Michael Douglas will likely be celebrated with a lifetime achievement award by Italy’s Taormina Movie Pageant the place a recent copy of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” the a number of Oscar-winning New Hollywood traditional that Douglas produced, will display within the fest’s 8,000-seat open-air historic Greek amphitheater. 

Douglas who, at age 31, in collaboration with Saul Zaentz, produced the Miloš Forman-directed drama starring Jack Nicholson that in 1975 swept all the foremost Oscar classes – profitable finest image, director, actor, actress and screenplay – will likely be making the trek to the Sicilian sea resort. The restored “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” print will display June 10 in Taormina on opening evening to have a good time the movie’s fiftieth anniversary.

Douglas can also be anticipated to carry a masterclass for movie college students at Taormina along with the prize ceremony and screening.

“It’s with nice pleasure and delight that we announce the presence of Michael Douglas because the visitor of honor on the opening evening of the Taormina Movie Pageant,” stated the fest’s inventive director Tiziana Rocca in an announcement. Rocca went on to reward Douglas as “An icon of world cinema, actor and producer
extraordinaire,” who has “marked whole generations with unforgettable performances and an unwavering dedication to the enhancement of cinematic artwork.”

“However my esteem for him can also be of a private nature,” Rocca, who’s a advertising and marketing guru, added. “I nonetheless bear in mind very effectively and with emotion the night I organized in Rome in honor of his father Kirk.”

As beforehand introduced, Taormina’s upcoming version may even be attended by Martin Scorsese who will honored with a profession prize and a screening of a restored copy of his 1976 traditional “Taxi Driver” within the open-air historic Greek amphitheater.

Fest company over the previous many years have included Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Steven Spielberg, Federico Fellini, Pedro Almodóvar and Tom Cruise.

Taormina has additionally beforehand introduced that Da’Vine Pleasure Randolph, who gained an Oscar for her position in “The Holdovers,” will preside over this 12 months’s jury whereas John Wick” spinoff “Ballerina” is about because the out-of-competition opening movie with director Len Wiseman and actor Norman Reedus in tow.

The 71st version of Taormina will run June 10-14.