Tom comes to Holland!
Tom will pay a quick visit to the Cinema Expo International at the ‘RAI’ in Amsterdam (The Netherlands) to promote his latest movie ‘Lions for Lambs”, as confirmed this Tuesday by the organisation of the expo.

Cinema Expo International, held from June 25th untill 28th, is the only international convention and trade show dedicated to the European cinema exhibition and distribution community.

‘Lions for lambs’ is a drama, directed by Robert Redford, and takes place partly in Afghanistan. Tom plays an American congres man. The movie will be in Dutch theaters in November. (RTL Boulevard)

Cruise bears ‘Lions’ at Cinema Expo
Tom Cruise may have been shunned by the German government this week, but he is welcome in Holland.
Cruise and partner Paula Wagner will make an unannounced stop at the European exhibitors confab Cinema Expo to unveil a first look at fare from the new United Artists: a 5½-minute clip of Robert Redford’s “Lions for Lambs,” the company’s first release.

The duo also will tubthump “Valkyrie,” the WWII thriller that the German Defense Ministry has prohibited from shooting at military sites in the country due to the actor’s ties to the Church of Scientology.

The Cinema Expo stop will be Cruise’s first at the event, which is in its 16th year.

Dennis Rice, UA president of worldwide marketing and publicity, is convinced the controversy won’t derail UA’s European launch. “It hasn’t affected our focus at all. We are excited about ‘Lions for Lambs’ and ‘Valkyrie.’ ”

Rice added, “Cinema Expo is a great place to launch United Artists to the European marketplace. We recognize that this is increasingly a worldwide business, and Cinema Expo is as important, if not more important, than the other tradeshows.”

Last year, 1,250 people attended. No figures are available yet for this year. (Variety)