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Cannes film festival to open with Great Gatsby glamour Cannes film festival to open with Great Gatsby glamour
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Many people might think The Great Gatsby has already had a premiere with reviews from American screenings widely available. But for its British star, Carey Mulligan, the red carpet Cannes screening of Baz Luhrmann's 3D extravaganza on Wednesday evening will secure her position among the top flight of international talent.Many people might think The Great Gatsby has already had a premiere with reviews from American screenings widely available. But for its British star, Carey Mulligan, the red carpet Cannes screening of Baz Luhrmann's 3D extravaganza on Wednesday evening will secure her position among the top flight of international talent.
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The film will officially open the annual event in the south of France, regarded as the leading festival in the cinema industry's calendar. Mulligan is expected to attend alongside Lurhrman and her co-star, Leonardo DiCaprio, and will be the glamorous focus of the most high-profile function of the fortnight.The film will officially open the annual event in the south of France, regarded as the leading festival in the cinema industry's calendar. Mulligan is expected to attend alongside Lurhrman and her co-star, Leonardo DiCaprio, and will be the glamorous focus of the most high-profile function of the fortnight.
The actor from Surrey, who is married to Marcus Mumford of the award-winning band Mumford and Sons, is to have a second moment of glory later in the festival when she appears in the new Coen brothers' film about country music, Inside Llewyn Davis. Mulligan stars opposite Justin Timberlake and John Goodman in a film that critics are predicting may prove to be one of the hits of Cannes 2013.The actor from Surrey, who is married to Marcus Mumford of the award-winning band Mumford and Sons, is to have a second moment of glory later in the festival when she appears in the new Coen brothers' film about country music, Inside Llewyn Davis. Mulligan stars opposite Justin Timberlake and John Goodman in a film that critics are predicting may prove to be one of the hits of Cannes 2013.
After taking on the role of Daisy Buchanan, made famously stylish by Mia Farrow in the 1974 version of F Scott Fitzgerald's novel, Mulligan is next set to tackle the role that helped to establish Julie Christie as the leading British female star of her generation: Bathsheba Everdene in Far From the Madding Crowd. The actor, who will celebrate her 28th birthday shortly after the festival closes on 26 May, was the first choice of the Danish director Thomas Vinterberg to play the part in his radical retelling of Thomas Hardy's rural saga.After taking on the role of Daisy Buchanan, made famously stylish by Mia Farrow in the 1974 version of F Scott Fitzgerald's novel, Mulligan is next set to tackle the role that helped to establish Julie Christie as the leading British female star of her generation: Bathsheba Everdene in Far From the Madding Crowd. The actor, who will celebrate her 28th birthday shortly after the festival closes on 26 May, was the first choice of the Danish director Thomas Vinterberg to play the part in his radical retelling of Thomas Hardy's rural saga.
The character of Bathsheba is wilder and more spirited than Fitzgerald's fragile heroine in The Great Gatsby, but like Dais, she is the beautiful object of desire at the heart of an ill-starred love story. Matthew Goode, recently seen in Stoker, and Matthias Schoenaerts, star of Rust and Bone, are expected to play opposite Mulligan as the soldier Sergeant Troy and the shepherd Gabriel Oak, parts taken by Terence Stamp and Alan Bates in the 1967 John Schlesinger film.The character of Bathsheba is wilder and more spirited than Fitzgerald's fragile heroine in The Great Gatsby, but like Dais, she is the beautiful object of desire at the heart of an ill-starred love story. Matthew Goode, recently seen in Stoker, and Matthias Schoenaerts, star of Rust and Bone, are expected to play opposite Mulligan as the soldier Sergeant Troy and the shepherd Gabriel Oak, parts taken by Terence Stamp and Alan Bates in the 1967 John Schlesinger film.
Vinterberg made his name with the 1998 film Festen and is one of the founder members of the Dogme collective of directors set up in 1995 to promote the idea of filming with natural light and the minimum of artifice. He recently impressed critics with his Danish language film, The Hunt, which earned Mads Mikkelsen a best actor prize at Cannes last year. Vinterberg has been looking for an English language project, but he is an unexpected choice to handle an adaptation of a English literary classic.Vinterberg made his name with the 1998 film Festen and is one of the founder members of the Dogme collective of directors set up in 1995 to promote the idea of filming with natural light and the minimum of artifice. He recently impressed critics with his Danish language film, The Hunt, which earned Mads Mikkelsen a best actor prize at Cannes last year. Vinterberg has been looking for an English language project, but he is an unexpected choice to handle an adaptation of a English literary classic.
