Festival screens Newman swansong (CNN) {narrated wildlife film}

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By Neil Smith
Entertainment reporter, BBC News, at the Dinard Film Festival

A wildlife documentary narrated by late Hollywood star Paul Newman has received its world premiere at the Dinard Film Festival in France.

Newman, who died of cancer last month aged 83, recorded the voiceover for The Meerkats at a studio near his home in Connecticut in late 2007.

"He gave us a wonderful recording," producer Joe Oppenheimer told BBC News.

The BBC co-production, which follows a family of meerkats fighting to survive, is due out in UK cinemas next year.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7653429.stm