The Borneo Post

De Niro gets tribute award at Marrakech film festival

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MARRAKECH, Morocco: US actor Robert De Niro on Saturday received a tribute award at the Mar rake ch film festival from the hands of his old friend, director Martin Scorcese.

Born in New York in 1943, De Niro’s career began on Broadway, before he discovered cinema at age 20. He worked on a variety of films with Scorsese — from “Taxi Driver” in 1976 to “Casino” in 1995.

The double Oscar winner’s ninth collaborat­ion with Scorsese will be Netfl ix’s “The Irishman”, set for release next year.

“We made our first film together, I think it was over 45 years ago... One of the great blessings of my life,” said De Niro.

Scorsese, while handing him the award joked: “What would this be? The mid-point of his career? It is probably more accurate to say the peak of his career but then this guy has more peaks than the Atlas mountains.”

De Niro used the occasion to lash out at President Donald Trump and his “America First” mantra.

“Sadly, in my country we are going through a grotesque version of nationalis­m... marked by greed, xenophobia and selfishnes­s under the banner of ‘America First’,” he said.

De Niro has been a frequent critic of Trump and used an expletive to condemn the American president at the televised Tony Awards in June, receiving a standing ovation.

We made our first film together, I think it was over 45 years ago... One of the great blessings of my life.

Robert De Niro, actor

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 ?? — AFP photos ?? De Niro (above right and right) poses with a Tribute award, next to Director Scorsese during the 17th Marrakech Internatio­nal Film Festival on Saturday.
— AFP photos De Niro (above right and right) poses with a Tribute award, next to Director Scorsese during the 17th Marrakech Internatio­nal Film Festival on Saturday.

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