Photo Coverage: NINE Film Premieres in New York City at the Ziegfeld Theatre!

By: Dec. 16, 2009
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NINE will have a limited release on December 18th in New York and Los Angeles and will then go on wide release on December 25th. The film had its official New York premiere at the Ziegefeld Theatre in New York City on December 15, 2009. 

The big screen adaptation of NINE THE MUSICAL stars Daniel Day-LewisPenelope Cruz and Nicole Kidman. The all-star cast is directed by Rob Marshall, who also helmed critically-acclaimed 2002 musical Chicago - which garnered six Academy Awards, including a Best Supporting Actress nod for Catherine Zeta-JonesDaniel Day-Lewis replaced the previously attached Javier Bardem in the leading role of Guido Contini, Bardem left the project citing exhaustion. Marion CotillardKate HudsonStacy "Fergie" FergusonSophia Loren and Judi Dench star in the film as well. Nine is a musical with a book by Arthur Kopit and music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and is based off of Fredrico Fellini's movie 8 1/2. The play tells the story of a highly stressed director living in VenIce Trying to juggle all of the women in his life.

The Broadway production of Nine, directed by Tommy Tune and choreographed by Thommie Walsh, opened on May 9, 1982 at the 46th Street Theatre, where it ran for 729 performances. The cast included Raúl Juliá as Guido, Karen Akers as Luisa, Liliane Montevecchi as Liliane,Anita Morrisas Carla, Shelly Burch as Claudia, and Taina Elg as Guido's mother. Replacements later in the run included Bert Convy and Sergio Franchi as Guido, Maureen McGovern as Luisa, and Priscilla Lopezas Liliane. The musical won five Tony Awards, including best musical. The first revival of the 1982 Tony Award-winning musical hit Broadway in 2003 led by Antonio Banderas-who made his Broadway debut in the role of Guido. Laura BenantiJane Krakowski,Mary Stuart Masterson, andChita Rivera rounded out the original revival cast.

Nine revolves around one central character, Guido Contini a film director in the Fellini mold. He is contracted to write and direct a film, but is unable to come up with a suitable plot. After recent box office failures, he finds himself drifting towards a nervous breakdown. Guido finds himself examining his past flawed relationships with the many women who have come through his life and the struggle to act his mature age of 40--as opposed to nine.

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Photo Coverage: NINE Film Premieres in New York City at the Ziegfeld Theatre!
Mary-Kate Olsen (L) and Ashley Olsen

Photo Coverage: NINE Film Premieres in New York City at the Ziegfeld Theatre!
Mary-Kate Olsen (L) and Ashley Olsen

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Lourdes Leon

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Designer Kimora Lee Simmon

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Designer Kimora Lee Simmon

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Designer Kimora Lee Simmon & Djimon Hounsou

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Julian Schnabel

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Emmanuelle Chriqui

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Emmanuelle Chriqui

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Julie Taymor

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Julie Taymor

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Melania Trump

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Donald Trump and Melania Trump

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Donald Trump and Melania Trump

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Donald Trump and Melania Trump

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Naomi Watts

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Naomi Watts

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Judith Nathan and Rudy Giuliani

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Designer Rachel Roy

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Designer Rachel Roy

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Designer Rachel Roy

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Tommy Tune

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Tommy Tune

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Bob Balaban

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Bob Balaban

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Zoe Kravitz

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Pedro Almodovar

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Pedro Almodovar

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Fergie & Josh Duhamel

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Rob Marshall

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Director Rob Marshall and producer/choreographer John DeLuca

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Director Rob Marshall and producer/choreographer John DeLuca

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Designer Pamella Roland

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Designer Pamella Roland

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Tony Bennett

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Tony Bennett

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Michael Tolkin

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Michael Tolkin

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Victor Garber

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Victor Garber

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Madonna

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Madonna

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Madonna

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Marion Cotillard

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Marion Cotillard

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Marion Cotillard

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Marion Cotillard

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Tobey Maguire and wife Jennifer Meyer Maguire

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Tobey Maguire

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Tobey Maguire and wife Jennifer Meyer Maguire

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Judi Dench

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Judi Dench

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Judi Dench

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Jessica Seinfeld, Madonna & Lourdes Leon

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Jessica Seinfeld, Madonna & Lourdes Leon

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Jessica Seinfeld and Madonna

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Madonna

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Madonna & Lourdes Leon

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Fergie

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Penelope Cruz

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Penelope Cruz

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Nicole Kidman

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Nicole Kidman

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Nicole Kidman

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Daniel Day-Lewis

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Daniel Day-Lewis

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Daniel Day-Lewis

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Fergie

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Fergie

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Fergie

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Fergie

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Goldie Hawn & Kate Hudson

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Kate Hudson and Goldie Hawn

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Kate Hudson and Goldie Hawn

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Kate Hudson

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Kate Hudson



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