Sir Ian McKellen to receive Golden Bear at Berlinale

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Sir Ian McKellen

            to receive Golden Bear at Berlinale
       Polish director
            Andrzej Wajda will also receive festival's lifetime
            achievement award.     
 Outtraveler Staff
          
          Jan 31, 2006
          
        
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       Acclaimed gay
            actor Sir Ian McKellen will receive the Golden Bear Award,
            the Berlin International Film Festival's lifetime
            achievement award, at       the 2006 Berlinale, according to
                The Hollywood       Reporter. Also receiving the
            coveted honor will be Polish filmmaker       Andrzej Wajda.
            This year's festival wraps up Saturday, February 18, with
            a screening of a restored version of Sam Peckinpah's 1973
            Western Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, starring James
            Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, and Bob Dylan. (Advocate.com)     

        
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Sir Ian McKellen
to receive Golden Bear at Berlinale