Elton John Cannes Party: The annual Rocket Pictures dinner
by Tim Jefferies, OK!
June 9, 2000
Sir Elton John and his partner, David Furnish throw one of the most exclusive parties in their magnificent Mediterranean home, Villa Castel Mont Alban in Nice. It was the third annual Rocket Pictures Dinner (David runs Rocket) with just 70 invited guests, including head of Miramax Films Harvey Weinstein, Donatella Versace, Elizabeth Hurley, Claudia Schiffer, Willem Dafoe, Jeremy Irons and actor Jared Leto.
Jeremy Irons chats to Alan Parker, director of Angela's Ashes and Evita and chairman of the new Film Council, set up specially to promote British films.