U.S. actor Dustin Hoffman has agreed to star in a big-screen adaptation of the late Mordecai Richler's last book Barney's Version. Variety.com said Hoffman is to co-star with Paul Giamatti in the independent drama, which director Richard J. Lewis is expected to start shooting Aug. 17 in Rome.

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By Georgia Lambert VALLEY TIMES ON ERIK HENRY'S MANTLE sits an Emmy award, mute evidence of excellence in his chosen profession. He hopes one day it will be joined by another, shorter statue -- an Academy Award.