Stars arrive for Venice film festival

George Clooney gestures as he arrives on a motorboat in Venice on the eve of the 68th Venice International Film Festival, on August 30, 2011.  (Reuters/Manuel Silvestri)

George Clooney arrives on a motorboat in Venice on the eve of the 68th Venice International Film Festival, on August 30, 2011. (AFP/Marco Sabadin)

Model Cindy Crawford (L) and her husband Rande Gerber (C) arrive with U.S. actor George Clooney by speedboat in Venice on the eve of the Venice film festival.  (Reuters/Manuel Silvestri)

George Clooney arrives in a boat for the 68th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice. (AP/Andrew Medichini)

George Clooney gestures as he arrives by speedboat in Venice on August 30, 2011.  (Reuters/Manuel Silvestri)

George Clooney arrives on a motorboat with the crew of his film in Venice on the eve of the 68th Venice International Film Festival on August 30, 2011. (AFP)

Vittoria Puccini, the host of the 68th Venice International Film Festival, poses on the eve of the opening of the festival on August 30, 2011.  (AFP/Giuseppe Cacace)

George Clooney (L) shakes hands with a member of the Cipriani hotel as he arrives for his new movie in Venice on the eve of the 68th Venice International Film Festival on August 30, 2011.  (AFP)

George Clooney (L) arrives on a motorboat in Venice ahead of the 68th Venice International Film Festival on August 30, 2011. (AFP/Marco Sabadin)

George Clooney arrives in Venice with the crew of his new movie ahead of the 68th Venice International Film Festival on August 30, 2011. (AFP/Marco Sabadin)