Cannes Film Festival will pay its own tribute to Warner Bros.

Posted by Fiona 8 May, 2008

The Cannes Film Festival announced plans on Wednesday to pay tribute to Warner Bros. on the studio’s 85th anniversary by screening a classic movie from the studio’s archives.

Looney Tunes


Cannes’ Cinema de la Plage will screen a Warner pic every night, including a one-off “Looney Tunes” event, as part of the Cannes Classic section.

The tribute begins with a screening of Mervyn LeRoy’s 1932 I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang and ends with 1999’s The Matrix.

The festival said that it will also premiere film critic Richard Schickel’s documentary, You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story, narrated by Clint Eastwood, as well as a night of Looney Tunes shorts.

Somewhat surprisingly, the film series does not include a screening of The Jazz Singer, the first sound film, produced in 1927 and starring entertainer Al Jolson.

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