WHAT:   The U.S. Premiere of THE LAST SAMURAI. Warner Bros. Pictures
        presents a Radar Pictures / Bedford Falls Company /
        Cruise-Wagner Production of an Edward Zwick film: Tom Cruise
        in the epic action drama THE LAST SAMURAI, starring Timothy
        Spall, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki
        Sanada, Koyuki. Directed by Edward Zwick from a screenplay by
        John Logan and Edward Zwick & Marshall Herskovitz, story by
        John Logan, the film is produced by Marshall Herskovitz,
        Edward Zwick, Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner, Scott Kroopf and Tom
        Engelman. Ted Field, Richard Solomon, Vincent Ward and Charles
        Mulvehill are the executive producers.

WHO:    From the film: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Tony Goldwyn,
        Hiroyuki Sanada, Shin Koyamada, director Edward Zwick,
        producers Marshall Herskovitz, Paula Wagner, Scott Kroopf, Tom
        Engelman, executive producers Ted Field, Richard Solomon,
        Vincent Ward and Charles Mulvehill will be joined by celebrity
        guests Kirstie Alley, Stephen Collins, Jon Cryer, Patricia
        Heaton, Martin Landau, Danny Masterson, Alyssa Milano,
        Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith,
        Evan Rachel Wood, Renee Zellweger.

WHEN:   Monday, December 1
        Crew Arrivals: 5:30 PM
        Celebrity Arrivals: 6:30 PM
        Screening: 7:30 PM

WHERE:  Mann Village Theater
        961 Broxton Avenue
        Los Angeles, CA 90024

                Your coverage of this event is invited.
            Press Credentials will be issued at the event.

   THE LAST SAMRUAI is rated R by the MPAA for "strong violence and
 battle sequences." Soundtrack album on Warner Sunset Records/Elektra
                    Entertainment/WMG Soundtracks.

          www.lastsamurai.com / AOL Keyword: The Last Samurai

             THE LAST SAMURAI opens on Friday, December 5.

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Contact:
     Warner Bros. Pictures, Burbank
     Broadcast: Ariana Levy, 818-954-3781
     Print: Jeff Hare, 818-954-6292
     Photo: Michael Taylor, 818-954-6585
     Online: Brenda Falitz, 818-954-6676
     International: Johnny Jones, 818-954-1268