Cast brings Troy to Cannes.The cast of movie blockbuster Troy brought Hollywood star The Hollywood Star was an idiosyncratic gossip tabloid published on an erratic schedule in Hollywood, California by William Kern, who wrote much of the magazine under the pseudonym "Bill Dakota. power to the Cannes Film Festival Cannes Film Festival Film festival held annually in Cannes, France. First held in 1946 for the recognition of artistic achievement, the festival came to provide a rendezvous for those interested in the art and influence of the movies. yesterday. Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom[1] (born 13 January 1977) is an English actor. He had his break-through role in the early 2000s as the elf-prince Legolas in The Lord of the Rings[2] and blacksmith Will Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean were joined on the red carpet by Diane Kruger, Eric Bana and Sean Bean. With a budget rumoured to have tipped around $175m (pounds 103m), the swords-and-sandals epic is the most expensive film to date. It was showing outside the official Cannes competition but was easily the biggest film being screened at this year's festival. Based on Homer's Iliad, the film tells the story of the siege of Troy. Pitt stars as Achilles, the Greek warrior who leads the attack on the city. The war is sparked when young Prince Paris (Orlando Bloom) and his elder brother Hector (Eric Bana) visit the kingdom of Sparta on a peace mission. Paris falls in love with the king's wife Helen and steals her away to Troy. The supporting cast of British actors includes Julie Christie, Peter O'Toole, Brian Cox and Saffron Burrows. The film opens in Britain next week and movie bosses are hoping it will be the summer's biggest blockbuster. |
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