“The Wolf of Wall Street” has drawn fire for supposedly glorifying greed and debauchery, but that’s not stopping the Santa Barbara International Film Festival from honoring director Martin Scorsese and star Leonardo DiCaprio with the Cinema Vanguard Award.
Executive Director Roger Durling announced on Thursday the frequent collaborators will receive the award on Feb. 6 at the historic Arlington Theater in the coastal town to celebrate their work together, which also includes “Gangs of New York,” “The Aviator,” “Shutter Island” and “The Departed.”
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“Scorsese and DiCaprio’s partnership has become a legendary cinematic pas de deux recalling other great collaborations like John Ford and John Wayne, Fellini and Mastroianni, John Huston and Bogart – and even Scorsese and De Niro,” Durling said in a statement.