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Clooney Gets Stuck in Space, Johansson Man-Eats in Venice

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George Clooney and Sandra Bullock get stranded in outer space, Scarlett Johansson stalks male hitchhikers, and Zac Efron treats wounded President John F. Kennedy in movies premiering at the Venice Film Festival.

Starting tomorrow and ending Sept. 7 on Venice’s Lido island, the world’s oldest film festival has 20 titles competing for the Golden Lion award this year -- including, unusually, a couple of documentaries.