Russell Crowe In Cannes
Cannes Film Festial opened with a bang yesterday as the story of Robin Hood was once again on the big screen, courtesy of Ridley Scott.
It has become custom in recent for the big budget movies to take centre stage on the opening evening of the most prestigious film festival and 2010 is no different.
Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett were in town to promote their re-telling of the classic tale of Robin Hood, nineteen years after Prince of Thieves.
It's a fifth collaboration between Crowe and Scott and it is perhaps not the story of Robin Hood that we would recognise, lending itself perfectly for an already talked about sequel.
"There isn’t a Robin Hood that has been done, at least for me, that gives you a satisfied feeling that you know the motivation of the individual," Crowe told a press conference. "So that’s what we attempted to do."
And the movie tells us the origins of the myth that surrounding Robin Hood but in a sweeping epic style that is gritty and violent.
The movie is released in the UK this week and has been given a solid thumbs up from the tough Cannes crowd.
And it's great to see festival organisers change up the type of movie that opens the event after everyone was blown away but the beautiful yet heartwarming Up... Robin Hood couldn't be further away.
Despite being out of competition at the festival Ridley Scott is just one of a series of big named directors that will grace the red carpet over the next few days, although Scott was noticibly absent with a knee injury.
Doug Liman, Mike Leigh, Takeshi Kitano and Alejandro González Iñárritu are all one show over the next twelve days.
Nineteen movies will battle it out for the Palme d'Or as Tim Burton heads a nine person jury that includes Kate Beckinsale and Benicio Del Toro.
And Robin Hood is not the only high profile out of competition movie on show in Cannes as Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps, which has been pushed back until Spetember, will be screened as will Woody allen's latest movie You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger while Julie Bertuccelli's The Tree will play on closing night.
The festival runs until the 23rd May.
Robin Hood is out now.
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