Gatsby to launch Cannes festival

Baz Luhrmann’s 3D extravaganza The Great Gatsby, one of the year’s most eagerly anticipated films, will open the Cannes Film Festival tonight.
The spectacular, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire, heralds the start of the annual celebration which attracts some of the biggest names in movie making to the south of France.