

The rumored most expensive movie in history (for 3 weeks at least), an empty headed summer tent-pole popcorn flick (not, as Jerry would say, that there's anything wrong with that) is going to "premiere" (guess it doesn't count if the majority of your "other" premiere audience isn't American) at Tribeca Film Festival.

I think that pretty much sums up what a for-profit film fest is all about, doesn't it?

(for an added bonus, how much of Spidey 3 was actually shot there? The background plates for the CGI work?)

Posted by RoyBatty at May 1, 2007 10:33 AM

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Rob says ...

I wish Topher would come out of the closet already, I can't see it really hurting his career.

Posted by Rob at May 1, 2007 10:40 AM

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Joe B. says ...

I love that the vapid host's initial "praise" of SM3 is that it boasts "bigger graphics..."

Yikes. What the hell's a bigger graphic?

Posted by Joe B. at May 1, 2007 10:58 AM

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Tedward says ...

I'm sorry, but I watched only the first 20-30 seconds of it and then had to stop.

The hosts (first the brunette & then the blonde) made me want to throw up the lunch I just ate. My God I really hate that ET-style crap.

Those hosts not only look & sound dumb, but they say the dumbest things.

I'm surprised you'd actually post links to this crap Jeff!

Posted by Tedward at May 1, 2007 11:26 AM

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LYTrules says ...

Oh no! They didn't ask Sam Raimi if he likes George Bush or not!

Posted by LYTrules at May 1, 2007 11:36 AM

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Joshua Mooney says ...

Wow. Everything about "Spiderman 3" now offically makes my head hurt.

Topher's gay? The deuce, you say.

Tribeca what?

Posted by Joshua Mooney at May 1, 2007 11:57 AM

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cjKennedy says ...

Breathless, phony Hollywood reporting is the absolute worst. It kind of makes me want to hate the movie even though you can't blame Raimi for it...unless he gave $900 to these clowns.

Posted by cjKennedy at May 1, 2007 12:20 PM

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JD says ...

I don't know what LX.COM is, but I know this: LX.COM is evil.

Posted by JD at May 1, 2007 12:52 PM

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Owen Gieni says ...

"Stan Lee has stepped up to the plate and knocked this 3rd episode out of the park!" she says. I assume she's referring to his token cameo appearance as a mailman or gardener or whatever.

Posted by Owen Gieni at May 1, 2007 2:09 PM

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