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Title: '9/11 attacks made up, ' says French best actress Oscar-winner
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Published: Mar 1, 2008
Author: PETER ALLEN
Post Date: 2008-03-01 19:12:44 by robin
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Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard has accused America of fabricating the 9/11 attacks Actress Marion Cotillard sparked a political row yesterday after accusing America of fabricating the 9/11 attacks. The 32-year-old French actress, who received an Oscar last month for her performance as singer Edith Piaf in La Vie En Rose, openly questioned the truth behind the terrorist atrocity in an interview broadcast on a French website. "I think we're lied to about a number of things," Cotillard said, singling out the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center as an example of the US making up horror stories for political ends. Referring to the two passenger jets being flown into the Twin Towers, Cotillard said: "We see other towers of the same kind being hit by planes. Are they burned? They [sic] was a tower, I believe it was in Spain, which burnt for 24 hours. It never collapsed. None of these towers collapsed. And there [in New York], in a few minutes, the whole thing collapsed." She added that the towers, planned in the early Sixties, were an outdated "money-sucker" that would have cost more to modernise than to rebuild altogether, which is why they were destroyed. She said: "It was a money-sucker because they were finished, it seems to me, by 1973, and to re-cable all that, to bring up-to-date all the technology and everything, it was a lot more expensive, that work, than destroying them." Cotillard's stardom and increased earning power looked assured following her Oscar win. But after her outburst, in which she also queried the 1969 Moon landings, a successful future in Hollywood appears to be in jeopardy. She said: "Did a man really walk on the Moon? I saw plenty of documentaries on it, and I really wondered. And in any case I don't believe all they tell me, that's for sure." Cotillard, who was born and brought up in Paris, made the comments on Paris Première - Paris Dernière, a programme broadcast a year ago. Stars in their eyes: Elton John and partner David Furnish cosy up to the hottest new actress in Hollywood Celebration: Marion celebrated her win with Hollywood's A-listers - including Sharon Stone - at Elton John's party in Hollywood At the time her remarks were largely ignored, but their appearance yesterday on the French magazine website Marianne2 comes at a time when Cotillard's profile is sky-high. She is shortly due to fly to Chicago to star alongside Johnny Depp in Public Enemies, a gangster movie expected to be her first big money-spinner. Cotillard's film career began in Luc Besson's 1998 film Taxi - a huge hit in France but less so around the world. She is slowly becoming a household name in France, in a list most recently topped by her close friend Audrey Tautou and previously by women such as Catherine Deneuve and Brigitte Bardot. 'I think we're lied to about a number of things' Cotillard said, singling out the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center as an example of the US making up horror stories for political ends But Cotillard, who lives with actor and director Guillaume Canet, frequently tells interviewers she has no interest in money or prestige. Denying that she had any kind of "Anglo-Saxon ambition", she said she prefers to "choose roles which suit me". Despite her low-key image, Cotillard is an environmental activist who once worked as a spokesman for Greenpeace. News of her anti-Americanism comes as Franco-American relations appear to be thawing, following Paris's refusal to show support for the invasion of Iraq. President Nicolas Sarkozy insists he is pro-American, even supporting so-called "Anglo-Saxon" economic reforms.
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#1. To: robin (#0)
anti-americanism? that's a stretch. this article sounds like it was written 6 years ago. it's still a bombshell that bush lies?
Couple more papers, it looks like a witch hunt to me. 'He will make Cheney look like Gandhi.' this is silly. I've never even heard of this person, but she has a right to her opinions. I guess people are still kowtowing to bush because he's still got the bombs for a year.
Sounds good to me - bring out the truth, however you can get it done.
Join the Ron Paul Revolution As a card-carrying Francophile I could care less about her political views! For a sample of her talents click on the youtube link to catch her singing her pretty tail off. I’m old enough to have heard Édith Piaf in person & “Milord” has always been my favorite. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2S8zFJVpwo
She gave this interview one year ago, and they are making such a fuss over it. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7273651.stm Oscar-winning actress Marion Cotillard is facing criticism after footage of her apparently questioning the 9/11 attacks surfaced on the internet. In a interview she reportedly gave a year ago, the star is shown commenting on the events of 11 September 2001. "I think we're lied to about a number of things," the Paris-born 32-year-old is seen saying in French. Cotillard's best actress Oscar was one of several awards she won for playing singer Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose. She is due to begin filming gangster movie Public Enemies with actor Johnny Depp shortly. Transcript In the interview, given to French TV show Paris Premiere, Cotillard appears to suggest the attacks on the World Trade Center were staged to avoid the expense of refurbishing them. "We see other towers of the same kind being hit by planes, are they burned?" she asks. "There was a tower, I believe it was in Spain, which burned for 24 hours. "It never collapsed. None of these towers collapsed. And there [in New York], in a few minutes, the whole thing collapsed." The Twin Towers, she claims, were a "money sucker" that would have cost much more to modernise than to destroy. The actress goes on to cast doubt on the Moon landing of 1969. "Did a man really walk on the moon?" she asks. "I saw plenty of documentaries on it and I really wondered. In any case I don't believe all they tell me." A transcript of Cotillard's interview has been posted on France's Marianne2 website. 'He will make Cheney look like Gandhi.'News of her anti-Americanism
#2. To: kiki (#1)
But the actress faces a potential backlash in the US over comments she made in an interview in France. Footage which surfaced on the internet showed her questioning the New York terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the 1969 moon landing.
U.S. conservative pundit Pat Buchanan, imagining presidential hopeful John McCain in the White House.
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#4. To: kiki (#3)
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News of her anti-Americanism ...
#6. To: kiki (#3)
U.S. conservative pundit Pat Buchanan, imagining presidential hopeful John McCain in the White House.
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