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ORLANDO -- John Cusack will be awarded the Star of the Year Award at ShowEast 2007.
Cusack, who toplines the drama "Grace Is Gone", which will be screened at the confab Wednesday, will be honored the same night in a special presentation. ShowEast opens Monday at the Orlando Marriott World Center, with first-day events primarily geared toward international distribs and exhibs.
"With an impressive body of work spanning the course of more than two decades, John Cusack has evolved into one of Hollywood's most accomplished and respected actors of his generation," ShowEast co-managing director Mitch Neuhauser said. "He has garnered both critical acclaim (and) prestigious accolades for his dramatic as well as comedic roles."
The Weinstein Co. will release "Grace" on Dec. 7. Written and directed by James C. Strouse, the film premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, where it garnered an audience award. In it, Cusack plays Stanley Phillips, a young father who takes his two daughters on an impulsive road trip upon learning that his wife Grace has been killed in service in Iraq.
ORLANDO -- John Cusack will be awarded the Star of the Year Award at ShowEast 2007.
Cusack, who toplines the drama "Grace Is Gone", which will be screened at the confab Wednesday, will be honored the same night in a special presentation. ShowEast opens Monday at the Orlando Marriott World Center, with first-day events primarily geared toward international distribs and exhibs.
"With an impressive body of work spanning the course of more than two decades, John Cusack has evolved into one of Hollywood's most accomplished and respected actors of his generation," ShowEast co-managing director Mitch Neuhauser said. "He has garnered both critical acclaim (and) prestigious accolades for his dramatic as well as comedic roles."
The Weinstein Co. will release "Grace" on Dec. 7. Written and directed by James C. Strouse, the film premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, where it garnered an audience award. In it, Cusack plays Stanley Phillips, a young father who takes his two daughters on an impulsive road trip upon learning that his wife Grace has been killed in service in Iraq.
- 10/15/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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