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Connery to get top US film honour
The original James Bond Sir Sean Connery is to be given the American Film Institute's (AFI) highest honour, the life achievement award.The star of The Name Of The Rose and Highlander will receive the award at a Los Angeles gala tribute next year. Sir Howard Stringer, chair of the AFI, said: "Sir Sean Connery is an international film icon. "Though best remembered for creating one of the great film heroes of all time, his talents transcend typecasting, and his body of work not only stands the test of time, but illuminates a career more extraordinary than James Bond himself." He added: "Sir Sean is an artist of the highest order." Sir Sean, born in Edinburgh in 1930, first hit the silver screen in Lilacs In The Spring in 1954 but he first really came to world's attention in the World War II epic The Longest Day. In 1962 he was given the role of James Bond in Doctor No and the film series continued with From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds Are Forever and Never Say Never Again. Besides being in the 007 films Sir Sean also starred in Alfred Hitchcock's Marnie, The Man Who Would Be King, Zardoz, The Untouchables, The Hunt For The Red October and A Bridge Too Far. Titles related to this articleRelated/similar articles
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