Clint Eastwood to Receive Golden Boot Founders Award

Clint Eastwood to Receive Golden Boot Founders Award

Motion Picture & Television Fund to Honor Two-time Academy Award(R) Winning Producer/Director

LOS ANGELES, June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Clint Eastwood, two-time Academy Award(R) winning producer and director, will receive the prestigious Founders Award from the Motion Picture & Television Fund Golden Boot Committee. The award will be presented to Eastwood at the 24th annual Golden Boot Awards to be held August 12 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Eastwood, a past recipient of The Golden Boot for his acting career, is only the second director to be presented with the Founders Award, following in the footsteps of the legendary John Ford. The Founders Award, which is not presented every year, will be one of the highlights of this year's awards presentation.

Often referred to as the "Academy Awards of the Western," the Golden Boot Awards were established to recognize those performers, stunt people, producers and directors who have furthered the tradition of the Western on film and in television.

Since their inception in 1982, the Golden Boot Awards have contributed more than $3.9 million to the Motion Picture & Television Fund.

The non-profit Motion Picture & Television Fund, headquartered in Woodland Hills, Calif., was founded in 1921 to provide "relief" for those in the film industry who had fallen on hard times. Today, 85 years later, MPTF is a major service provider supporting the health and well being of the entertainment community. Healthcare, childcare, retirement living and social/charitable services are offered with compassion and respect for the dignity of the whole person. Care is offered through the MPTF 250-bed hospital, five outpatient health centers, charitable financial assistance and community outreach programs, a full-scale retirement community and a children's day care center. More information is available at www.mptvfund.org.

Contact: Steve Honig
The Honig Company, Inc.
310-246-1801
press@honigcompany.com

Source: Motion Picture & Television Fund

CONTACT: Steve Honig of The Honig Company, Inc., +1-310-246-1801,
press@honigcompany.com, for Motion Picture & Television Fund

Web site: http://www.mptvfund.org/

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