2023-05-03 14:53:45
The actor of « Basic Instinct », « The Game » et « Wall Street » Michael Douglas will receive the Honorary Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, “who will salute his brilliant career and his commitment to cinema”during the opening ceremony, the festival announced on Wednesday May 3.
“After more than 50 years of career, it is an honor to return to the Croisette to open the Festival and speak our common language, that of cinema”responded the 78-year-old actor in a statement.
Michael Douglas has been nominated for best male performer at Cannes four times: for “The Chinese Syndrome” by James Bridges in 1979, for « Basic Instinct » by Paul Verhoeven in 1992, for ” Free fall “ by Joel Schumacher in 1993 and for “My Life with Liberace” the Steven Soderbergh and 2013.
Acting and producing career
His father, the actor Kirk Douglas, known in particular for his role in Stanley Kubrick’s peplum “Spartacus” (1960) presided over the jury of the festival in 1980.
During his career, the interpreter of Jack Colton in ” In pursuit of the green diamond » (1984) won the Oscar for Best Actor in 1988 for the role of New York stockbroker Gordon Gekko in « Wall Street » by Oliver Stone. He was also awarded as a producer with “Flight over the Cuckoo’s Nest” by Milos Forman, Oscar for best film in 1976. He had also twice received the César d’honneur for his entire career, in 1998 and in 2016. In 2004, he also received the Cecil B DeMille, also in the Lifetime Achievement Award, at the Golden Globes ceremony.
the 76e edition of the Festival, which will be held from May 16 to 27, has yet to announce the composition of its jury, chaired by Swedish director Ruben Östlund, who won his second Palme d’or last year with his film “Without filter”. The award will be presented to the actor during the opening ceremony on May 16.
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