Honors for James Franco at Santa Barbara Film Fest

The 26th Santa Barbara International Film Festival will honor James Franco’s work in 127 Hours as the 2011 Outstanding Performance of the Year Award on January 29. (IndieWire)

Festival director Roger Durling calls Franco, “a truly, exceptional actor who embraces the character and lives the story to tell it. James Franco eases onto the screen, seducing the audience no matter if he is the hero, the villain or the victim.”