Brad Pitt means to win in Cannes · 2009-04-02 18:45
Inglourious Bastards, the WWII action film has been invited to this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
The film’s director, Quentin Tarantino, has agreed to allow the picture into competition.
The trade paper further reports that Tarantino has promised the Weinstein Company and Universal that his adventure about Jewish-American commandos battling Nazis will be ready in May. Inglourious Bastards is scheduled to open to the public August 21.
The movies will mark Tarantino’s fifth time out in Cannes and his second time at vying for the top prize, the Palme d’Or.
In recent years, Brad Pitt has become a regular at the world’s largest film festival. After turns for Troy and Ocean’s 13, he appeared on last year’s red carpet alongside partner Angelina Jolie, People reports.
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