Monday 14 December 2009
Julianne Moore
Moore, currently onscreen opposite fellow festival honoree Colin Firth in “A Single Man,” will receive the Montecito Award on Feb. 11 at the Arlington Theatre, 1317 State St., Santa Barbara.
The Montecito Award is given for a series of career standout performances, and Moore fits the bill. She’s received four Academy Award nominations for her work in “Boogie Nights,” “The End of the Affair,” “The Hours” and “Far From Heaven.” The latter two represent an Oscar rarity — nods for two acting roles in the same year (2002).
Roger Durling, the festival’s executive director, called the 49-year-old Moore “a cinematic treasure,” adding that her Oscar-nominated performances and other work are “the stuff of legend.”
The versatile Moore’s other credits include “I’m Not There,” “Children of Men,” “The Shipping News,” “Magnolia,” “The Big Lebowski,” “Vanya on 42nd Street,” “Short Cuts,” “Benny & Joon” and “The Fugitive.”
Previous Montecito Award recipients are Kate Winslet, Javier Bardem, Naomi Watts and Annette Bening.
Moore joins a star-studded list of celebrity honorees coming to the festival’s milestone 25th edition that includes Firth, Sandra Bullock, director James Cameron, Vera Farmiga, Stanley Tucci, Peter Sarsgaard and Christoph Waltz.
The 2010 Santa Barbara International Film Festival will run Feb. 4-14 at various venues around town. In addition to the celebrity tributes, the 11-day event typically screens more than 200 films, hosts several discussion panels and draws 60,000 to 70,000 people