Comments on: VERA DRAKE, Imelda Staunton: Venice 2004 Winners http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/venice-film-festival-awards-2004/ The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: Gottihttp://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/venice-film-festival-awards-2004/#comment-474800 Gotti Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:26:08 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/venice-film-festival-awards-2004/#comment-474800 If I remember it correctly, "Vera Drake" was turned down by the Cannes Film Festival. Mike Leigh thanked Cannes for turning his film down because that's how he went on to win the Golden Lion in Venice. If I remember it correctly, "Vera Drake" was turned down by the Cannes Film Festival. Mike Leigh thanked Cannes for turning his film down because that's how he went on to win the Golden Lion in Venice.

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