The screenplay for the film, which is being backed by BBC Films, DNA Films and Fox Searchlight, is being written by David Nicholls, who adapted Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles in 2008 for the BBC series starring Gemma Arterton and Eddie Redmayne.The screenplay for the film, which is being backed by BBC Films, DNA Films and Fox Searchlight, is being written by David Nicholls, who adapted Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles in 2008 for the BBC series starring Gemma Arterton and Eddie Redmayne.
Mulligan started her career winning praise for performances in Pride and Prejudice, in which she shared a screen with Keira Knightley, and in the television adaptation of Bleak House. She won an international reputation for her portrayal of the studious young woman in An Education, the film based on the early life of the former Observer journalist Lynn Barber.Mulligan started her career winning praise for performances in Pride and Prejudice, in which she shared a screen with Keira Knightley, and in the television adaptation of Bleak House. She won an international reputation for her portrayal of the studious young woman in An Education, the film based on the early life of the former Observer journalist Lynn Barber.
Since then she has taken risks by accepting a role in Steve McQueen's challenging film about sexual addiction, Shame, and starred opposite Ryan Gosling in the acclaimed thriller Drive. While Mulligan promises to be the most prominent British attraction in this year's Cannes festival, there are a few other contenders. The Selfish Giant, the second film from Clio Barnard, the British director who made The Arbor, is a present-day reworking of Oscar Wilde's fairlytale and is playing in the Directors' Fortnight, while For Those In Peril, a debut from the young Scottish film-maker Paul Wright, will screen as part of Critics' Week.Since then she has taken risks by accepting a role in Steve McQueen's challenging film about sexual addiction, Shame, and starred opposite Ryan Gosling in the acclaimed thriller Drive. While Mulligan promises to be the most prominent British attraction in this year's Cannes festival, there are a few other contenders. The Selfish Giant, the second film from Clio Barnard, the British director who made The Arbor, is a present-day reworking of Oscar Wilde's fairlytale and is playing in the Directors' Fortnight, while For Those In Peril, a debut from the young Scottish film-maker Paul Wright, will screen as part of Critics' Week.
Stephen Frears's drama, Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight, is a look at the boxing champion's period as a conscientious objector during the Vietnam war and will also screen out of the main competition.Stephen Frears's drama, Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight, is a look at the boxing champion's period as a conscientious objector during the Vietnam war and will also screen out of the main competition.
Finally, a week ago festival organisers announced that the latest film by Jim Jarmusch, who made his name in 1984 with Stranger Than Paradise, will be in the running for the Palme D'Or, the first time for the director since his 2005 entry, Broken Flowers.Finally, a week ago festival organisers announced that the latest film by Jim Jarmusch, who made his name in 1984 with Stranger Than Paradise, will be in the running for the Palme D'Or, the first time for the director since his 2005 entry, Broken Flowers.
It may not sound like a British film, but it was made independently by the veteran London producer Jeremy Thomas and it stars British actors Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton as two vampires who have loved each other for centuries.It may not sound like a British film, but it was made independently by the veteran London producer Jeremy Thomas and it stars British actors Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton as two vampires who have loved each other for centuries.
Excluded from the original line-up announced three weeks ago, it was given a late reprieve by Cannes selectors.Excluded from the original line-up announced three weeks ago, it was given a late reprieve by Cannes selectors.
THE CVTHE CV
■ Born 28 May 1985, London. Her father was an executive for InterContinental hotel group and she lived in Hanover and Düsseldorf.■ Born 28 May 1985, London. Her father was an executive for InterContinental hotel group and she lived in Hanover and Düsseldorf.
■ In 1999, she moved back to the UK and began acting when at Woldingham, an independent Catholic boarding school in Surrey. She met Julian Fellowes, who visited the school to give a talk, and he arranged an audition for the part of Kitty Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, which she won. She was soon appearing at the Royal Court, and in Bleak House, then as Jenny in An Education - for which she was nominated for an Oscar and won the best actress Bafta in 2010.■ In 1999, she moved back to the UK and began acting when at Woldingham, an independent Catholic boarding school in Surrey. She met Julian Fellowes, who visited the school to give a talk, and he arranged an audition for the part of Kitty Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, which she won. She was soon appearing at the Royal Court, and in Bleak House, then as Jenny in An Education - for which she was nominated for an Oscar and won the best actress Bafta in 2010.
■ She has starred in Hollywood films Drive, Shame and in Baz Luhrmann's remake of The Great Gatsby.■ She has starred in Hollywood films Drive, Shame and in Baz Luhrmann's remake of The Great Gatsby.
■ She is married to her childhood penpal Marcus Mumford from Mumford & Sons. They live in London.■ She is married to her childhood penpal Marcus Mumford from Mumford & Sons. They live in London.
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