A Look Back at Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's Last Appearance Together at the Venice Film Festival in 2007

Exes Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are returning to the Venice Film Festival this year – separately, in support of two different films.

Jolie (49) has just premiered her Maria Callas biopic Maria in competition with the Italian festival. Pitt, 60, meanwhile, will premiere an action thriller Wolvesstarring George Clooney, out of competition.

“There’s no way they’ll cross each other on the Lido,” said Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera. Vanity Fair earlier this month. Jolie’s appearance began with the festival on August 29; she’s next headed to this year’s Telluride Film Festival, Barbera said. Pitt will arrive in Venice after her departure, on August 31.

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It was during Jolie and Pitt’s vibrant 12-year relationship, which included their marriage in 2014 and ended with Jolie filing for divorce in 2016, that the two superstars appeared together at the Venice Film Festival. Before that, Girl, interrupted The Oscar winner premiered the animated film The story of the shark at the historic event in 2004, bringing his then 3-year-old son Maddox with him.

Pitt debuted several films at the festival: Fighters club in 1999, Burn after reading in 2008, Ad Astra in 2019 and Blonde in 2022

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt at the 2007 Venice Film Festival.

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But in 2007, Pitt and Jolie performed together in Italy. For Pitt’s movie The assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Fordthe actor-producer brought Jolie along as a companion to the star-studded premiere on September 2.

At the big debut, the two walked the red carpet alongside Pitt co-stars Casey Affleck and Sam Shepard, as well as the film’s writer-director Andrew Dominick. Jesse James also starring Mary-Louise Parker, Paul Schneider, Jeremy Renner, Zooey Deschanel and Sam Rockwell.

That evening, the then-couple appeared at Lida za zamačka. Jolie wore a black floral lace dress with a pearl necklace, while Pitt wore a cream tuxedo jacket and black bow tie. They both signed autographs for fans on the carpet and posed for photos hand-in-hand on their way to the cinema.

Earlier in the day, Jolie and Pitt arrived at the festival by water taxi. After the premiere, they left in a similar fashion, photographed on a boat on September 3 with their young children: Maddox, Pax, Zahara and Shiloh.

Angelina Jolie and son Maddox at the world premiere of ‘Shark Tale’ at the 2004 Venice Film Festival.

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In Venice, the future Oscar winner spoke to CBS News about playing Jesse James in his film, comparing the legendary outlaw to contemporary celebrities.

“The funny thing to me is that it doesn’t seem as different today as it was back then, in the sense that a lot of it was manufactured, a lot of it was sensationalized, very little of it was based in truth,” he said. he said at the time.

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Now, Pitt and Jolie’s contentious divorce negotiations are still ongoing, and the legal battle continues over Château Miraval, the French winery they once co-owned. The former couple has six children: Maddox (23), Pax (20), Zahara (19), Shiloh (18) and twins Knox and Vivienne (16).

This year’s Venice Film Festival lasts until September 7. Pitt’s movie Wolves it’s in theaters on September 20 and on Apple TV+ on September 27. Jolie’s Maria has no release date yet, while her upcoming directorial project, a film starring Salma Hayek No Bloodwill premiere on September 8 at the Toronto International Film Festival.

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