Cannes: Reese Witherspoon and Matthew McConaughey bring 'Mud' to festival

Drama is the latest film from 'Take Shelter' director Jeff Nichols

By Dave Lewis Saturday, May 26, 2012 3:00 PM

The final competition film to unspool at this year's Cannes Film Festival was Jeff Nichols' "Mud," starring Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon. The two stars showed up to walk the red carpet for the Saturday premiere, as did guests Alec Baldwin, Tim Roth, Andie MacDowell, Sting and Trudie Styler.

Check out the premiere photos here:

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Cannes: Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon bring 'Mud' to fest

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Dave Lewis has been a Los Angeles-based entertainment writer and editor for nearly ten years. Originally hailing from Minneapolis, he moved to L.A. in 1996 to attend USC, before working for various periodicals and web sites including a lengthy stint at Variety.com. He joined the HitFix staff in 2011.

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