AFI Life Achievement Award

[Ferbian]

Every year since 1973 have one person been granted this award. We get a long look back into the life of the people inducted. It is perhaps one of the arguably greatest awards you can achieve in the film business (At least I would say it's one of the greatest).

There's a long list of people inducted in here. Many with great accomplishments that any given film star can only aspire to achieve in his life.

These greats are the following:

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Year Honoree Age
1973 John Ford 79
1974 James Cagney 74
1975 Orson Welles 59
1976 William Wyler 73
1977 Bette Davis 68
1978 Henry Fonda 72
1979 Alfred Hitchcock 79
1980 James Stewart 71
1981 Fred Astaire 81
1982 Frank Capra 84
1983 John Huston 76
1984 Lillian Gish 90
1985 Gene Kelly 72
1986 Billy Wilder 79
1987 Barbara Stanwyck 79
1988 Jack Lemmon 63
1989 Gregory Peck 72
1990 David Lean 82
1991 Kirk Douglas 74
1992 Sidney Poitier 65
1993 Elizabeth Taylor 61
1994 Jack Nicholson 56
1995 Steven Spielberg 48
1996 Clint Eastwood 65
1997 Martin Scorsese 54
1998 Robert Wise 83
1999 Dustin Hoffman 61
2000 Harrison Ford 57
2001 Barbra Streisand 58
2002 Tom Hanks 45
2003 Robert De Niro 59
2004 Meryl Streep 54
2005 George Lucas 60
2006 Sean Connery 75
2007 Al Pacino 67
2008 Warren Beatty 71
2009 Michael Douglas 64
2010 Mike Nichols 78

That's quite a list if you ask me. Many of these people have accomplished more than the other. But they all deserve to be there in their own respect.

In 2011 there's gonna be yet another one. While there's still quite a while for the nominations or the decision to be made. I'm curious to see what some of you people would like to see being given this award in 2011.

While some may disagree. Or some may agree. I think that Mel Gibson could definitely be in line to be given this award. He has had quite a career. Many big movies as well as a decent handful of movies that he has produced and directed.

As well I would say that perhaps Sylvester Stallone could be in line for one as well. While he hasn't done anything directing or producing he has definitely been a part of some major movies. Most noticeably the Rocky series.

Who do you think is in line for this award in 2011?

 

[jmt225]

I agree that Mel Gibson deserves to be on there for his body of work, but man... that's not going to happen any time soon with his, well, you know.

Anyways, who would I choose?

Well, the first name that comes to mind is Brian De Palma. Maybe that's because Tdigs and I talked about him a bit last night, but he definitely deserves to get this honor before he dies. The guy was basically the Quentin Tarantino of the late seventies and eighties. Dude released classic after classic with movies like Carrie, Blow Out, Scarface, Casualties of War, The Fury, etc. He's released a bunch of stinkers since the nineties, but that still doesn't take away from his earlier work.

As far as actors/actresses go... Daniel-Day Lewis and Michelle Pfieffer immediately come to mind for me. You might argue that Lewis hasn't had enough roles to make this list, and well... I say bullshit to that when Tom Hanks made it in 2002. As far as Michelle Pfieffer... well, you know, she's just the best American actress I can think of who's been around long enough that's not on that list. She's had a very long, tremendous career, and she's one of the most versatile actors period I've ever seen. She definitely deserves to get this honor sooner or later.