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Sofia Coppola Shoots "Marie-Antoinette" at Versailles

Monday March 14, 2005
Academy Award winner Sofia Coppola ("Lost In Translation") starts filming scenes of "Marie-Antoinette" today inside the palace of Versailles near Paris. Kirsten Dunst, who worked with Coppola's first film ("The Virgin Suicides") stars as the Austrian teen who became Queen of France. Coppola's talented cousin Jason Schwartzman ("Rushmore") plays her husband, King Louis XVI. The cast also includes Asia Argento, Steve Coogan, Judy Davis, Rip Torn, Shirley Henderson, and Marianne Faithful. Filming, which began last week, is expected to last 11 weeks. The entire shoot will take place in France.

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