George Lucas will obtain an honorary Palme d’Or on the Cannes Film Festival subsequent month, competition organizers stated.
Lucas shall be honored on the closing ceremony to the 77th French movie competition on May 25. He joins a brief record of these to obtain honorary Palmes. Last 12 months, Harrison Ford, a daily main man for Lucas in “Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones,” was awarded one. Other current recipients embrace Michael Douglas, Tom Cruise, Forest Whitaker and Jodie Foster.
“The Festival de Cannes has always held a special place in my heart,” Lucas said in a statement. “I was surprised and elated when my first film, ‘THX-1138,’ was selected to be shown in a new program for first time directors called the Directors’ Fortnight. Since then, I have returned to the festival on many occasions in a variety of capacities as a writer, director and producer. I am truly honored by this special recognition which means a great deal to me.”
The Cannes Film Festival runs May 14-25. The closing ceremony, throughout which the competition’s high prize, the Palme d’Or, shall be awarded to one of many movies in competitors, shall be broadcast in France on France Télévisions and streamed on Brut.
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