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Antonia and the stars

Antonia Quirke looks at the phenomenon of the film 'junket' in the company of a host of stars including Willem Dafoe, Annette Benning, Glen Close and Jeff Bridges.

Antonia Quirke considers the phenomenon and future of the so called film junket, the movie publicity process whereby film stars are serially interviewed in expensive hotels by a succession of film journalists and presenters. She looks back at the promotional encounters she's had with a cast of big Hollywood names including (in order of appearance) Gal Gadot, Ben Affleck, Bradley Cooper, Annette Benning, Willem Dafoe, Glen Close, Timothee Chalamet, Jeff Bridges and Greta Gerwig.

Producer: Harry Parker

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27 minutes

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Sun 4 Apr 2021 23:00
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