Russia rolled out a blue carpet for movie industry celebrities, including director Quentin Tarantino, at the start of the 26th Moscow International Film Festival.
Film figures including Tarantino, whose "Kill Bill — Vol. 2" opened the festival Friday, walked along a carpet stretched outside a theater on the square named for Russian cultural legend Alexander Pushkin.
Also at the festival opening were Uma Thurman and David Carradine, who co-star in Tarantino's film, as well as Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov and Russian Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov.
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Actresses Meryl Streep and Isabelle Adjani and Bosnian director Emir Kusturica also are expected to appear at the festival, which ends June 27.