Ah, who says Cannes always gets it wrong?! Okay so Elephant got special dispensation to be awarded the Palme d'Or and best director in the year the magnificent Mystic River competed (not to mention giving The Class the Palme d'Or over Waltz With Bashir last year) but they've made up for it, giving living legend Clint Eastwood a special Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or for lifetime achievement yesterday.
Cannes festival president Gilles Jacob gave the greatest working director the award at a private ceremony at Paris restaurant Le Fouquet's recognising "the talent of a grand master at the summit of his craft."
Eastwood is only the second person ever to receive the prestigious honour from the Cannes organisers, following Ingmar Bergman in 1997!
Eastwood said, "I'm very, very flattered that you've chosen me for this. French cineastes have always been very supportive of me along the way. When I directed my first movie, French cineastes and critics encouraged me, while in my own country, everyone was much more reticent. France is the first country to approach and appreciate cinema as an art form."
Yeh for Clint! Role on Sunday (when i finally see Gran Torino) and the end of the year's promised The Human Factor.
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