Two days before the Oscars ceremony, the 73-year-old actor mounted on stage to evoke his career, marked by his roles in “pulp fiction” and “do the right thing”.
Le Monde with AFP
The American actor Samuel L. Jackson received on Friday an Oscar of Honor rewarding his entire career. At age 73, the African-American actor, who has been illustrated in Spike Lee (Do The Right Thing) movies and Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Django Unchained) as well as a recurring character of many movies Marvel, had until now a single appointment to Oscars for Pulp Fiction. He was awarded a statuette rewarding his entire career, two days before the Oscars ceremony.
“One hundred and fifty-two titles of films, $ 27 billion in recipes, more than any other actor in history,” summed up the reward to Samuel L. Jackson. The actor, sitting alongside Quentin Tarantino in the room, is mounted on stage to evoke his career, including his roles in Jurassic Park and a day in hell. “It was a real pleasure to leave an indelible memory of the public as a” number two gang member “,” braker “and” unforgettable black “, to name a few,” he joked .
Danny Glover, LIV Ullmann and Elaine May Celebrated
At this ceremony, the Norwegian star LIV Ullmann, revealed internationally by his role in Persona of Ingmar Bergman in 1967, before playing in several other films from the Swedish director with whom she had a girl, also received a Oscar. Elaine May, 89, who had been appointed to the Oscars for the sky scenario may wait and Primary Colors, was the third person honored. These times of honor are given every year to reward the work of a life.
Danny Glover, 75, noticed in Steven Spielberg’s purple color, then alongside Mel Gibson in the Fatal Weapon, was honored for his political activism. In parallel with his actor career, he has militated for causes ranging from the civil rights movement to the United States at the end of apartheid in South Africa. It has thus received the Humanitarian Award Jean Hersholt, Oscar irregularly attributed by the Academy to reward an individual “whose humanitarian action has honored the cinema industry”.