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HBO Sets April 23 as Premiere Date for Cinema Verite

Looks like it might be time to re-subscribe to HBO. The network announced on Thursday that Cinema Verite — the awesome-looking ’70s period piece about the dawn of reality television with James Gandolfini, Diane Lane and Tim Robbins in leading roles — will premiere on Saturday, April 23. It’s not TV, etc.

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HBO Sets April 23 as Premiere Date for Cinema Verite

The Cinema Verite Trailer: Jon & Kate Plus James Gandolfini

There is something truly amazing yet unsettling about hearing James Gandolfini talk in his non-Tony Soprano voice. It has a dog-walking-on-hind-legs quality to it — your ears do what amounts to a double take. Of course, the different voice choices are how you know when Gandolfini is “acting” and not merely doing a variation on his famed — and brilliant — portrayal of Tony Soprano on The Sopranos . Sometimes the accents fail (cough, Welcome to the Rileys ), but they are always an interesting choice. To wit: His affectation as a sleazy reality television producer in 1970s California is perfect in the trailer for Cinema Verite . How about the rest of this movie-about-a-documentary telefilm?

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The Cinema Verite Trailer: Jon & Kate Plus James Gandolfini

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