London, Apr 24 : World War II saga `Inglourious Basterds' by Quentin Tarantino is one of several major titles which will compete for Cannes Film Festival''s top gong.
Others who have made the cut include Ken Loach''s Looking for Eric, starring French footballer Eric Cantona, and the latest films from Ang Lee,
Pedro Almodovar and Jane Campion.
At this year''s event, which runs from 13 to 24 May, twenty films will compete for the coveted Palme d''Or, reports The BBC.
Melbourne, February 22 : A family lobby group wants a ban on Quentin Tarantino's latest film `Inglourious Basterds' after dubbing it to be extremely brutal.
The World War II movie, starring Brad Pitt as a Nazi-murdering commander, is planned to be released in August but a script leak on the Internet has sparked fury amongst groups who are opposing its classification.
Bill Muehlenberg, from the Family Council of Victoria, put out a word of caution against the idolisation of violence through the character of Pitt, reports the Sunday Herald Sun.
New York, Feb 18 : A film critic has said that Quentin Tarantino''s new war movie, Inglourious Basterds, can turn out to be a gift for anti-Nazi viewers, as it has so much of violence against the Nazis.
Harry Knowles, who visited the German set of the Harvey Weinstein-produced picture, has revealed that the picture shows hundreds of Nazis being executed in the most gruesome ways possible.
London, Apr 24 : World War II saga `Inglourious Basterds' by Quentin Tarantino is one of several major titles which will compete for Cannes Film Festival''s top gong.
New York, Feb 18 : A film critic has said that Quentin Tarantino''s new war movie, Inglourious Basterds, can turn out to be a gift for anti-Nazi viewers, as it has so much of violence against the Nazis.
