November 18, 2009
Hal Holbrook Honored with Excellence in Acting Award
Don’t misunderstand: Hal Holbrook was very happy and deeply grateful to receive this year’s Starz Denver Film Festival Excellence in Acting award. But if you push the Emmy- and Tony-winning legend on the subject, he’ll suggest that maybe the prize is a tad premature, because he still considers himself, at 84, a student of his art. “Even now,” Holbrook says, “I’m learning more about film work.”
In this podcast episode, Holbrook sits down with noted film critic Robert Denerstein to discuss his long career. Holbrook and Denerstein talk about his most famous role, as witty sage Samuel Clemens in Mark Twain Tonight!, how Sean Penn picked him for his Oscar-nominated role in Into the Wild, and his newest film, That Evening Sun, which screened at this year’s Starz Denver Film Festival.
