In this film publicity image released by Disney, Johnny Depp portrays Captain Jack Sparrow, left, and Geoffrey Rush portrays Hector Barbossa in a scene from, ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.’ (AP Photo/Disney, Peter Mountain)Associated Press
CANNES, France – The Cannes Film Festival is like Rick’s Cafe Americain, Humphrey Bogart’s nightclub in “Casablanca” about which one character proclaims, “Everybody comes to Rick’s.”
For film professionals, entertainment journalists and even fans worldwide, Cannes is the place where everybody comes — or wishes they could — for 12 days each May.
The 64th edition of Cannes, which starts Wednesday, is one of the world’s prime celebrity-watching zones and a launching place for big and small films, among them Woody Allen‘s opening-night premiere “Midnight in Paris,” featuring Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Adrien Brody, Marion Cotillard and France’s first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.
Other highlights include a Saturday night special as Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz turn out for a Cannes screening of “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” over the festival’s first weekend, followed by Monday’s premiere of Terrence Malick’s “The Tree of
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