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At Cannes, Tommy Lee Jones turns the western on its head

Director and actor Tommy Lee Jones poses during a photocall for the film "The Homesman" in competition at the 67th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes By Michael Roddy CANNES France (Reuters) - Actor and director Tommy Lee Jones turned the Western on its head at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday with "The Homesman", about a perilous journey to escort three women back east after they are driven mad by frontier life. Jones's film screened the same day that Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford and other cast members from "The Expendables 3" rode in tanks down in the Mediterranean seaside town, adding a little star power to the festival. Canadian David Cronenberg's "Maps to the Stars", looking behind the tinsel of Hollywood, is a second competition film being shown later on the fifth day of the 12-day festival, giving it a heavily North American flavor. The awards, including the top Palme d'Or prize for best picture at the world's most prestigious film festival, will be given on May 24.




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