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"The stars of Killing Them Softly have walked the red carpet for the movie&amp;#039;s premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.  The Andrew Dominik-helmed drama saw star Brad Pitt come out to celebrate tonight (May 22) with actors such as Alec Baldwin, Chris Tucker and Diane Kruger.  Killing Them Softly is Dominik&amp;#039;s adaptation of 1974 bestseller Cogan&amp;#039;s Trade, updated to be centred on the 2008 financial crisis.  The film focuses on a hitman (Pitt) whose gambling-based assignment plays out against the backdrop of the crimes taking place on Wall Street.  Killing Them Softly will hit US cinemas on September 21.  Pitt recently defended the film&amp;#039;s political content, insisting that it is not an attack on US president Barack Obama.  Watch a preview clip of Killing Them Softly below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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