The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has announced one more 2009 honoree: Julianne Moore, a potential Oscar contender for her performance as a married alcoholic yearning for a gay man (fellow Santa Barbara honoree Colin Firth) in Tom Ford's A Single Man (above).
Moore will receive the festival's Montecito Award, which recognizes "a performer who has given a series of classic and standout performances in his/her career," on Thursday, February 11, at the historic Arlington Theatre. Previous Montecito Award winners are Kate Winslet, Javier Bardem, Naomi Watts and Annette Bening.
Among Julianne Moore's credits are Jeremiah S. Chechik's Benny & Joon; Robert Altman's Short Cuts and Cookie's Fortune; Louis Malle's Vanya on 42nd Street; Todd Haynes' Safe, Far from Heaven, and I'm Not There; Chris Columbus' Nine Months; Oliver Parker's An Ideal Husband; Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights and Magnolia; Joel and Ethan Coen's The Big Lebowski; Gus Van Sant's Psycho; Neil Jordan's The End of the Affair; Stephen Daldry's The Hours; Rebecca Miller's The Private Lives of Pippa Lee; and Atom Egoyan's upcoming Chloe.
Tickets for the Julianne Moore tribute will go on sale today and can be purchased at a 20% discount through December 31 at www.sbfilmfestival.org or through the Lobero Box Office, 805.963.0761 and the Arlington Theater Box office, 805.963.4408. Festival Platinum and Cinema Passes are currently on sale exclusively at the Lobero Box Office. Box Office fees will apply for all Film Festival Passes, Mini-Paks, and event tickets.
The Santa Barbara Film Festival runs February 4-14, 2010.