WHO: Cast attendees include: Mark Wahlberg, Seth Green, Jason

Statham, Mos Def, and Franky G

              Filmmaker attendees include: Director F. Gary Gray, Producer
              Donald De Line, Executive Producer Wendy Japhet, Screenwriters
              Wayne & Donna Powers

              Celebrity attendees include:  Diane Lane, Sidney Poitier, James
              Caan, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta, Vince Vaughn, Scarlett
              Johansson, Slash, Duff, Matt Sorum and Dave Kushner (formerly of
              Guns 'N Roses), Jason Lee, Jessica Alba, Mike Epps, Noah
              Emmerich, Dennis Haysbert, Donnie Wahlberg, Juliette Lewis, Neal
              McDonough, Amber Valetta, Richard Schiff, Margaret Blye, Jamie
              Kennedy, Arsenio Hall, Thomas Kretschmann, Jeri Ryan, LeVar
              Burton, Judy Greer, Joe Cortese, Marisa Coughlan, Shin Koyamada
              ("The Last Samurai"), Ever Carradine, Jamie Luner ... and more
              to follow

     WHEN:    TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2003 -- AT 7:00pm -- Arrivals begin at 6:00pm

     WHERE:   GRAUMAN'S CHINESE THEATRE
              6925 HOLLYWOOD BLVD.
              HOLLYWOOD

ABOUT "The Italian Job"

The plan was flawless ... the job was executed perfectly ... the escape was clean. The only threat mastermind thief Charlie Croker (Mark Wahlberg) never saw coming was from a member of his own crew. After pulling off an amazing gold bullion heist from a heavily guarded palazzo in Venice, Italy, Charlie and his gang -- inside man Steve (Edward Norton), computer genius Lyle (Seth Green), wheelman Handsome Rob (Jason Statham), explosives expert Left-Ear (Mos Def) and veteran safecracker John Bridger (Donald Sutherland) -- can't believe it when one of them turns out to be a double-crosser. Now the job isn't about the payoff, it's about payback!

Enter Stella (Charlize Theron), a beautiful nerves-of-steel safecracker, who joins Charlie and his former gang when they follow the backstabber to California, where they plan to re-steal the gold by tapping into Los Angeles' traffic control system, manipulating signals and creating one of the biggest traffic jams in L.A. history!
     Release Date:  May 30, 2003
     Directed by:   F. Gary Gray
     Produced by:   Donald De Line James R. Dyer Tim Bevan  Eric Fellner
     Starring:      Mark Wahlberg, Edward Norton, Charlize Theron, Seth Green,
                    Mos Def, Jason Statham, Franky G and Donald Sutherland
     Written by:    Based on the film written by Troy Kennedy Martin;
                    screenplay by Donna Powers & Wayne Powers
     MPAA Rating:   This film has been rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture
                    Association of America for violence and some language.

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