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Maradona, tortured genius on celluloid in Cannes (AFP)

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Argentine soccer great Maradona lashes out at Bush, Pele at Cannes

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May 20, 2008
        

PARIS - Soccer great Diego Maradona says biographers and filmmakers have made up stories about him, painted him as a force of evil and even dared brand him mediocre. The hard-living, larger-than-life Argentine hero was at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday for the premiere of "Maradona by...

                   

Maradona lashes out at Bush, Pele at Cannes

canoe.ca
May 20, 2008
        

By Angela Doland, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Former Argentine soccer player Diego Maradona smiles during the press conference for the documentary film "Maradona" at the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Soccer great Diego Maradona says biographers...

                   

Soccer great Maradona lashes out at Bush at Cannes

canoe.ca
May 20, 2008
        

By Angela Doland, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Former Argentine soccer player Diego Maradona smiles during the press conference for the documentary film "Maradona" at the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Soccer great Diego Maradona says biographers...

                   

Argentine soccer great Maradona lashes out at Bush, Pele at Cannes

canoe.ca
May 20, 2008
        

By Angela Doland, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Former Argentine soccer player Diego Maradona smiles during the press conference for the documentary film "Maradona" at the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Soccer great Diego Maradona says biographers...

                   

Maradona: Larger than life on big screen

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May 20, 2008
        

At last, he says, someone has his story right. The hard-living, larger-than-life Argentine hero was at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday for the premiere of "Maradona by Kusturica," by Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica ("Underground"), the film world's counterpart to the over-the-top Maradona....

Maradona slams 'undignified' Pele

news.com.au
May 20, 2008
        

From correspondents in Cannes, France Article from: Agence France-Presse SOCCER legend Diego Maradona, notorious for his drug-taking, has warned fellow icon Pele to stop criticising him because he too had a "dark side" and had done things he wants kept secret. "He too has a dark side," Maradona...

                   

Argentine soccer great Maradona lashes out at Bush, Pele at Cannes

iht.com
May 20, 2008
        

Soccer great Diego Maradona says biographers and filmmakers have made up stories about him, painted him as a force of evil and even dared brand him mediocre. The hard-living, larger-than-life Argentine hero was at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday for the premiere of "Maradona by Kusturica," by...

                   
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Maradona joins stars in Cannes

msn.com
May 20, 2008
        

Diego Maradona has tipped Manchester United to win the Champions League final. The Argentinian footballing legend was speaking at a press conference at the Cannes Film Festival, where a new documentary about him entitled Maradona is showing. He said both teams, due to play in Moscow, have...

                   

Maradona, soccer genius and 'anti-imperialist rebel' (AFP)

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May 20, 2008
        

CANNES, France, May 20, 2008 (AFP) - Soccer icon Diego Maradona hit the big screen in Cannes Tuesday in an exuberant documentary depicting him as a rebel fighting Western imperialism first through football, now through friendship with Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez.

                   

Maradona receives godlike treatment in Cannes film (Reuters)

yahoo.com
May 20, 2008
        

By James Mackenzie 30 minutes ago CANNES, France (Reuters) - Diego Maradona came to Cannes on Tuesday in a film that celebrates one of the most brilliant and wayward players in soccer history in a tone of near religious devotion. "Maradona by Kusturica" allowed Serbian director Emir Kusturica to...