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Nazi planes fly over village for Cruise film Posted: 17 Jul 2007 04:03 PM CDT BERLIN (Reuters) - Vintage World War Two aircraft bearing swastikas and other Nazi symbols flew low over the German village of Loepten near Berlin Sunday, but local residents had been warned in advance — it was for a film. The planes were being used to film a segment of Hollywood thriller “Valkyrie,” starring Tom Cruise. He plays German army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, who was executed after a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler in 1944. Pictures taken by locals of the planes flying at low altitude over the village were published in Bild newspaper on Monday. “The residents were warned about possible noise,” it quoted Mayor Friedrich Schoenfeld as saying. It is illegal to display Nazi symbols in public in Germany, although filmmakers and theatrical companies are exempted.

Tom Cruise’s ‘Valkyrie’ gets release date Posted: 17 Jul 2007 04:02 PM CDT Tom Cruise’s new film “Valkyrie,” the MGM/United Artists historical thriller that kicked up dust last month in Germany, now has a tentative release date: Aug. 8, 2008. Cruise, who is also one of the film’s producers, stars at Col. Claus von Stauffenberg, the leader of a July 1944 attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler with a briefcase bomb. Valkyrie was the code name for Stauffenberg’s plot. A studio spokeswoman said the film’s release date could change, but she said an alternative hadn’t been determined. The film will have plenty of competition in August if that date holds. Universal’s “Hellboy 2″ and Buena Vista’s animated feature “South of the Border” are due out on Aug. 1. New Line’s Brendan Fraser adventure “Journey 3-D,” Warner Bros.’ “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2″ and Sony’s Seth Rogen comedy “The Pineapple Express” are all set to release on Aug. 8. Last month, Germany barred “Valkyrie” filmmakers from shooting at the “Bendlerblock” memorial inside the Defense Ministry complex in Berlin because Cruise is a Scientologist. The government considers Scientology a cult. (LATimes.com)

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