USA TV - Sir Sean Connery AFI tribute show on USA Network, Wednesday night

21-Jun-2006 • Actor News

Program: AFI Lifetime Achievement Award: A Tribute to Sean Connery
Channel: USA Network (USA)
Date: Wednesday 21st June 2006
Time: 21:00

Sean Connery will receive the American Film Institute's (AFI) 34th Life Achievement Award in a special ceremony airing on Wednesday, June 21 at 9/8C on USA Network. Harrison Ford will present Sir Connery with the award at the tribute, which will be held at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.

The event will feature tributes from a number of Connery's friends and colleagues -- including Steven Spielberg, Tom Jones, Pierce Brosnan, Mike Myers, Julia Ormond, Andy Garcia, Catherine Zeta Jones, Michael Caine, James Earl Jones, Craig Ferguson, Tippi Hedren, Eddie Izzard, Ian McShane, Daniel Craig, Sidney Lumet, Terry Gilliam, David Mamet and Maria Menounos among others.

During the past 34 years, AFI's Life Achievement Award has become the highest honor for a career in film. As the first award in the film community to acknowledge career achievement, the honor has been bestowed upon many of the greatest film artists in history.

(Click here to view a picture gallery of the event).

Thanks to `Kyvan` for the alert.