Hosted by Tony Award-winning actor and comedian Martin Short, GREAT PERFORMANCES “Movies For Grownups® Awards With AARP The Magazine” premieres nationwide Friday, Feb. 15, 2019 at 9 p.m. on PBS.
This is the second consecutive year the awards will be broadcast on PBS in a co-production with GREAT PERFORMANCES.
The AARP Movies for Grownups multimedia franchise was established in 2002 to celebrate and encourage filmmaking with unique appeal to movie lovers with a grownup state of mind — and recognize the inspiring artists who make them.
“GREAT PERFORMANCES has had the privilege of capturing live arts experiences for decades,” said Executive Producer David Horn. “With Movies for Grownups Awards, we have the chance to capture artists as they pay tribute to fellow artists and to those who make these noteworthy films possible.”
The star-studded awards ceremony includes a touching tribute to Career Achievement Award honoree Shirley MacLaine.
Other highlights of the evening include a special appearance by Michael Douglas, who presents his “Fatal Attraction” co-star Glenn Close with Best Actress honors for her role in “The Wife;” Mahershala Ali, who hands his co-star Viggo Mortensen the Best Actor award for “Green Book;” and Spike Lee receives a standing ovation when awarded Best Director by actor Topher Grace, one of the stars of his film “BlacKkKlansman.”
The awards were filmed on Monday, February 4 at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills.
The broadcast also features the awards for Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Screenwriter, Best Ensemble, Best Grownup Love Story, Best Intergenerational Film, Best Foreign Film, Best Documentary and Best Time Capsule.
“AARP is delighted to work with PBS’s GREAT PERFORMANCES on this show that uniquely salutes actors, directors and producers who have such great experience and masterful creativity to make award-winning movies that speak directly to a valuable audience — the 50-plus,” said Myrna Blyth, Senior Vice President and Editorial Director for AARP Media.
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Credits:
For GREAT PERFORMANCES, Mitch Owgang is producer and Bill O’Donnell is series producer; David Horn is executive producer. The series is produced by THIRTEEN Productions LLC for WNET.
