Walter Hill, the director behind “Warriors” and “48 Hours,” has been awarded this year’s Cartier Glory at this year’s Venice International Film Festival, Cartier and La Biennale di Venezia announced on Friday. His new film “Dead For a Dollar” will be shown at the festival.
“In the world of cinema, one knows it is an honor to be invited to a special screening at the Venice Film Festival,” Hill said. “With my new movie Dead For A Dollar, this is the fourth time that I have been so lucky, and now this award makes me even more grateful. My thanks to Alberto Barbera, Julia Dagnolo Valan and Arnaud Carrez from Cartier and the entire film community who have given me so much support and encouragement over the years. Thank you all, you made a happy old man.”
“Dead For a Dollar” stars Christoph Waltz, Willem Dafoe, Rachel Brosnahan and Benjamin Bratt in a story set in the year 1897. Waltz plays a veteran bounty hunter named Max Borlund, from he is Deep in Mexico when he encounters a mortal enemy, professional gambler and outlaw Joe Cribbins (Dafo). Now, a bounty hunter faces a race against time and complicated choices on his mission to find and return Rachel Kidd (Brosnahan), the wife of a wealthy Santa Fe businessman.
The award from Cartier is dedicated to an individual who has made a particularly original contribution to the film industry. The Hill Awards will be held on September 6 in the Sala Grande before the screening of Out of Competition for his new film.
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