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'Transformers' to conquer Taormina first
ROME -- "Transformers," the big-budget summer action flick from Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg, will have its world premiere at the Taormina Film Fest, Deborah Young, the event's artistic director, said Tuesday.
Young said the premiere would represent the first time a major U.S. film of that stature premiered at the 53-year-old Taormina event.
Bay, several cast members and executives from distributor Paramount Pictures will arrive by helicopter in an elaborate ceremony before the June 21 screening.
The science fiction film about an invasion of Earth by transformer robot armies will open elsewhere on the planet July 4.
"We think the decision to premiere 'Transformers' in Taormina shows a renewed interest in the festival, and it illustrates the strong ties between this Mediterranean festival and American cinema," Young, in her first year as artistic director, said in an interview.
Taormina, located on the Italian island of Sicily, will host the festival June 16-22.
'Transformers' to bow at LA Film Fest
Bay film making worldwide debut in Spain.
Film Independent has announced that "Transformers" will hold its Los Angeles premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 27.
The DreamWorks/Par release, set for a July 4 domestic debut, will screen simultaneously at The Landmark Regent, the Mann National, the Mann Bruin and the Mann Village, where the main premiere will take place.
The premiere will be followed by a party on the Festival Promenade on Broxton Avenue.
"'Transformers' is the ultimate L.A. movie, with many of its most exciting action sequences shot on the city's streets," said Lorenzo di Bonaventura, who produced.
Paramount Picturers Intl. has also set international preems for June 20 in Sitges, Spain, and the next day at the Taormina Film Fest in Italy.
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