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Hollywood and Cannes Film Festival
Clint Eastwood‘s film “The Changeling“, starring Angelina Jolie as a woman searching for her missing son in 1920s Los Angeles and “Synechdoche, New York,” screenwriter Charlie Kaufman’s directorial debut.joins a competition list.
Steven Soderbergh, who took the top Cannes award in 1989 for “Sex, Lies and Videotape“, won a race against time to complete his four-hour epic “Che“, on the life of the revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara in time for the festival.
Steven Soderbergh’s inclusion looks like a last-minute decision. He competes with two pic ”Che” bio – “The Argentine” and “Guerrilla”
As predicted, Steven Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” world preems down on the Croisette, possibly on Sunday May 18. It promises this fest’s must-attend, highest-glam event.
Thierry Fremaux, the festival’s head said the presence of Steven Spielberg and the stars of “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”, which will premiere outside the main competition, would ensure “a magnificent red carpet”.
Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett and George Lucas are expected to join Spielberg on the steps outside the Palais des Festivals, guaranteeing the kinds of flashing cameras that add essential glamour to the festival’s arthouse fare.
New Featurette Online for ‘Indiana Jones 4′
A new featurette has popped up online at the official website for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull featuring young actor Shia LaBeouf on the set of the production.. Shia stars with Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Ray Winstone, Karen Allen, John Hurt and Jim Broadbent. Spielberg was once again behind the camera for the highly anticipated fourth installment.
Cannes Film Festival – Indiana Jones 4 on May 18
Much anticipated and long-awaited fourth installment of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg‘s
‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull‘, will debut at the Cannes Film Festival then open in theatres world-wide a few days later.
‘The Da Vinci Code‘ used the same tactic, avoiding Internet spoilers and lots of scolding critics.
The Cannes splash on May 18 will be followed by a massive press conference with Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Harrison Ford and new co-stars Shia LaBeouf and Cate Blanchett.
That will be followed by the opening, May 22, which will likely be followed by some sort of box office records.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom… Movie Posters
A brand new poster for the upcoming actioner Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull has popped up online, and as you will see, it brings the cheese. The poster features Harrison Ford and Shia LaBeouf very prominently, with Shia holding on to the rapier sword previously seen in Cate Blanchett’s hands.
Presenters At The Kodak Theatre
The strike is off and the star power is on for the 80th annual Academy Awards. Presenters at the Kodak Theatre will include all four of last year’s winners in the acting categories – Alan Arkin, Jennifer Hudson, Helen Mirren and Forest Whitaker.
George Clooney, Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett and Cameron Diaz will be among the presenters at the Feb. 24 ceremony at the Kodak Theatre, Oscar officials announced Thursday.
Hollywood icons Tom Hanks, Harrison Ford, Martin Scorsese and Denzel Washington will also take to the stage, said telecast producer Gil Cates and film academy President Sid Ganis.
