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Film & TVQueen Elizabeth II and James Bond at the London 2012 Opening Ceremony
London’s Olympic opening on 27 July 2012 joined a genuine royal film appearance to an elaborate stunt illusion. Elizabeth II played herself opposite Daniel Craig before the show suggested that she had parachuted towards the stadium.
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Film & TVPixar’s Up opens the Cannes Film Festival in digital 3-D
On 13 May 2009, Cannes opened with Pixar’s Up, an animated adventure whose elderly hero flies away in a balloon-lifted house. The out-of-competition screening brought digital 3-D animation to the festival’s opening-night spotlight.
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