Savannah Film Festival to honor Michael Douglas and Charlie Rose: Other announced honorees include Vanessa, Lynn and Corin Redgrave, Milos Forman, William Friedkin, Brett Ratner and John Sayles

SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Savannah College of Art and Design announced that it will honor two-time Academy Award-winner Michael Douglas and Emmy Award-winning journalist Charlie Rose at its milestone tenth annual Savannah Film Festival, Oct. 27–Nov. 3.

Douglas will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the festival. He is known for his iconic roles in films such as “The China Syndrome” (1979), “Fatal Attraction” (1987), “Wall Street” (1987) and “The War of the Roses” (1989). He also served as a producer for “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975), for which he was honored with his first Oscar.

Rose, the well-known broadcast journalist behind the PBS talk-show series “The Charlie Rose Show,” will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award in Entertainment Journalism. Previous winners of this award have included Roger Ebert, Rex Reed and Army Archerd.

Additional honorees at the festival include award-winning thespian siblings Vanessa, Lynn and Corin Redgrave, who have never been honored together in the United States or their native Britain.

SCAD also will honor Academy Award-winning directors Milos Forman and William Friedkin; director Brett Ratner; and actor, writer, producer and director John Sayles, who will premiere his latest film “Honeydripper” at the festival with close friend Chris Cooper and one of the film’s stars, Savannah native Stacy Keach, in attendance.

Other guests slated to attend the Savannah Film Festival include James Franco, who will screen his new film, “Good Time Max” (2007); director James Ivory, known for his longtime collaboration with producer Ismail Merchant on films such as “A Room with a View” (1985) and “Howards End” (1992); actor, producer and director Griffin Dunne, who starred in “An American Werewolf in Paris” (1981) and “After Hours” (1985); Bob Balaban of the Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy films “Best in Show” (2000), “A Mighty Wind” (2003) and “For Your Consideration” (2006); and Catherine Zeta-Jones, star of “Traffic” (2000), “Chicago” (2002) and “Ocean’s Twelve” (2004).

Nightly gala film screenings are arranged, including Marc Forster’s “The Kite Runner” (2007), Julian Schnabel’s “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (2007), Tamara Jenkins’ “The Savages” (2007), James C. Strouse’s “Grace is Gone” (2007), Eran Kolirin’s “The Band’s Visit” (2007), Terry George’s “Reservation Road” (2007) and the animated film “Persepolis” (2007), which won the Jury Prize at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.

The Savannah Film Festival is hosted by SCAD and features independent, innovative and influential film from around the world, as well as workshops, panel discussions and presentations of well-known visiting artists and filmmakers. In 2006, all but one of the evening gala screenings went on to be nominated for an Academy Award, and all but two of those films won the Oscar in their category. SCAD students from across the college’s more than 30 accredited academic disciplines participate in the festival to learn about the art of filmmaking from industry leaders.

Award presentations and film screenings will be held at the historic Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St., and Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn St. Workshops and other presentations will take place at Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St.

Passes to the Savannah Film Festival are available for purchase through the SCAD box office, 216 E. Broughton St., online at www.scadboxoffice.com, or by phone at 912.525.5050.