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    Jodie Foster Receives Honorary Cannes Palme d’Or For Life Achievement

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    Jodie Foster poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'Annette' and the opening ceremony of the 74th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, July 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

    By Jake Coyle, Film Writer

    CANNES, France (AP) --

    "I got one thing to say before I sit down," said Spike Lee during the Cannes Film Festival opening ceremony. "I wish I could speak French like Jodie Foster!"

    In the first two days of Cannes, one thing everyone can agree on is that Jodie Foster really speaks terrific French. On Tuesday, Foster was awarded an honorary Palme d'Or for lifetime achievement. The award was presented to her by Lee and South Korean director Bong Joon Ho. 

    Foster, who walked the red carpet with her wife, Alexandra Hedison, regaled the festival audience with her fluent French. 

    "During this year of transition, the cinema has been my lifeline," said Foster. 

    If Foster, 58, has seemed at home in Cannes, it could be because her experience at the festival spans 45 years. Foster first came to Cannes with "Taxi Driver" in 1976. She was just 13 at the time, a sunny, freckled face in the middle of a media storm over the violence in Martin Scorsese's film. 

    "Taxi Driver" still won the Palme d'Or, even though the then-jury president, playwright Tennessee Williams, condemned the film. "Watching violence on the screen is a brutalizing experience for the spectator," said Williams. "Films should not take a voluptuous pleasure in spilling blood and lingering on terrible cruelties as though one were at a Roman circus." 

    Black-and-white photos from the time capture Foster smiling next to Robert De Niro and Scorsese. Even then, Foster waved off translators and answered questions at the film's press conference in French. (Foster attended a French prep school in Los Angeles and her family lived for a time in France. She has made films in French and done some French dubs, herself.) 

    "Who would have thought that the little Iris from 'Taxi Driver' would have become the woman you have become?" said Pedro Almodovar during the ceremony. 

    On Wednesday, Foster participated in a staged conversation about her career, again in French. One question: Would she ever do a Marvel movie?

    "They are fabulous films," Foster replied. "But there is enough space for everybody. We are all different." 

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    Thursday, November 21, 2024

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    And ever since, moviegoers, marketers and meme makers have been trying to recreate that moment, searching the movie release schedule for odd mashups and sending candidates off into the social media void. Most attempts have fizzled (sorry, "Saw Patrol" ).

    This weekend is perhaps the closest approximation yet as the Broadway musical adaptation "Wicked" opens Friday against the chest-thumping sword-and-sandals epic "Gladiator II." Two big studio releases (Universal and Paramount), with one-name titles, opposite tones and aesthetics and big blockbuster energy — it was already halfway there before the name game began: "Wickiator," "Wadiator," "Gladwick" and even the eyebrow raising "Gladicked" have all been suggested.

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