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Movie Trailer - 'Body of Lies' with DiCaprio and Crowe

You know who shouldn't be allowed to use a southern accent? Russell Crowe. He got an Oscar nomination for A Beautiful Mind, which was a bad accent, and it's on proud display again in the new trailer for Body of Lies.

This trailer, of course, is one of the three hitting screens with The Dark Knight this weekend, along with Watchmen and Terminator Salvation. We had the Terminator teaser for you yesterday, and Watchmen...well, I guess they're holding on to that one for now.

I like a lot of the parts in Body of Lies, but I don't much love the trailer. It's a Ridley Scott movie, although this feels like a trailer for a Tony Scott movie (and I even like Tony...just not as much as his brother). The script is from Departed writer William Monahan. Leonardo DiCaprio is great, as we know, and Crowe can be one of the most effective actors of his generation. His character here is an odd mix of Jeffrey Wigand from The Insider and John Nash from A Beautiful Mind, and honestly, I have a little trouble watching it. Maybe I'm the only one.

Judge it for yourself.

Body of Lies is in theaters this October.

Posted on Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 11:45AM by Registered CommenterColin Boyd in , , , , | Comments4 Comments

Reader Comments (4)

Leo's character in this movie looks just like his character from Departed, just not Irish...

Thursday, July 17, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterRichard Harris

He looks all grow'd up too...

Thursday, July 17, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterWill

i think russel crow is going to be great in this movie and people don't give him enough credit but he is one of the best actor of his generation

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterkamal khan

People may not like that Russell has gained weight and aged but it does not take away from the fact that he is a great actor. Leonardo is also and the combination of the two should result in a good movie.

Saturday, July 26, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterj brightbill

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