Clint Eastwood gets lifetime Palme d'Or

February 25, 2009 Clint Eastwood on Wednesday became only the second person to receive a lifetime achievement Palme d'Or as Festival de Cannes toppers Gilles Jacob and Thierry Fremaux presented the honorary award at an intimate ceremony in Paris. After heading to Cannes for the first time in 1985 with "Pale Rider," then again with "Bird," "White Hunter Black Heart," "Mystic River" and "Changeling," Eastwood accepted his Palme d'Or during a small news conference and cocktail party at famed restaurant Le Fouquet's. The Festival de Cannes has given only one other lifetime achievement Palme d'Or, presenting it to Ingmar Bergman during the event's 50th edition in 1997.

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