Watch: Kirk Douglas Presents Namesake Award for Excellence in Film to Robert De Niro at Santa Barbara

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by Beth Hanna
December 10, 2012 1:50 PM
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Robert De Niro
On December 8, Robert De Niro received the Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film in Santa Barbara. Nonagenarian Kirk Douglas himself presented De Niro with the statuette, riffing on the Fockers and saying "I'm looking at you." Douglas noted, "De Niro doesn't simply play a character, he becomes a character." Watch below.

While the Santa Barbara International Film Festival doesn't officially start for another month (January 24 - February 3), it kicked off its season of feting Oscar contenders by honoring the actor.

Guests included "Silver Linings Playbook" director David O. Russell and star Bradley Cooper, along with Roger Corman, Cheryl Ladd, Carol Burnett and Anthony Zerbe, who presented throughout the evening, reminding the audience of De Niro's four-decade acting career.

Kirk Douglas presents to Robert De Niro at SBIFF

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  • Brian | December 10, 2012 2:29 PMReply

    The next day was Kirk Douglas' 96th birthday! Wow!

    And Anthony Zerbe! I haven't seen him in anything since the MATRIX sequels and before that, the last thing was the Bond movie, LICENCE TO KILL (1989).

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