Jaeger-LeCoultre at the 66th Venice International Film FestivalSylvester Stallone to receive Jaeger-LeCoultre Award
Jaeger-LeCoultre is for the fifth year official sponsor of the 66th Venice International Film Festival , also known as “la Mostra”, that will be held from 2nd to 12th September, 2009. American director, screenwriter and actor Sylvester Stallone will be the recipient of the “Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award”. This prize recently instituted by the Venice International Film Festival and organized in collaboration with Jaeger-LeCoultre is dedicated to an artist who has left his mark in contemporary cinema. The prize has previously been awarded to Takeshi Kitano, Agnès Varda and Abbas Kiarostami.
“Being honored at the Venice Film Festival – said Sylvester Stallone - is something I have always hoped would become a reality and now that it’s actually happened it’s been well worth the wait”. “The Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award” will be presented to Sylvester Stallone on September 12 in the Sala Grande of the Palazzo del Cinema on the Lido, during the Closing Ceremony.
During the presentation of the award, there will be a world-premiere screening of some sequences from the new film written by, directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone, The Expendables, with Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, and Mickey Rourke. “The Expendables - explains Stallone - is a story of heroism and the price that people pay to save others. It’s a great deal of action and human comedy as well”.