Sean Connery Honored.. AGAIN!!!
Frankly, no matter how many times you honor this person, its not enough. He is definately one of the greatest actors of our time and it was great seeing him get the 34th AFI(American Film Institute) Life Achievement Award at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.
“I got my big break when I was five years old, and it’s taken more than 70 years to realize it,” he said. “At five I learned to read, and I would not be standing here without the books, plays and scripts.”
Connery ended the night with another standing ovation, after saying “I’m more than pleased that you liked my work†and “though my feet are tired, my heart is not.â€
George Lucas told Access Hollywood that he’s intent on getting the Sean Connery to reprise his Henry Jones role for “Indiana Jones 4.” How exciting is that ?!!??!!!
Here is some trivia about Sean Connery:
He has two small tattoos on his right arm. One says “Scotland forever”, the other “Mum and Dad.” He got them when he enlisted in the British Navy at the age of 16.
Formerly worked as a coffin polisher.
Said in an interview that during the filming of Never Say Never Again (1983), he was taking martial arts lessons and in the process angered the instructor who in turn broke his wrist. Connery stayed with the wrist broken for a number of years thinking it was only a minor pain… the instructor was Steven Seagal.
During his time as a milkman, Connery delivered to Fettes School in Edinburgh - the same school which James Bond attended in Ian Fleming’s novels following his expulsion from Eton.
Turned down the role of Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings series because he didn’t want to film down in New Zealand for 18 months, and could not understand the novels.
Was once stopped for speeding by an officer named Sergeant James Bond.
Screenwriters Honored
The writers for “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” “Crash” and “Glory Road” are among the finalists for the Humanitas Prize 2006.
The award, now in its 32nd year, honors film and TV writers whose work “honestly explores the complexities of the human experience and sheds light on the positive values of life.”
The finalists are screenwriters Ann Peacock and Andrew Adamson and Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely for “Narnia”; Oscar winners Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco for “Crash”; and Christopher Cleveland & Bettina Gilois for “Glory Road.”