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TAPE: EF01/0392 IN_TIME: 13:40:00 DURATION: 8:21 SOURCES: APTN/Various RESTRICTIONS: No re-use/re-sale of film/video/tv clips without clearance DATELINE: Cannes - May 9, 2001 SHOTLIST 1. GVs of Cannes 2. SOT Charlotte Rampling (actress opening the festival): "Yes the MC, I am going to come on and I am going to give a hopefully an amazing speech which I will write, which I am trying to think about so that it will be really fantastic, and then you bring on the people,. I am going to bring on Francis Ford Coppola because we are having apocalypse Now the full version and Liv Ulman and her jury and introduce the people, you talk with them, you say things about the. so you are just the gracious person which makes the opening ceremony and the closing ceremony happen. 3. GV's Cannes 4. SOT Charlotte Rampling (actress opening the festival): " You have to be careful that there is not too much hype, it is getting a bit hypey and a bit sort of Loreal and a bit modely and a bit not really quite about sort of enough about cinema, and not being a purist because you know you need a lot of the other stuff to makes films and all that, but at festivals you don't really need quite such emphasis on all that. It would be nice if it didn't get too commercial. 6. Set up tents 7. SOT Colin Brown, Editor-in-Chief, Screen International (about this year's Cannes) " There is a tendency I think in the press, before the event to summarize Cannes in terms of which countries are represented and which aren't, whereas I think Cannes is fairly neutral to the actually nationalities of the films, they just say look at the film makers." 8. Film clip - La Repititon 9. Film trailer - Shrek 10. Sot Colin Brown - (who's gonna win) " Immediately this throws up the idea that the jury is going to favour very worthy films, slow moving, heavy subject matter and boy I think there will be at least a dozen that fall into that category" 11. VS File footage Jodie Foster: " Oh yes that was like my second day or something, but it was funny and they have it on film and they played it slow motion alot. All I can say is that it was the one day that I had my bloomers on and I am sure glad I did. 12. CA poster 13. SOT Colin Brown, Editor-in-Chief, Screen International " Who knows, it is not beyond the festival to make judgements based on aspects other than the quality of the films, equally it is not unknown for the press to build up rivalries where there are none, and I have heard nothing from either side, so it is all pure conjecture , but that is what, this festival is all about conjecture so you know." 14. Film clip - Moulin Rouge 15. Zoom out. Nicole Kidman arr. at press conference 16. WS Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman & director Baz Luhrmann 17. SOT Nicole Kidman: " Yes I mean obviously this would not be my choice if it was under different circumstances to sit in front of everybody and have questions about my personal life, but thank you for not asking one,." 18. CA wide of press conference 20. SOT Nicole Kidman: " In terms of wanting to promote this film I think it is important to promote it because it is not something that a public says yes this is what we want to go and see. I mean obviously it is a musical, we sing a lot of the film, it is very hard to describe in two sentences, and yet the reaction we are getting from almost everybody that sees it is that they have said they have never sen anything like it and that they enjoy it." 21. Film clip - Moulin Rouge 22. Film clip- Wingspan (Maybe I'm Amazed) 23. SOT Paul McCartney:" With Wings it was like, now I was married and we had babies and we are starting all over again in the light of this amazing success of the Beatles, which is a cheeky move if you think about it because we could have stayed up and done like a super group, but I asked Linda if she would be in the group and she didn't know how to play anything. So really what we were doing was what most groups do, is kind of start not really knowing what they are doing. " 24. Film clip - Wingspan (Band on the Run) 25.SOT Paul McCartney: "They were both great fun periods in my life, I loved the Beatles the Beatles were the best band in the world, you know, but Wings was very special for me because it was my family and we were attempting to do it all over again which is virtually impossible in the shadow of the Beatles, but we done, do it, you know. " 26. File footage Paul McCartney with Heather Mills 27. SOT Paul McCartney: " There is a chance that I may get married again, but obviously that is for us to decide and everyone will now, you know we will make it public , if it is going to happen. but it is a little bit embarrassing when people come up to you in the street and say congratulations on you impending nuptials, so it is very nice. I have to say look it is made up but thanks." 28. Film clip - Wingspan (Jet) FESTIVAL PREPARES TO OPEN WITH CAN-CAN The 54th Cannes Film Festival was getting underway on Wednesday with the official premiere of "Moulin Rouge", starring Nicole Kidman and British star Ewan McGregor. The annual film showcase which plays host to some of the biggest names in the film industry is expected to attract about 40-thousand people. A total of 22 films from all over the world were in competition for the prestigious Palme d'Or or Golden Palm award, this year, including productions from Japan and Iran. Despite the presence of new films from established filmmakers such as the Coen Brothers ("The Man Who Wasn't There"), David Lynch ("Mulholland Drive") and Sean Penn ("The Pledge"), many of the films in competition are from little-known directors, and few have been seen before. Colin Brown, editor of film industry weekly Screen International, says that's why this year's Cannes is proving one of the hardest to call. Ingmar Bergman's favourite actress Liv Ullman is heading the jury, after Jodie Foster caused controversy by dropping out earlier this year to star in David "Fight Club" Fincher's next film, "The Panic Room". British actress Charlotte Rampling will open the festival and present the awards when the extravaganza closes on May 20. Rampling is bilingual and last month received an honorary Cesar, France's equivalent of the Oscars. A veteran of the festival, she says Cannes needs to focus more on the films and less on the glamour to recpature its heyday. The opening movie, "Moulin Rouge" from director Baz Luhrmann, is a love story set in the famous Parisian nightclub at the turn of the 20th century. Kidman, who recently split with husband Tom Cruise, was due to be one of the first stars of the fortnight to walk up the famous red carpet when she attended the premiere at the town's Palais des Festivals. She spoke at a press conference to promote the film, pausing to thank the media from avoiding questions about her personal life. The film is a musical based on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, and features a 20th century soundtrack including Christina Aguilera, Madonna, the Beatles, Missy Elliot and Pink. Scottish heart-throb Ewan McGregor stars as Christian, who leaves his family's home and heads off to the Montmartre district of Paris, known for its bohemian inhabitants, where sex, drugs and the Can-Can reign supreme. It's not long before Christian meets a courtesan named Satin (Kidman) and a love affair begins. One of the most eagerly anticipated films of the festival is the animated spectacular "Shrek", which features the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz. A new cut of Francis Ford Coppola's harrowing Vietnam war movie "Apocalypse Now" will also be showcased at the festival. Paul McCartney was in Cannes before the big opening to showcase a television documentary on his second most famous band, Wings. The documentary accompanies the release of a new retrospective album, "Wingspan", a two-part compilation that combines Wings' Greatest Hits - among them "Mull of Kintyre", "Jet," and "Band on the Run" - and a second disc of lesser-known songs that document the band's history. It's directed by McCartney's son-in-law, Alistair Donald. The two-hour film, to be aired in the U-S on Friday by ABC, features McCartney home movies and the former Beatle giving a candid interview to his daughter, Mary. In the film, McCartney also talks about his near breakdown after The Beatles split and of his spell in a Japanese jail. He also reveals how he set about rebuilding his music career from scratch. At a press conference, McCartney denied reports that he was planning to marry his new partner Heather Mills. CLEARANCE DETAILS MOULIN ROUGE 20TH CENTURY FOX 1 310 369 3605 La Repititon Pyramide distribtuions 33 (0( 1429 601 01) Shrek UIP (20) 8741 9602