John Hurt to receive film award (From Crewe Guardian)

John Hurt to receive film award

6:16am Saturday 20th March 2010 in Cinema © Press Association 2011

Veteran actor John Hurt will be presented with a lifetime achievement award at an international film festival on Saturday.

The 70-year-old actor, who has starred in films such as Alien, The Elephant Man and Midnight Express, will be given the Bradford International Film Festival (BIFF) accolade for work that has spanned over six decades.

He will be interviewed on stage at the city's National Media Museum with BIFF artistic director Tony Earnshaw before receiving his award.

Audience members will also be invited to ask Hurt questions, followed by a screening of The Elephant Man.

Mr Earnshaw said: "John Hurt has been leading man, supporting player and scene-stealer.

"Always he has breathed vivid life into believable, plausible and credible characters, often against a backdrop of fancy, whimsy or plain bafflement.

"He appears in the final films in the Harry Potter franchise, thus enchanting an entirely new generation of admirers. It's what going to the cinema is all about."

Ten films, representing the very best work spanning almost 50 years, will play during the 11-day run of the festival, from March 18 to 28, at the museum and venues across Bradford and Yorkshire.

The films include John Huston's Sinful Davey, 10 Rillington Place, Alan Parker's Midnight Express, David Lynch's The Elephant Man, 1984, Scandal, Love and Death on Long Island, Jim Sheridan's The Field, Shooting Dogs and Alien in 70mm.