Calm yourselves, lads. JDIFF just got a whole lot better, and dare we say, its best guest in the history of the festival, Stanley motherf*ckin' Tucci. Amazing!
The Oscar nominated actor and all round legend will visit Dublin to attend a public interview and will also be honoured with a Volta Award at the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival 2014. The public interview will take place at 2pm on Saturday February 15th in Light House Cinema. Tickets go on sale on Friday February 7th priced €7 from www.jdiff.com or (01) 6877974. Tucci will be presented with his Volta Award following the public interview.
The folk over at JDIFF summarise Tucci's wonderful career, though reducing all that he's achieved into a few small paragraphs is no easy task.
Tucci has a long and distinguished career in cinema, theatre and television, resulting in him being one of the most recognisable actors working on screen today having appeared in more than 50 feature films. He earned an Academy Award® nomination, along with Golden Globe, BAFTA, SAG and Broadcast Film Critics nominations for his chilling performance in The Lovely Bones in 2008. Some of his most memorable performances came in a variety of films including The Devil Wears Prada; The Hunger Games; Julie & Julia and Road to Perdition.
Big Night, his first effort as co-director, co-screenwriter and actor on the same film, earned him numerous accolades, including the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival, a recognition of Excellence by the National Board of Review, an Independent Spirit Award, The Critics Prize at the 1996 Deauville Film Festival and honours from the New York Film Critics and the Boston Society of Film Critics. He also directed and starred in the hypnotic Blind Date and the slapstick comedy The Impostors.
