Venice Film Festival opens with Danny Boyle’s ‘Ink’ about Rupert Murdoch
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The 83rd Venice Film Festival opened on September 2 with the premiere of Danny Boyle’s “Ink,” a film about the rise of the British tabloid The Sun under Rupert Murdoch and editor Larry Lamb. Guy Pearce, who plays Murdoch, said the media tycoon’s daughter Elisabeth told him her father was “very happy” that Pearce was playing him, though Murdoch had not seen the film at that point. Critics praised Jack O’Connell’s performance as Lamb as “superb” and “terrifically bullish,” while the film itself was called “snazzy, gripping and thumpingly unsubtle.” At the opening ceremony, George Clooney received a lifetime achievement Golden Lion.
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Publication timeline
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Evening Standard (outlet profile)
Danny Boyle says new movie Ink ‘doesn’t monsterise’ Rupert Murdoch. The movie recounts the rise of The Sun newspaper with Murdoch and Larry Lamb at the helm.
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Belfast Telegraph (outlet profile)
Danny Boyle says new movie Ink ‘doesn’t monsterise’ Rupert Murdoch
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The Guardian (outlet profile)
Rupert Murdoch ‘very happy’ that Guy Pearce plays him in Fleet Street biopic Ink. Actor says the press baron’s daughter Elisabeth told him her father was pleased, ‘but he hadn’t seen the film at that point’ Rupert Murdo…
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El Mundo (outlet profile)
Ink inaugura Venecia con una tan enérgica como superficial reflexión sobre la verdad a través de Rupert Murdoch y su imperio (***). Sobre la obra de teatro de James Graham, Danny Boyle ensaya una radiografía sobre la cr…
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La Vanguardia (outlet profile)
Danny Boyle abre Venecia explorando los orígenes de la desinformación actual en ‘Ink’. El director retrata el inicio de la prensa sensacionalista con el diario 'The Sun' Rupert Murdoch y el director Larry Lamb
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Time (outlet profile)
Ink Is an Exhilarating Portrait of the Beginning of the End of Newspapers. In Danny Boyle's invigorating Venice Film Festival opener, Jack O'Connell shines as a 1960s newspaperman who awed even Rupert Murdoch.
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Le Figaro (outlet profile)
Mostra de Venise 2026 : une édition moins glamour et plus politique. Ink, de Danny Boyle, sur le lancement du quotidien britannique The Sun par Rupert Murdoch, ouvre une sélection particulièrement en phase avec les cris…
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La Nación (outlet profile)
Empezó el Festival de Venecia con debates políticos, una reivindicación del periodismo y el premio a George Clooney. La estrella de Hollywood recibió el galardón a la trayectoria antes del estreno mundial de Ink, una pe…
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elDiario.es (outlet profile)
Cómo The Sun se convirtió en el periódico más vendido a golpe de sexo y morbo, y destrozó el periodismo para siempre. Danny Boyle inaugura el Festival de Venecia con una efectista mirada al punto de inflexión del period…
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La Nación (outlet profile)
Festival de Venecia: del divertido paso de George Clooney por la alfombra roja al estrafalario look de J Balvin. La apertura de la 83 edición de la Biennale tuvo de todo: de la entrega del premio honorífico al actor de…
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El País (outlet profile)
Todas las caras del periodismo en Venecia con George Clooney, Rupert Murdoch y Gerda Taro. La Mostra se inaugura con ‘Ink’, sobre el nacimiento del tabloide ‘The Sun’, el León de Oro para la estrella de Hollywood y un ‘…
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Le Monde (outlet profile)
A la Mostra de Venise 2026, la presse au cœur des débats. Pour son premier jour, le festival de cinéma a projeté « Ink », le nouveau long-métrage de Danny Boyle sur la fulgurante ascension du tabloïd « The Sun ».
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Daily Mail (outlet profile)
Ink is branded 'snazzy, gripping and thumpingly unsubtle' as 'charming devil' Jack O'Connell wins unanimous praise from critics for 'superb and terrifically bullish' performance in Danny Boyle's Murdoch movie. Danny Boy…
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CNews (outlet profile)
«Ink» : Rupert Murdoch serait ravi d'être incarné par Guy Pearce au cinéma. En compétition officielle à la Mostra de Venise, le film «Ink» de Danny Boyle revient sur la reprise du tabloïd britannique The Sun par Rupert…
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O Globo (outlet profile)
Em 'Ink', de Danny Boyle, escândalos de tabloides vendem e o público está comprando. Com o início do 83º Festival de Veneza nesta quarta-feira (2), o filme de abertura, “Ink”, de Danny Boyle, deu início aos 11 dias de e…
Factual core
- The film 'Ink' was directed by Danny Boyle.
- The film 'Ink' depicts the rapid rise of the tabloid newspaper 'The Sun'.
- Danny Boyle's film 'Ink' opened the Venice Film Festival.
- The Venice Film Festival opened with political debates and a tribute to journalism.
- Larry Lamb served as editor of 'The Sun'
- Jack O'Connell stars as Larry Lamb in 'Ink'.
- Guy Pearce said Elisabeth Murdoch told him her father was pleased with the casting.
- The film 'Ink' depicts Rupert Murdoch's 1969 acquisition of the British tabloid The Sun.