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FilmWeek

FilmWeek for Feb 08, 2008

Persepolis is the coming-of-age story of a precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl that begins during the Islamic Revolution. Larry talks with Marjane Satrapi, the co-director and writer of the Oscar nominated animated film, "Persepolis," which is based on her book of the same name.

Persepolis is the coming-of-age story of a precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl that begins during the Islamic Revolution. Larry talks with Marjane Satrapi, the co-director and writer of the Oscar nominated animated film, "Persepolis," which is based on her book of the same name.

Plus: Larry talks with Amy Ryan about her Academy Award nominated performance as Helene McCready in "Gone Baby Gone," and her career. Also, Larry and critics Peter Rainer, of the Christian Science Monitor, and Andy Klein of CityBeat review some of the week's new feature films including "Fool's Gold," "In Bruges," "Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins," "The Hottie and the Nottie," and "Military Intelligence and You!," as well as the documentaries "Billy the Kid" and "Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show." Peter also discusses the offerings at the recent Santa Barbara International Film Festival.