Spain San Sabastian Sept 2007
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| Donostia San Sebastian International Film Festival 2007 - The Inner Life of Martin Frost Premiere SAN SEBASTIAN, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER 23: Richard Gere and Carey Lowell attend The Inner Life of Martin Frost Premiere at the Kursaal Palace during the 2007 San Sebastian Film Festival, on September 23, 2007 in San Sebastian, Spain. (Photo by Lalo Yasky/WireImage) |
| San Sebastian Film Festival - Donostia Awards 2007 SAN SEBASTIAN, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER 23: Actor Richard Gere receives a 'Donostia' award during the 55th San Sebastian Film Festival on September 23, 2007 at Kursaal Palace in San Sebastian, Spain. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images) Use information |
| Richard Gere gets lifetime achievement award at San Sebastian SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain (AFP) — US actor Richard Gere, star of "American Gigolo" and "Pretty Woman", received a lifetime achievement award on Sunday at the 55th annual San Sebastian Film Festival in northeastern Spain. "I'm very honoured to be considered in the same stratosphere as the actors who I admired when I was a child," the 58-year-old told a news conference after collecting the "Donosti" award. "I still have some more years left to do movies and this is encouragement for me to work in the future," he added. Norwegian actress Liv Ullman is also being awarded an honorary "Donosti" -- which means San Sebastian in the Basque language -- but she will accept hers on Friday. The award has been handed out annually since 1986, and previous recipients include Woody Allen, Robert de Niro, Jessica Lange, Isabelle Huppert and Matt Dillon. Gere was greeted by hundreds of fans when he flew in late on Saturday on a private jet hired by festival organizers. His latest film "The Hunting Party", about the search for Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitive Radovan Karadzic, will be screened at the festival out of competition. Sixteen movies are competing for the festival's Golden Shell for best film awarded by a jury presided over by US writer-director Paul Auster. Winners will be announced on the last day of the festival on September 29. |