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'Vanity Fair' tries for top award at Venice Film Festival

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From: AP Worldstream
Date: 20040906
Author:TOM RACHMAN, Associated Press Writer

TOM RACHMAN, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
09-06-2004
Dateline: VENICE, Italy
"Vanity Fair" gave Reese Witherspoon a chance to buck the on-screen custom of portraying 19th-century women as corset-restrained ornaments, with the actress describing her willful and ambitious character as a prototype for modern feminism.

The movie _ adapted from William Makepeace Thackeray's novel _ was the first of three American movies competing for best picture at the Venice Film Festival. At a press preview Sunday, the film was applauded but did not receive the raucous cheers that often hint at a ...

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