Barry Norman

Barry Norman reports from the Cannes Film Festival, the annual orgy of film watching and film hyping. &quot;I do enjoy Cannes but, believe it or not, it&apos;s hard work,&quot; says Norman. &quot;Last year Madonna brought back the showbiz razzmatazz....

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Episode #21.35

Barry Norman reports from the Cannes Film Festival, the annual orgy of film watching and film hyping. "I do enjoy Cannes but, believe it or not, it's hard work," says Norman. "Last year Madonna brought back the showbiz razzmatazz. This year - who knows? I'll be playing it on the hoof, and I hope to speak to Michael Douglas and director Robert Altman about their new films." It is easy to forget that there is a competition running alongside the festivities. A front runner for an award is Robert Altman's The Player, a wicked satire on Hollywood. Britain's hopes rest with Terence Davies's The Long Day Closes, an autobiographical film about his Liverpool childhood, and Merchant/Ivory compete with the E M Forster classic Howard's End. Among the famous faces expected on the Croisette are Anthony Hopkins, Alan Rickman, Melanie Griffith, Joe Pesci and Michael Douglas, the star of Paul Verhoeven's controversial new thriller Basic Instinct, which opens the event.

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