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Tbilisi's Blog - News, Events, Comments… reports that U.S. actor Andy Garcia has arrived in Georgia. The Hollywood star might play Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili in a film on last year's August war with Russia.

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  • rick rhodes

    Does Andy Garcia know that he’s playing the role of a war criminal?

    Just curious.

    # 2009-10-19 at 23:27 pm
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    • Sofia

      Do you know that accusing someone in war crimes without any proofs is simply called bullshitting around!
      So don’t say think, I am sure you will never be able to prove..
      And Andy Garsia knows much more of Georgia for now than you in ur lifetime would have found out, he is talanted actor and performed perfectly today!
      And I am sure movie will have big success, even though brainwashed people like you would not be too much satisfied..
      And It’s also very good that Emir Kusturica refused Russian offer to create another Propagandistic stupidity in Russian taste!

      # 2009-10-20 at 18:40 pm
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      • rick rhodes

        Obviously you didn’t read the EU Commission report.

        [JURIST] Georgia violated international law when it shelled the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali in August 2008 and began the five day war, according to a report [materials] released Wednesday by a European Union-backed commission – The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia.
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        That’s a war crime. Saakashvili should be in the Hague.

        # 2009-10-28 at 2:21 am
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  • Levan Lomtadze

    The scenes of the Renny Harlin`s film on Georgia-Russia War in August 2008 will be shot outside the Georgian parliament today. Anyone who passes by the building of the legislative government will be able to see how Andy Garcia plays the role of Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, how he works before the camera and how they shoot films in Hollywood.
    The preparatory works were underway until late last night outside the parliament. The large-scale scene by Andy Garcia describes the episode of August 12 2008, when the presidents of Georgia and five other European states addressed the world to stop the Russian aggression against the post-Soviet country.
    Anyone who attends the shootings may be caught by the camera of the filmmakers.

    # 2009-10-20 at 10:24 am
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  • Tracy

    I am hoping that he will be accurate as to what really happened over there and not glorify Saakashvili for a possible/questionable American political agenda?

    # 2009-10-21 at 22:29 pm
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