The Cecil B. DeMille award is only an honor if you believe in awards, which Woody Allen does not. It was reported today that he will be the recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille award, and I guess this means he’s going to show up and receive it.
Certainly he is a worthy recipient of any honor anyone wants to give him.
Previous winners from the Hollywood Reporter’s story:
Jodie Foster (2013), Morgan Freeman, (2012), Robert De Niro (2011), Martin Scorsese(2010), Steven Spielberg (2009), Warren Beatty (2007),Anthony Hopkins (2006), Robin Williams (2005),Michael Douglas (2004), Gene Hackman (2003),Harrison Ford (2002), Al Pacino (2001) and BarbraStreisand (2000).
Yay Woody! I LOVED Midnight in Paris. So many great quotes, such as:
Man Ray: A man in love with a woman from a different era. I see a photograph!
Luis Buñuel: I see a film!
Gil: I see insurmountable problem!
Salvador Dalí: I see rhinoceros!
Classic!
I think Woody’s problem with award shows has more to do with the notion of creative works competing directly against one another, I don’t think he’d refuse to show up to a non-competitive lifetime achievement award.
The one question mark is if he’s put in the awkward position of showing up for the career achievement award only to find himself having to also accept a competitive for Blue Jasmine as well, not that I think that’s all that likely to happen.
If blue jasmine goes comedy, I’ll assume you’ll want to change your statement. What’s the competition, identity thief?
They don’t do the Comedy/Drama split for screenplay or director, and he isn’t a producer so I don’t think he’d technically be an award recipient if it wins Best Picture Comedy/Musical.
TIFF People’s Choice Award
predictions…
Winner: GRAVITY
Alternate: 12 YEARS A SLAVE
NGNG: RUSH or DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
Twilight Zone: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ELEANOR RIGBY catapulting it to a 2013 release!!
Worst Nightmare: PHILOMENA
Take attention to Marion Cotillard in The Immigrant
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I know nobody takes the Globes seriously, but I’m gonna be so emotional -with happiness- seeing him on a podium receiving recognition. I’ll be alright after the first joke 🙂
The winners tend to show up for this every year – remember Jodie Foster’s coming out speech last year? Spielberg’s was delayed a year because of the writer’s strike, so they could broadcast it. I do not think they would give this to Woody unless they knew he was going to accept it in person.
Harrison Ford does seem like an odd choice, particularly since he had nothing “big” going on that year. But they nominated him for best actor four times, so they love him. BTW Meryl Streep hasn’t been given one yet, either, which is kind of strange, given her number of nominations.
“BTW Meryl Streep hasn’t been given one yet, either, which is kind of strange, given her number of nominations.”
Second that.
If they continue the trend like this, before the decade ends Johnny Depp, The Tourist’s uber star, will most likely be seen waiting in line for the Cecil B. DeMille Award himself as well….
Even #before# Meryl Streep and other well-deserved thesps and/or non-acting industrial people, male or female.
Here’s your sign………………
With all the film clips and guest speakers available throughout this 40-year plus career, he is more deserving of a two-hour AFI tribute than some ‘hurry up and wrap your 5 minute speech up’ schock GG tribute. WAllen is a national treasure and ‘award show audiences’ would much rather see ‘talent’ like Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Sofia Vergara, Oprah and Brad Pitt grinning to the cameras while the ‘real audience’ wants to hear what this man has to say. The greatest bonus for his honor is that (hopefully) Cate Blanchett’s chances will be given more exposure.
Hey Sasha, you got a mention on EW: http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/09/13/oscars-prize-fighter-analysis-toronto/8/
[From Sasha]: “The Cecil B. DeMille award is only an honor if you believe in awards, which Woody Allen does not.”
Congratulations in advance.
Hoping he could show up as a recipient.
Better late than never, I guess. From the featured past recipients whose names are being shown here, there are two things that interest me: after all these years, why now for Allen? (He should have been awarded for his contributions earlier, at least earlier than Harrison Ford.); I know it’s probably just me but in my opinion Harrison Ford’s name stands out in, well, an interesting way………………
Now thats he had agreed to show up, I expect to Blue Jasmine to win (besides Best Actress) Best Writing, Best Director and Best Picture. They might squeeze Sally Hawkins in for Best SA too.
Do people think Blue Jasmine will be nominated by the Globes as a comedy?
I guess it was as funny as About Schmidt…
Has anyone ever not shown up for it before? I just remember Harrison Ford looking like he was waiting for a root canal the whole time.
That was a cool video. Did anyone ever try to get Woody Allen to interview himself?
In order for him to accept, he had to agree to be present.
Okay. Whatever. I saw ANNIE HALL. 😛
Woody Allen remains one of the best filmmakers of our time. In recent years, he’s began to suffer the horrible effects age has on creativity but I will still go see every single one of his movies. And he still delivers. Match Point and Midnight in Paris were very good indeed. Vicky Cristina Barcelona wasn’t as good as those two but the cast (especially Cruz and Bardem) all gave impressive performances. I haven’t seen Blue Jasmine yet (probably this weekend!!) but I couldn’t be more excited for it.
It’s the tradition. It’s comforting. i can’t imagine what it’ll be like when we don’t have “the new Woody Allen film” to look forward to.
A deserving award indeed. Well done (for once) HFPA!
Now THAT is an interview! The added bonus was actually seeing Woody smile and then laugh.
I was thinking the other day about when I first saw Hannah and her Sisters when it came out way back in 1986. By that time, Annie Hall was not yet even 10 years old and Woody had only directed 15 films.
Think about that ONLY 15 films. Most directors would kill to have that many films under their belt in an entire career. That was almost 30 years ago and since then, he has made a further 27. Winning him 4 Oscars, 9 BAFTAs, 2 Globes and a DGA.
Directors go through phases; Kubrick went stratospheric in 1964, in the 70s Coppola was untouchable, Spielberg went heavy in 1993, Scorsese went mega-budget in 2002 with Gangs.
But Woody has made so much, how and where do you bracket it? And please, no one quote the Stardust Memories line of “the early, funny ones.”
“Weinstein Company Acquires ‘The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby’”
http://www.deadline.com/2013/09/toronto-weinstein-company-near-deal-for-the-disappearance-of-eleanor-rigby/
hmm…
do I smell Best Actress danger?
aren’t his hands already dead full in 2013?
is he releasing it next year?
opinions?