Academy Honorary Award

And the leading villain, yes.

He got an Honorary Academy Award in, I believe it was 2017.

Yeah.

Yeah.

We can't get to everyone.

Darcy, by the way, says Peter O'Toole received an Honorary Academy Award.

He also won four Golden Globes.

Yeah, well, I'm not surprised.

given that we were celebrating the 35th anniversary of 1991's Best Picture Academy Award winner, Silence of the Lambs, a film that's filled with a heaping helping of bloody mayhem of its own.

But if going back 35 years is going to make you sweat and want to sing Everybody Dance Now in C&C Music Factory, you'll way the fuck right out of the room with an anguished, tortured cry of No, no, don't lose your religion, I.R.E.M. Just breathe calmly and heed the wise words of Honorary Academy Award winning actress Lauren Bacall.

It's not an old movie, if you haven't seen it.

Silence of the Lambs, based on the 1988 book by Thomas Harrison, directed by Jonathan Demme from a screenplay adaptation by Ted Talley.

How are you going with the Googles?

Has he won an Oscar? He ha- Oh, he's won an Honorary Academy Award.

Not the same.

He received an Honorary Academy Award in November 2025, last year, [laughs] to recognize his lifetime contribution to cinema.

I don't know if that counts-

No, it doesn't

He has received several awards.

for his contributions to the entertainment, industry, entertainment world, including an honorary Palme d'Or, an Academy Honorary Award, and also three Golden Globes, in addition to nominations for the Competitive Academy Awards.

And now, in a candid conversation, he opened up about his journey, and he said, reflecting on his journey, in a rare sit-down interview with GQ, The 64-year-old superstar appeared for the promotion of his new movie, Ticker, and spoke about the time of his in the industry.

For those who do not know, Tom completed 45 years in the film industry with his debut film, called Endless Love, which was released in 1981.

Adapted for the screen by Cesar Zavattini from the 1946 novel by Luigi Bartolini, and starring Lamberto Maggiorani, probably butchering all of those, as the desperate father, and Enzo Staiola as his plucky young son.

Bicycle Thieves received an Academy Honorary Award, Most Outstanding Foreign Language Film, in 1950.

And in 1952, it was deemed the greatest film of all time by Sight & Sound magazine's poll of filmmakers and critics.

Fifty years later, another poll organized by the same magazine ranked it sixth amongst the greatest ever films.

But if going all the way back to 2003, the year that Demeter released his first short film, makes you want to pull a Justin Timberlake and rock your body the hell right out of the room with a pitiful languished cry of, And now, don't get your dander up.

Just breathe calmly and heed the wise words of Honorary Academy Award winning actress Lauren Bacall.

It's not an old movie, if you haven't seen it.

But let's get Demeter Laurent on.

He actually only sold the Best Supporting Actor Oscar.

He never sold the Honorary Oscar on behalf of the war veterans.

He said he'll never sell that.

So that's good.

But in 1970, she agreed to donate 50 of her biographed films to the American Film Institute.

In 1976, she received an Academy Honorary Award for her contribution to American film.

The Academy sent a TV crew to her house to record a short statement of thanks, offering the public a rare glimpse into Pickfair Manor.

After the presentation, Mike Royko at the LA Times wrote, Mary Pickford, the one-time screen darling of America, has managed to offend people.

One more time into the breach.

After five nominations without a win, Ennio Morricone was given an Honorary Academy Award in 2007, but then finally picked up his first competitive Oscar in what category for his work on 2015's The Hateful Eight?

Is it just called Best Soundtrack?

Yeah, I mean,