HACKING: When film superstar, human rights activist and director Angelina Jolie called Rep. Russ Carnahan last night in his Washington office, she told him to call her Angie, after thanking him for his efforts on behalf of her film about the horrors of the Bosnian war in the early 1990s.

The private phoner was prompted by work the congressman did for Jolie as she gathered information and sought interviews here with the Bosnian press and others. St. Louis has the largest population of Bosnians outside of their native country and Jolie wanted to let the community know what motivated her to make the film, "In the Land of Blood and Honey."

Carnahan is a co-founder of the the bipartisan Congressional Bosnian Caucus, and has hosted multiple briefings and traveled with local Bosnians to Bosnia. He is also a Congressional Delegate to the General Assembly fo the United Nations.

A spokeswoman for Carnahan said today that the film originally was scheduled for a limited release but that the high level of social media chatter emanating from St. Louis prompted the studio to bring it here.

The film will open today at 4:45 p.m. at Wehrenberg Theatre's Ronnies 20 Cine.