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Unhappy ending in Cannes, best film hard to call CANNES, France (Reuters) - The Cannes film festival opened 12 days ago with the crowd-pleasing Disney animation "Up", but a string of critical duds toward the close means its ending has been decidedly downbeat.   Nations:New Zealand Spain   People:Angelina Jolie Brad Pitt Ken Loach Pedro Almodovar Penelope Cruz Quentin Tarantino   Activities:2009 Cannes Film Festival   Source:(Reuters)   2009-05-24 Lush images, audience walk-outs as Cannes winds up CANNES, France (Reuters) - The neon-lit streets of Tokyo and the corridors of the Louvre museum in Paris provide the setting for a trio of stylized East-meets-West films that caused audience walk-outs as the Cannes festival ended.   Nations:France   People:Johnny Hallyday Tsai Ming-liang Johnnie To   Activities:2009 Cannes Film Festival   Source:(Reuters)   2009-05-24 Jurors deliberate contenders for Cannes Palme d'Or CANNES, France - Billed at the outset as a showdown between big-name auteurs such as Quentin Tarantino, Ang Lee and Lars von Trier, the Cannes Film Festival is nearing its end with lesser-known filmmakers among the favorites to win the Palme d'Or, the event's top prize.   People:Michael Moore Isabelle Huppert Pedro Almodovar Penelope Cruz Quentin Tarantino Ang Lee   Activities:2009 Cannes Film Festival   2009-05-24 Cannes crowds await jury's pick for best of fest CANNES, France - Quentin Tarantino, Jane Campion and other past winners of the Cannes Film Festival's highest honor were competing with an international cast of up-and-comers for this year's prize Sunday.   People:Michael Moore Brad Pitt Isabelle Huppert Willem Dafoe Quentin Tarantino   Activities:2009 Cannes Film Festival   2009-05-24 Tarantino on bloody mission to take Cannes CANNES, France (AFP) - Quentin Tarantino sent a squad of Nazi-killing "Inglourious Basterds" into Cannes Wednesday on a blood-and-guts mission to capture the top prize at the world's premier film festival.   Nations:Denmark France New Zealand   People:Brad Pitt Pedro Almodovar Mike Myers Quentin Tarantino   Activities:2009 Cannes Film Festival   Source:(AFP)   2009-05-20 Headlines Unhappy ending in Cannes, best film hard to call 2009-05-24 Lush images, audience walk-outs as Cannes winds up 2009-05-24 Jurors deliberate contenders for Cannes Palme d'Or 2009-05-24 Cannes crowds await jury's pick for best of fest 2009-05-24 Tarantino on bloody mission to take Cannes 2009-05-20 Censor-defying Chinese director back at Cannes 2009-05-11 Credit crunch dulls glitz of Cannes festival 2009-05-11 Cannes film to shed light on Mussolini's mistress 2009-05-08 Isabelle Huppert to head Cannes jury: organisers 2009-01-02 Most-viewed

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