December 18th 2008
BAZ LUHRMANN AND SAMUEL L. JACKSON TO RECEIVE CAPRI LEGEND AWARD AT THE 13th CAPRI, HOLLYWOOD - HONDA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL DEC 26 - JAN 2
They Join Academy Award® Winner Quentin Tarantino as Award Recipients
Los Angeles, CA, December 18 – Producer/writer/director Baz Luhrmann and Samuel L. Jackson join Academy Academy Award® Winning
writer/director/producer Quentin Tarantino in being presented with The Capri Legend Award at the 13th Capri, Hollywood – Honda International Film Festival, the festival’s highest honor, it was announced today by Festival Chairman and producer Mark Canton (300, Spiderwick Chronicles, A Perfect Getaway, War of Gods, Fame)
and Festival Director Pascal Vicedomini.
Luhrmann and Jackson will attend screenings of their latest projects at
the Fest: Australia, starring Nicole
Kidman and Hugh Jackman and The Spiritin which Jackson stars with Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes.
‘As with his current film ’Australia,’ Baz Lurhmann continues to carve out his own unique path in the film industry, making visually stunning and epic productions,’ said Canton. ‘Samuel L. Jackson has become one of Hollywood’s greatest actors, giving knockout performances with every new role.’ Added Vicedomini, ‘We are honored to have these two great talents at Capri, Hollywood – a fitting addition to our top tier international attendees.’
Among Baz Luhrmann’s rich body of work are the three films that make up his ‘Red Curtain Trilogy,’ Strictly Ballroom,
Romeo & Juliet and Moulin Rouge
(which earned him an Oscar nomination) as they all were presented in his
particular style of filmmaking. Australia, Luhrmann’s latest epic film in which he re-teams with Nicole Kidman along with Hugh Jackman, has received critical acclaim worldwide.
Since
his breakout performance in Pulp Fiction, for which he received an Oscar nomination, Samuel L. Jackson, has continued to distinguish himself with stellar performances. From playing the ‘heavy’ to an action hero, Jackson is a favorite of audiences worldwide, producing an incredible body of work, including such films as The Long Kiss Goodnight, Die
Hard: With a Vengeance, Jackie Brown, Jungle Fever and Mo’ Better Blues.
Quentin Tarantino has remained one of Hollywood’s edgiest talents since the successes of his 1992 cult film Reservoir Dogs and the 1994 Cannes Film Festival Palme D’Or winner Pulp fiction which also earned him an Oscar for Best Original
Screenplay. His unique style of filmmaking has become synonymous with his name,
producing a body of work that includes pop culture hits such as Kill Bill Volume I, II, Grindhouse, Jackie Brown, Deathproof
and From Dusk Till Dawn. Inglourious
Basterds, Tarantino’s latest film now in production for the Weinstein Company and producer Lawrence Bender, stars
Brad Pitt and Fest attendees Eli Roth, Cesar Winning actress Melanie Laurent,
Daniel Bruhl and Michael Fassbender.
Along with Lurhmann, Jackson and Tarantino,
among the top tier actors, producers, directors, writers and musical artists
attending are Dennis Hopper (Easy Rider,
Apocalypse Now, Blue Velvet, Speed, Elegy), Malin Akerman (Watchmen, 27 Dresses, The Heartbreak Kid),
Heather Graham (Bobby, Bowfinger, Austin
Powers: The Spy who Shagged Me) Joseph Fiennes (Running With Scissors, Shakespeare in Love), Eli Roth (Grindhouse), Mathew Modine (Full Metal Jacket, And the Band Played On)
Elsa Zylberstein (I’ve Loved You So Long),
Daniel Bruhl (The Bourne Ultimatum,
Goodbye Lenin!); Sports Illustrated Supermodel Tori Praver (Guess), R&B artist Estelle (current chart topping hit single, ‘American Boy,’ with Kanye West), Cesar winning actress Melanie Laurent (Je vais bien, ne t’en fais pas) Denis Menochet (La
Disparue de Deauville), Michael Fassbender (300), Oscar winning composer Luis E. Bacalov (The Postman); producers Ryan Kavanaugh (3:10 to Yuma, Charlie Wilson’s War, 21, Dear John, War of the Gods, A Perfect Getaway) Lawrence Bender (Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, An Inconvenient
Truth) and Reuben Cannon (Medea Goes to Jail, Madea’s Family Reunion,
Meet The Browns, Why Did I Get Married); Oscar-winning director Sidney
Lumet (12 Angry Men, Network, Dog Day Afternoon, Long Day’s Journey Into Night),
Terry Gilliam (The Imaginarium of Doctor
Parnassus, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Brothers Grimm), Oscar-winning
screenwriter/director Bobby Moresco (Crash)
and Billie August (Pelle the Conqueror,
The House of Spirits).
In addition to Baz Luhrmann’s Australia and Samuel L. Jackson’s The Spirit, among the Capri, Hollywood scheduled film screenings: John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt, Hurricane Season starring Forest Whitaker, I’ve Loved You For So Long starring Kristen Scott Thomas, Zack and Miri Make a Porno starring Seth
Rogan and Elizabeth Banks, The Brothers
Bloom starring Adrien Brody, Rachel Weisz and Mark Ruffalo and the premiere
episode of the new TV series Crash directed
by Oscar-winning screenwriter Bobby Moresco.
The ‘13th Capri, Hollywood – Honda International Film Festival’ is an international gathering from December 26th through January 2nd of films leading international actors, directors, producers and financiers. It is produced by Pascal Vicedomini together with the Istituto Capri nel Mondo and Azienda Turismo di Capri, in association with Sangemini holding, Kimbo, Casino di Venezia and with the support of the General Department of Cinema of the Ministry of Culture and of the Councillorship of Tourism and Cultural Assets of the Region Campania, the Chamber of Commerce of Capri and with the patronage of the City of Capri and the Municipality of Anacapri.