Robert De Niro offered, “There’s nothing I like to see more than an even older actor, it gives me hope. “Now I’m in my old Jewish guy phase.” He added: “I don’t act to live. He’s constantly evolving, he’s still learning, and I taught him everything he knows.” In the tribute reel, Al Pacino said Wallach was a major influence on him, while Kate Winslet praised his “stamina.” Wallach himself recalled playing various villains, bandits, thieves, warlords, half-breeds and Italian mafia people through his career.
Jackson said, “He hasn’t even started yet! I’m very proud of my husband. He made his first film, Baby Doll, at age 41. He has 164 performances to his credit, 26 on Broadway. Maybe this time I’ll win.” Standing ovation! This was what the event was all about, as Wall Street: Money Never Sleep‘s Josh Brolin (flanked by wife Diane Lane), told tales of doing a scene with the wily old actor, now 94. The shining star of the night was Actors Studio graduate Eli Wallach, who beamed next to his wife of 62 years, Anne Jackson, as old friend Tony Bennett sang her a song from Cabaret: “Maybe this time. In this company the young stars of Paramount’s A Social Network, Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Armie Hammer, looked out of place among the older guard, as a very tan Aaron Sorkin worked the room (his critique of the Writers Guild is still resonating from THR’s Writers roundtable). boasted Eastwood ( Hereafter) and Christopher Nolan and Hans Zimmer ( Inception) Disney’s Ross and Sean Bailey (who locks Tron: Legacy next week) were with Pixar’s John Lasseter and Toy Story 3‘s Michael Arndt and Lee Unkrich Roadside Attractions brought in Biutiful‘s Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and composer Gustavo Santaolalla Rabbit Hole‘s John Cameron Mitchell sat with Lionsgate Warren Beatty and wife Annette Bening sat with Frank Mancuso and Focus and The Kids Are All Right writer-director Lisa Cholodenko and her partner Wendy Melvoin and Blue Valentine‘s Ryan Gosling and The King’s Speech‘s Tom Hooper graced the Weinsteins’ table (Hooper talked with Kathryn Bigelow, who was with Mark Boal). For one thing, the room was packed with rival Oscar tables: Fox Searchlight hosted two, for Black Swan (Portman and Darren Aronofsky) and Conviction ( Hilary Swank, Lewis, and Sam Rockwell) Warner Bros. And it didn’t feel like just another awards show.
The evening was authentic and moving it celebrated the best of what Hollywood has to offer.
Cinematographer Caleb Deschanel dug into why his mentor Gordon Willis was the Prince of Darkness, and an amazing cadre of past Thalberg winners gathered to honor absent and ailing John Calley. There was love, when Kirk Douglas thanked Lauren Bacall for buying him a winter coat, or when Quentin Tarantino passionately praised Roger Corman, sitting at a long table with many of the dozens of directors whose careers he jump-started. Last year’s first-ever Academy Governors’ Awards were a tough act to follow: there was a magic alchemy in the Kodak Theatre of genuine appreciation and bonhomie, of wanting to recognize the genius of the honorary Oscar winners.
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