Clooney Political Drama To Open Venice Film Festival

George Clooney’s “The Ides of March”, about the U.S. presidential race set in the near future, will be the opening film at the 2011 Venice film festival, organisers announced on Wednesday.The Hollywood star is a regular on the red carpet at the world’s oldest film festival, and his star power, along with other cast members Ryan Gosling, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Evan Rachel Wood, should ensure a