De Niro at Tribeca Film Festival Press Conference

Actor Robert De Niro takes his turn at the podium for the press conference Monday afternoon in Lower Manhattan for the 5th Tribeca Film Festival. De Niro said he thought it would be "strange" if the festival didn't open with Paul Greengrass' "United 93" -- which will have its world premiere Tuesday night opening the festival -- when asked if New York was ready for a 9/11 movie. Fellow festival co-founder Jane Rosenthal also introduced this year's list of notable jurors. The narrative jury includes actor Ed Burns, writer/director Terry George ("Hotel Rwanda"), actor Josh Lucas, actress Kelly Lynch, writer Antonio Skarmeta ("Il Postino"), producer/actress Trudie Styler, and writer/actor Melvin Van Peebles.