Joaquin Phoenix Volodymyr Zelenskiy Ukraine film reports president Oscar Joaquin Phoenix Volodymyr Zelenskiy Ukraine

Ukraine President Ends Hostage Siege By Endorsing Joaquin Phoenix Film

Reading now: 810
hollywoodreporter.com

It was a good thing he was a film fan. A hostage stand-off in Ukraine has ended peacefully after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy agreed to the hostage-taker's demand to publicly endorse an obscure documentary narrated by Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix.

The gunman, armed with an automatic rifle and grenades, surrendered to police and released 13 hostages on Tuesday after the president consented to his demand to recommend Phoenix's 2005 film Earthlings.

The animal rights doc, which won a number of minor festival awards on its initial release, is a scathing critique of humanity's use of animals as pets, food, clothing, entertainment and for scientific research.

Read more on hollywoodreporter.com
The website starsalert.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA