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The new film, which also stars Danish actor
Mads Mikkelsen and Phoebe Waller-Bridge of British TV dramedy
"Fleabag," is the fifth in the series and the first not directed
by Steven Spielberg. The director this time was James Mangold of
"Ford v Ferrari."
Celebrities and fans turned out on the Croisette boulevard en
masse for the film. Among those walking the red carpet for the
chance to see it first were British director Steve McQueen,
actor Charlie Heaton, and Raoni Metuktire, a Brazilian
Indigenous tribal chief and environmentalist.
A visibly-moved Ford, 80, received an honorary award for his
cinema career ahead of the premiere. "They say when you're about
to die, you see your life flash before your eyes, and I just saw
my life flash before my eyes, a great part of my life," he told
the audience, which included Disney CEO Bob Iger.
The film received a roughly five-minute ovation. Early reviews
were generally positive, with Total Film magazine saying there
was "a nostalgic, old-fashioned feel to the film."
In the fifth and latest installment, set in 1969, Indiana Jones
sets off to find a dial that can change time. He is accompanied
by his goddaughter, played by Waller-Bridge, and must face off
against Mikkelsen as a NASA employee who is a former Nazi.
Ford first played the character - a fedora-wearing,
bullwhip-wielding archaeologist and globe-trotting adventurer
with a fear of snakes - in 1981. He told Total Film last month
that this would be his last time in the role.
The newest movie's release date had been postponed several times
after it was announced in 2016. It follows 2008's "Indiana Jones
and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," which received mixed
reviews.
The "Indiana Jones" franchise, created by George Lucas of "Star
Wars" fame, grossed nearly $2 billion at the global box office
with the first four films. It also inspired a TV series, "The
Young Indiana Jones Chronicles."
"Dial of Destiny" is the first "Indiana Jones" movie the Walt
Disney Co has made since buying the distribution rights for the
franchise from Paramount Pictures in 2013.
The film will be released to wider audiences late next month.
(Reporting by Miranda Murray; editing by Jonathan Oatis and
Rosalba O'Brien)
(Photo: The 76th Cannes Film Festival - Screening of the film
"Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" (Indiana Jones et le
cadran de la destinee) Out of Competition - Red Carpet Arrivals
- Cannes, France, May 18, 2023. Cast member Harrison Ford poses.
REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes)
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