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Stars come down for the Venice Film Festival

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Actor George Clooney, third from left, gestures as he poses for photographers with from left director Alfonso Cuaron, actress Sandra Bullock, and screenwriter Jonas Cuaron on the red carpet for the screening of Gravity at the 70th edition of the Venice Film Festival held from Aug. 28 through Sept. 7, in Venice, Italy, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013.(AP)

US actor George Clooney arrives for the opening ceremony of the 70th Venice Film Festival and the screening of the movie "Gravity" presented out of competition, on August 28, 2013 at Venice Lido. The Venice film festival kicks off today with the arrival of movie stars on water taxis for a dark line-up flush with fiendish tales of abuse, betrayal and survival. The world's oldest film festival opens with "Gravity", a 3-D sci-fi thriller starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock as astronauts who are flung into deep space when a debris shower destroys their shuttle. AFP

Director Alfonso Cuaron attends the 70th Venice International Film Festival at Terrazza Maserati on August 28, 2013 in Venice, Italy. (Getty Images)

Clizia and Davide Fornasier attend the 70th Venice International Film Festival at Terrazza Maserati on August 28, 2013 in Venice, Italy.  (Getty Images)

Maserati CEO Harald J. Wester attends (C) and actress Moran Atias (3rd L) during the 70th Venice International Film Festival at Terrazza Maserati on August 28, 2013 in Venice, Italy.  (Getty Images)

Actress Ksenia Rappoport attends the 70th Venice International Film Festival at Terrazza Maserati on August 28, 2013 in Venice, Italy.  (Getty Images)

US actress Sandra Bullock poses with fans as she arrives for the opening ceremony of the 70th Venice Film Festival and the screening of the movie "Gravity" presented out of competition, on August 28, 2013 at Venice Lido. The Venice film festival kicks off today with the arrival of movie stars on water taxis for a dark line-up flush with fiendish tales of abuse, betrayal and survival. The world's oldest film festival opens with "Gravity", a 3-D sci-fi thriller starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock as astronauts who are flung into deep space when a debris shower destroys their shuttle. (AFP)

Marina Ripa di Meana arrives for the opening ceremony of the 70th Venice Film Festival and the screening of the movie "Gravity" presented out of competition, on August 28, 2013 at Venice Lido. The Venice film festival kicks off today with the arrival of movie stars on water taxis for a dark line-up flush with fiendish tales of abuse, betrayal and survival. The world's oldest film festival opens with "Gravity", a 3-D sci-fi thriller starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock as astronauts who are flung into deep space when a debris shower destroys their shuttle. (AFP)

Carlo Ripa di Meana and  Marina Ripa di Meana attend the Opening Ceremony And 'Gravity' Premiere during the 70th Venice International Film Festival at the Palazzo del Cinema on August 28, 2013 in Venice, Italy.  (Getty Images)

Director Alfonso Cuaron and Sheherazade Goldsmith attend the Opening Ceremony And 'Gravity' Premiere during the 70th Venice International Film Festival at the Palazzo del Cinema on August 28, 2013 in Venice, Italy.  (Getty Images)

Liliana Matthaus attends the Opening Dinner Arrivals during the 70th Venice International Film Festival at the Hotel Excelsior on August 28, 2013 in Venice, Italy. (Getty Images)

Matteo Ceccarini and actress Eva Riccobono  attends the Opening Dinner Arrivals during the 70th Venice International Film Festival at the Hotel Excelsior on August 28, 2013 in Venice, Italy.  (Getty Images)

Fiammetta Cicogna attends the Opening Dinner Arrivals during the 70th Venice International Film Festival at the Hotel Excelsior on August 28, 2013 in Venice, Italy.  (Getty Images)

Jury member Virginie Ledoyen attends the Opening Dinner Arrivals during the 70th Venice International Film Festival at the Hotel Excelsior on August 28, 2013 in Venice, Italy.  (Getty Images)

Orizzonti Jury member Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani wears a Jaeger-LeCoultre Vintage Duoplan watch during the Opening Ceremony and 'Gravity' Premiere during the 70th Venice Film Festival at the Palazzo del Cinema on August 28, 2013 in Venice, Italy.  (Getty Images)

Jury member Kseniya Rappoport attends the Opening Dinner Arrivals during the 70th Venice International Film Festival at the Hotel Excelsior on August 28, 2013 in Venice, Italy.  (Getty Images)