Clint Eastwood receives top French honour
Hollywood star Clint Eastwood has been presented with the highest civilian distinction in France, Legion d'honneur, at a ceremony in Paris. The private ceremony was held at the winter garden of the presidential Elysee Palace. President Jacques Chirac told the 76-year-old actor -- known for films such as Dirty Harry -- that he embodied "the best of Hollywood". He also paid tribute to Eastwood's "immense talent as an actor" and "genius as a director". The veteran actor occupied an "exceptional place" in the world of cinema, he said. Eastwood's latest work as a director, Letters From Iwo Jima, has received four Oscar nominations, and received its European premiere in Berlin Film Festival last week. The film tells the story of the bloody Battle of Iwo Jima, in 1945, from the perspective of Japanese forces. It is a Japanese-language companion piece to the director's other film of 2006, Flags of Our Fathers, which tells the story from the US perspective. Source: BBC
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Clint Eastwood receives the medal of the Legion d'honneur from French president Jacques Chirac |
