FILMS in the 54th Cannes Film Festival

<br>The 23 movies in competition at the 54th Cannes Film Festival, which opens Wednesday, followed by special out-of-competition showings: <br><br>``Moulin Rouge,'' Baz Luhrmann, Australia (opening

Tuesday, May 8th 2001, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

The 23 movies in competition at the 54th Cannes Film Festival, which opens Wednesday, followed by special out-of-competition showings:

``Moulin Rouge,'' Baz Luhrmann, Australia (opening film)

``Mulholland Drive,'' David Lynch, United States

``The Pledge,'' Sean Penn, United States

``The Man Who Wasn't There,'' Joel Coen, United States

``Shrek,'' Andrew Adamson and Victoria Jenson, United States

``Taurus,'' Alexander Sokourov, Russia

``Je Rentre a la Maison,'' Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal

``The Son's Room,'' Nanni Moretti, Italy

``Eloge de l'Amour,'' Jean-Luc Godard, Switzerland

``La Repetition,'' Catherine Corsini, France

``La Chambre des Officiers,'' Francois Dupeyron, France

``Roberto Succo,'' Cedric Kahn, France

``Va Savoir!'' Jacques Rivette, France

``Desert Moon,'' Shinji Aoyama, Japan

``The Pianist,'' Michael Haneke, Austria

``Millennium Mambo,'' Hsiao-hsien Hou, Taiwan

``Warm Water Under a Red Bridge,'' Shohei Imamura, Japan

``Distance,'' Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan

``Kandahar,'' Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iran

``Il Mestiere delle Armi,'' Ermanno Olmi, Italy

``Pau and His Brother,'' Marc Recha, Spain

``No Man's Land,'' Danis Tanovic, Bosnia

``What Time is it Over There?'' Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan

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Out of competition:

``Les Ames Fortes,'' Raoul Ruiz, France (closing film)

``Apocalypse Now,'' Francis Ford Coppola, United States

``CQ,'' Roman Coppola, United States

``Human Nature,'' Michel Gondry, France

``Avalon,'' Mamoru Oshii, Japan

``The Center of the World,'' Wayne Wang, Hong Kong