With the upcoming release of Halloween Kills, Jamie Lee Curtis will receive the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at this year’s Venice Film Festival. The actress, known for the legendary Halloween franchise alongside a slew of classic films including Knives Out, Trading Places, Freaky Friday, True Lies, Blue Steel, A Fish Called Wanda, My Girl and Forever Young, will be given the honor on September 8th before the out-of-competition screening of Halloween Kills. Festival director Alberto Barbera stated,
“Jamie Lee Curtis belongs to that rarefied group of Hollywood actors who best reflect the qualities that are the very soul of the global film industry and its legacy,”
“A direct descendant of America’s film aristocracy – she is the daughter of two unforgettable stars, Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh – Jamie Lee Curtis is the natural embodiment of a star who knows how to play roles with versatility and amenability, all while infusing them with her peerless charisma and signature personality.”
Curtis commented on the honor stating,
“I am incredibly humbled to be honored in this way by the Venice International Film Festival,”
“It seems impossible to me that I’ve been in this industry long enough to be receiving ‘Lifetime Achievement’ recognition, and to have it happen now, with Halloween Kills, is particularly meaningful to me. Halloween—and my partnership with Laurie Strode—launched and sustained my career, and to have these films evolve into a new franchise that is beloved by audiences around the world was, and remains, a gift.
C“always honored and heralded the genre that gave me my career,” saying that she “couldn’t be more proud and happy to accept this award from the Venice International Film Festival on behalf of Laurie and all the courageous heroines of the world who stand tall in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles and refuse to yield.”
