Harrison Ford Receives Honorary Cannes Palme D’Or Ahead Of ‘Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny’ Premiere: “I’m Honored But I Got A Movie You Gotta See”
18.05.2023 - 18:31
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Harrison Ford returned to the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday, picking up an honorary Palme d’Or before the world-premiere screening of Disney/Lucasfilm’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
In similar fashion to the tribute held for Tom Cruise last year, Ford was fêted with a career highlights reel and received a thunderous ovation from the crowd inside the Grand Theatre Lumière.
After an introduction by Cannes head Theirry Fremaux — that included shoutouts to Disney’s Bob Iger, Indy producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall and the cast including Mads Mikkelsen, Phoebe Waller Bridge Ford and his wife Calista Flockhart and director James Mangold – the reel, set to one of themes from Star Wars, showed off clips from Ford faves the Frisco Kid, Working Girl, Blade Runner, Raiders of the Lost Ark, American Graffiti, K9: The Widowmaker, Air Force One, Mosquito Coast, The Fugitive and the cantina scene from Star Wars, as well as the entire Indiana Jones series.
Films Ford has appeared in which have played in Cannes include The Conversation (1974), Apocalypse Now (1979) and Witness (1985). He was also here in 2014 for a special event in support of The Expendables 3.
Taking the stage, Ford said, “I am pleased and honored, but I got a movie you gotta see.”
The Cannes Film Festival proclaims Harrison Ford as “one of the greatest stars in cinema” #IndianaJones #Cannes2023 pic.twitter.com/542B9qNIdu
Ford added of the montage: “They say before you die, you see your life flash before your eyes, and I just saw my life flash before my eyes.”
Harrison Ford accepting honorary Palme d’or at #Cannes2023 #IndianaJones pic.twitter.com/azUsmXCOyC
Dial of Destiny, which is showing out of competition here, is one of the splashiest