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Arlington
,
VA
– The GI Film Festival, which will be held Armed Forces
Weekend, May 14-18, 2008, is pleased to announce
award-winning actor James Franco has joined the festival
lineup. Franco
will receive the GI Film Festival’s “Heritage Award,”
presented to an actor for excellence in portraying GI heroes
in film, during a VIP reception scheduled for Friday, May
16, 2008.
Franco,
who won a Golden Globe Award for his portrayal of film
legend James Dean in the 2001 TNT movie James
Dean, has earned starring roles in a number of military
films, including The Great Raid, Flyboys,
Annapolis
, and In the
Valley
of
Elah
. He is
perhaps best known for his portrayal of Harry Osborne in the
Spiderman trilogy.
Among Franco’s 40+ film and television credits:
Deuces Wild,
Tristan & Isolde,
The Company, Camille, and City by the Sea,
a film in which he starred opposite Robert DeNiro.
Franco,
named one of People Magazine’s “50 Hottest Bachelors”
in 2004, is also an accomplished director.
Credits include the just-released dramedy “Good
Time Max” and the soon-to-be released “Red Leaves.”
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