Elizabeth Banks to be Honored at the Maui Film Festival

The 2012 Maui Film Festival will honor Elizabeth Banks, soon to be seen in People Like Us, with its Navigator Award. The Navigator Award is bestowed on a “film artist for carving a path of distinction through the turbulent waters of the entertainment industry without sacrificing their fundamental commitment to excellence.”
 
The 2012 Maui Film Festival will be held June 13-17 at the Wailea Resort, with screening of People Like Us following the awards ceremony at the Celestial Cinema located at the Wailea Gold & Emerald Golf Course.
 
“Elizabeth Banks embodies the talent, intelligence and charisma that are the touchstones of what the Maui Film Festival looks for in the film artists we honor. We couldn’t be more pleased to honor her at this year’s festival — especially in the heavenly setting of the Celestial Cinema,” noted Maui Film Festival director Barry Rivers.
 

 
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From DreamWorks Pictures comes People Like Us, a drama/comedy about family, inspired by true events, starring Chris Pine as Sam, a twenty-something, fast-talking salesman, whose latest deal collapses on the day he learns that his father has suddenly died. Against his wishes, Sam is called home, where he must put his father’s estate in order and reconnect with his estranged family. In the course of fulfilling his father’s last wishes, Sam uncovers a startling secret that turns his entire world upside down: He has a 30-year-old sister Frankie whom he never knew about (Elizabeth Banks). As their relationship develops, Sam is forced to rethink everything he thought he knew about this family—and re-examine his own life choices in the process.
 
People Like Us hits theaters on June 29, 2012.
 
Source: Maui Film Festival