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Entertainment De Niro, who created the festival to help revitalize lower Manhattan after the events of 2001, said "it would seem strange" not to show the movie. Several of the festival's 275 films also tackle the impact of that day. These include documentaries about a fire department chaplain killed at the World Trade Center - entitled Saint of 9/11 - and also The Heart of Steel, about volunteers who helped victims of the attacks.
Writer-director Paul Greengrass, who made United 93, said Tribeca was "the most appropriate place for the film to play first". He added it was "an honour and a privilege to bring this film there. It's daunting and it's humbling, but I know in my heart we all did our best to honour this subject".
Photo: A remake of disaster movie Poseidon is among the premieres. 'Right thing': De Niro acknowledged that "some will be ready, and some will not be ready" for United 93. "Not everyone is going to feel good, of course. But after four and a half years, it feels like the right thing to do," he said. Some cinemas in the US have already pulled trailers for United 93 after audiences became upset. Among the 90 premieres at the festival is the first US screening of Mission: Impossible 3, which sees Tom Cruise travelling across Manhattan by helicopter, speedboat, sports car and underground train. Other major movies include the disaster remake Poseidon, with Kurt Russell and Josh Lucas, and Lonely Hearts, which stars John Travolta and James Gandolfini as detectives tracking down two killers. More than 4,000 productions were submitted
Cruise's delight at baby's birth
Hollywood actor Tom Cruise has spoken of his delight at the birth of his baby daughter Suri "It was everything that we wanted it to be. It was spiritual. It was powerful. It was indescribable," Cruise said on US TV show 20/20. "It's still something that I'm processing and keep reliving." Fiancée Katie Holmes, 27, gave birth to the couple's first child in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Cruise has two adopted children from his second marriage.
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Cruise and Holmes, who have been engaged since June
2005, plan to marry in late summer or early autumn, according to the
43-year-old star. Their new baby weighed 3.4 kg (7lb 7 oz) and measured
50.8 cm (20 inches), spokesman Paul Bloch said, following the birth.
Cruise is currently in the middle of promoting his new film, Mission
Impossible III. The action sequel, also starring Oscar winner Philip
Seymour Hoffman, will be released in the UK on 4 May - a day ahead of its
US release on 5 May. Photos: #1. Cruise's new film Mission Impossible III opens in May. #2. Cruise and Holmes's whirlwind romance began in April 2005.
Photo: Cruise and Holmes have enjoyed a whirlwind romance. Actress Katie Holmes, who is engaged to film star Tom Cruise, has given birth to the couple's first child. Holmes gave birth to a baby girl, Suri, in Los Angeles. Both mother and baby were "doing well", a spokesman said in a statement. The baby is the first for Holmes, 27, while Cruise has two adopted children from his marriage to Nicole Kidman. The couple, who have been engaged since June 2005, plan to marry in late summer or early autumn, according to Cruise. Spokesman Paul Bloch said in a statement that the couple "joyously welcomed" the arrival of their daughter. The baby's name, Suri, came from Hebrew, meaning "princess" or in Persian, meaning "red rose", the statement said. Mr. Bloch said. No details were given about the birth itself, which had been the subject of much speculation. Cruise, 43, is currently in the middle of promoting his new film, Mission Impossible III.
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