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Peter Jackson to Receive Honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival
- On May 12, the 79th Cannes Film Festival will present an honorary Palme d'Or to Peter Jackson at the opening ceremony.
- Cannes framed the tribute as recognition of a body of work blending Hollywood blockbusters and auteur filmmaking with 'extraordinary artistic vision and technological audacity'.
- Despite no official selection, Peter Jackson’s Cannes ties date to the Marche in 1988 when he screened Bad Taste and secured distribution, and in 2001 he unveiled 26 minutes of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring on the Croisette.
- Coinciding with the 25th anniversary of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Jackson joins past honorary Palme recipients including Agnès Varda and Robert De Niro, with the lineup announced on April 9.
- Cannes argued Peter Jackson permanently transformed Hollywood spectacle, with The Lord of the Rings franchise grossing $3 billion and winning 17 Oscars, including 11 for Return of the King.
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Peter Jackson to receive honorary Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival
By JAKE COYLE, AP Film Writer The Cannes Film Festival will honor filmmaker Peter Jackson with an honorary Palme d’Or at the upcoming French festival. Festival organizers announced Jackson as a recipient Thursday for what they hailed as “a body of work that blends Hollywood blockbusters and films d’auteur with extraordinary artistic vision and technological audacity.” The “Lord of the Rings” director, in a statement, called the honor “one of the…
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New Zealand director Peter Jackson to receive honorary Palme d'Or in Cannes
New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson is set to receive an honorary Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival this year in recognition of his contribution to cinema. The director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy called it "one of the greatest privileges of my career".
"This Festival has always honored bold, visionary cinema and I am incredibly grateful to be recognized," said the New Zealand director.
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