Tim Burton Day set for September 5th - Variety 3/21/07

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Venice goes for Burton

Fest to honor U.S. director

By Nick Vivarelli
Variety
March 21, 2007

ROME — Tim Burton will receive the Golden Lion for career achievement from the Venice Intl. Film Festival, which will also honor the inventive Burbank-born helmer with a Tim Burton Day.

Burton, who last docked at the Lido with the 2005 world bow of "Corpse Bride," will be celebrated on Sept. 5 at the Palazzo del Cinema with several special events that may include a sneak peak at his "Sweeney Todd" adaptation, now in production.

The Warner Bros./DreamWorks movie version of the Stephen Sondheim musical, toplining Johnny Depp, has been plagued by production delays.
Burton's other pics include "Edward Scissorhands," "Beetlejuice," "Batman" and "Mars Attacks!" A stage adaptation of "Scissorhands" is playing in Gotham.

"Tim Burton is a genius; the most imaginative director spawned by the new age of cinematic art," said Venice artistic topper Marco Muller in a statement.

Muller also praised Burton, who is 47, for "having a more insolent pop sensitivity than most new directors today and for being less needy of approval than most of the older masters."

The 64th Venice fest will run Aug. 29-September 8.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...goryid=13&cs=1

[JerrodDRagon]

Assume he's one of my favorite Directors I love almost all of hims movies like (Nightmare before Christmas, Corpse Bride, Batman 1 and 2, BettleJuice)

[dolewhipman]

It's about time he got his own day, but we need it here in America. Not Venice.