(14 May 2008) original story: 564753
Entertainment Cannes Opening Ceremony
ADDS Cate Blanchett, Aishwarya Rai. Red carpet arrivals at Cannes opening ceremony
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SHOTLIST
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Cannes, May 14th 2008
1. WS Pan from festival steps across red carpet
2. Tilt down palm trees to photographers
3. Vars Cate Blanchett
4. Cutaway photographer
5. Fashion shot reverse tilt Cate Blanchett
6. Cate Blanchett posing for the press
7. Cate Blanchett walks up steps
8. MCU Dennis Hopper on red carpet
9. CU Dennis Hopper, zooms out
10. Eva Longoria, Rachida Brachni and Aishwarya Rai arrive on red carpet
11 CU Aishwarya Rai, tilts down to Eva Longoria
12. Fashion shot Aishwarya Rai
13. Eva Longoria waves from steps
14. CU Faye Dunaway
15. MS Sean Penn leads jury on red carpet, pan across jury
16. WS cast of Blindness - including Julianne Moore, Gael Garcia Bernal and Fernando Meirelles - on red carpet
17. VS Julianne Moore, Yoshino Kimura, Gael Garcia Bernal
18. C/a press
19. VS Julianne Moore, pan cast 'Blindness'
20. MS cast 'Blindness'
21. C/a fans
22. WS cast 'Blindness' on steps
23. MS pan cast 'Blindess' on steps, cast turn to in, pulls to WS
RED CARPET AND OPENING CEREMONY
The 61st Cannes Film Festival began Wednesday (14MAY08) with the gala screening of Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles' harrowing new film, 'Blindness'.
The red carpet was a melee of celebrities, including Cate Blanchett, who stars in the most hotly anticipated film due to launch at the festival, ' Indiana Jones and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull '.
The new mother of three looked radiant in shell pink, whilst L'Oreal models Eva Longoria and Aishwarya Rai were also resplendent for the occasion.
All eyes were on the jury, headed up this year by actor Sean Penn, who is joined by the likes of Natalie Portman and director Alfonso Cuaron in deciding the winner of the 2008 Palme D'Or.
The opening film, ' Blindness', stars Mexican superstar Gael Garcia Bernal and Julianne Moore, along with Lethal Weapon star Danny Glover. The film's cast were on the red carpet.
Meirelles, who has directed ' The Constant Gardener ' and ' City of God ' earlier told a press conference that ' Blindness ' was meant to expose the very thin veneer of civilisation that humans have.
In the movie, Julianne Moore plays the only sighted woman in a mental hospital full of people stricken with sudden blindness. She alone sees the accompanying social destruction and mayhem as society loses its sight.
'Blindness' is in competition for the Palme d'Or, along with other entries including Clint Eastwood's "Changeling," starring Angelina Jolie and Wim Wenders' and "Palermo Shooting' starring Dennis Hopper.
Also competing for this year's Palme d'Or are Steven Soderbergh with his film "The Argentine" about "Che" Guevara - starring Benicio Del Toro and and Woody Allen with "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" starring Penelope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson and Javier Bardem."
Other directors whose films are screening in competition include Canada's Armenian-born Atom Egoyan, China's Jia Zhangke, Argentinean director Pablo Trapero, Brazil's Walter Salles, Nuri Bilge Ceylan of Turkey and Israeli director Ari Folman.
'Indiana Jones and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ' is screening out of competition, as is another hotly anticipated Cannes launch, the animated ' Kung-Fu Panda,' with voices provided by Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu and Dustin Hoffman,

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