Reply #1: Actor Kevin Spacey meets Hugo Chavez in Venezuela

[Judi Lynn]

Actor Kevin Spacey meets Hugo Chavez in Venezuela
September 26, 2007 12:00am

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Kevin Spacey's meeting with President Hugo Chavez,
during which the actor praised the Venezuelan
government's efforts to support film-making.
Picture: AFP

AMERICAN actor Kevin Spacey met privately with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez last night and praised his government's efforts to support film-making.

Spacey met with Chavez over dinner, and state television later carried footage of the actor saying the country's film studio offers Venezuelans a valuable opportunity to "make films about their own country and their own culture."

"I think every country should have this," said Spacey, who earlier visited the $US13 million ($A14.99 million) film studio founded last year by Chavez's government.

Spacey - who has won Academy Awards for roles in The Usual Suspects and American Beauty - shook hands warmly with Chavez on the red carpet as he left the presidential palace.

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