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Cannes set for Indiana's return Cannes set for Indiana's return
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The long-awaited new Indiana Jones movie will receive its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival later.The long-awaited new Indiana Jones movie will receive its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival later.
Stars Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett and Shia LaBoeuf will join Steven Spielberg and George Lucas on the red carpet at the French Riviera resort.Stars Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett and Shia LaBoeuf will join Steven Spielberg and George Lucas on the red carpet at the French Riviera resort.
Reporters got to see the film at an official screening ahead of the launch.Reporters got to see the film at an official screening ahead of the launch.
The BBC's Mark Savage said it was "very much in the style of the first three films". "The set-piece stunts are second to none," he added.The BBC's Mark Savage said it was "very much in the style of the first three films". "The set-piece stunts are second to none," he added.
"There's also a sly acknowledgement of internet rumours that that Shia LaBoeuf will take over the franchise," he continued."There's also a sly acknowledgement of internet rumours that that Shia LaBoeuf will take over the franchise," he continued.
Some early online reviews, with varying degrees of authority and authenticity, had been critical of the film. The action sequences have a visceral, physical quality you rarely find in modern-day blockbusters The BBC's Mark Savage attended the first screening class="" href="/1/hi/entertainment/7407209.stm">Review: Indiana Jones Some early online reviews, with varying degrees of authority and authenticity, had been critical of the film.
Speaking to the BBC ahead of the screening, director Spielberg said that the return of the fedora-wearing archaeologist had been inevitable.Speaking to the BBC ahead of the screening, director Spielberg said that the return of the fedora-wearing archaeologist had been inevitable.
"This was something that the public really asked us for," he said."This was something that the public really asked us for," he said.
But he admitted he was nervous when he started shooting Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the fourth instalment of the adventure series, after a 19-year break.But he admitted he was nervous when he started shooting Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the fourth instalment of the adventure series, after a 19-year break.
"You don't go into any project, whether it's a further adventure like the Indiana Jones films or its something brand new out of the box without saying: 'Wow, what am I doing?" he said. Harrison Ford, 65, has made light of his age while promoting the film"You don't go into any project, whether it's a further adventure like the Indiana Jones films or its something brand new out of the box without saying: 'Wow, what am I doing?" he said.
The action sequences have a visceral, physical quality you rarely find in modern-day blockbusters. The BBC's Mark Savage attended the first screening class="" href="/1/hi/entertainment/7407209.stm">Review: Indiana Jones Spielberg tried to make the film using old-fashioned B-movie techniques, rather than computer graphics, in keeping with the original trilogy which made its screen debut in 1981 with Raiders Of The Lost Ark. Spielberg tried to make the film using old-fashioned B-movie techniques, rather than computer graphics, in keeping with the original trilogy which made its screen debut in 1981 with Raiders Of The Lost Ark.
"I needed to model this movie to become a kissing cousin with the first three," he said. "I didn't want this to be the Bourne Ultimatum of the new generation of Indiana Jones.""I needed to model this movie to become a kissing cousin with the first three," he said. "I didn't want this to be the Bourne Ultimatum of the new generation of Indiana Jones."
The plot has been kept strictly under wraps, but it is known that it opens in 1957 at the height of the Cold War, and that the hero is on the search for a solid gold skull stolen from a lost city and guarded by the living dead.The plot has been kept strictly under wraps, but it is known that it opens in 1957 at the height of the Cold War, and that the hero is on the search for a solid gold skull stolen from a lost city and guarded by the living dead.
Scenes in the trailer show Harrison Ford, now 65, make a joking reference to his age.Scenes in the trailer show Harrison Ford, now 65, make a joking reference to his age.
"This isn't as easy as I remember," he quips. Ford has brushed off comments that he might be too old to return to the swashbuckling role - and looked tanned and healthy walking along the beaches of Cannes for interviews earlier this week."This isn't as easy as I remember," he quips. Ford has brushed off comments that he might be too old to return to the swashbuckling role - and looked tanned and healthy walking along the beaches of Cannes for interviews earlier this week.
Later, he partied the night away with girlfriend Calista Flockhart on a yacht moored just off the town's famous Croisette.Later, he partied the night away with girlfriend Calista Flockhart on a yacht moored just off the town's famous Croisette.