On September 12, 2009, Sylvester Stallone will be honored at the 66th Annual Venice International Film Festival when he will receive the Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award. The awards ceremony will include the world premiere of scenes from “The Expendables.”
The Venice Film Festival opens September 2nd and will be headed by director Ang Lee who is joined by Sandrine Bonnaire [French actress], Liliana Cavani [Italian director], Joe Dante [American director], Anurag Kashyap [Indian director] and Luciano Ligabue [Italian film-maker].
You can read more about the Venice Film Festival and Sly’s award at:
- Ansa.it – Stallone to Get Venice Award
- The Washington Post
- Screencave: Sylvester Stallone Honored
- UPI.com: Sylvester Stallone to be Honored
- Variety: Venice to Honor Sylvester Stallone
- Google.com: Stallone to be Honored
- Rueters India: Sylvester Stallone to be Honored
- CBC.Ca: Venice Film Festival to Honor Sylvester Stallone
- Times of India: Sly to be Awarded
- NOLA.com: “Expendables” Star Sylvester Stallone…
- TheInsider.com: Sylvester Stallone to be Honored