* AFI Life Achievement Award tilldelas varje år till betydande personer inom filmbranschen. I år går priset till Al Pacino. “Al Pacino is an icon of American film,He has created some of the great characters in the movies -- from Michael Corleone to Tony Montana to Roy Cohn. His career inspires audiences and artists alike, with each new performance a master class for a generation of actors to follow. AFI is proud to present him with its 35th Life Achievement Award." Sa Howard Stringer som sitter i ledningen.
"I am moved and honored to be considered for such a prestigious award,” Sa Pacino.
Andra som har tilldelats samma pris:
1973 John Ford
1974 James Cagney
1975 Orson Welles
1976 William Wyler
1977 Bette Davis
1978 Henry Fonda
1979 Alfred Hitchcock
1980 James Stewart
1981 Fred Astaire
1982 Frank Capra
1983 John Huston
1984 Lillian Gish
1985 Gene Kelly
1986 Billy Wilder
1987 Barbara Stanwyck
1988 Jack Lemmon
1989 Gregory Peck
1990 Sir David Lean
1991 Kirk Douglas
1992 Sidney Poitier
1993 Elizabeth Taylor
1994 Jack Nicholson
1995 Steven Spielberg
1996 Clint Eastwood
1997 Martin Scorsese
1998 Robert Wise
1999 Dustin Hoffman
2000 Harrison Ford
2001 Barbra Streisand
2002 Tom Hanks
2003 Robert De Niro
2004 Meryl Streep
2005 George Lucas
2006 Sean Connery
* Harrison Ford utalar sig om samarbete mellan honom och Spielberg i kommande Indiana Jones filmen: ” We did three films that stay within the same block of time. We need to move on for artistic reasons and obvious physical reasons,I feel fit to continue and bring the same physical action."
Ford tror också att Sean Connery kommer att gå med på att spela Indiana Jones far igen.
* den nya tv-serien Shark har James Woods huvudrollen som en känd försvarsadvokat som tvingats byta sida och bli åklagare. Nyligen tillfrågad om hur han själv känner inför att byta från film till tv svarade Woods med följande inspirerade analys:
“I look at movies and they’re all so f@&^ing terrible. People ask, ‘Why aren’t movies more successful?’ It’s really a simple answer: It’s because they stink. Three simple words: Because they f@&^ing stink. That’s four words, but you can’t write the f@&^ing word. They stink, they stink, they stink, what’s wrong with you? They stink. Do better movies. …
Finally, I saw a good movie – ‘The Departed.” And look what it took: It took Marty Scorsese, Matt Damon, Mark Wahlberg, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson, (screenwriter) Bill Monahan – and it’s based on another movie.”