Denzel Washington Struggles to Rescue Spike Lee’s ‘Highest 2 Lowest’

Before the Cannes Film Festival gala premiere of Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest, the audience was treated to a surprise. The festival director Thierry Frémaux came out on stage to give Denzel Washington an honorary Palme d’Or.

It was a complete shock to the actor, who had flown in between performances of Othello on Broadway. A montage of some of Washington’s greatest work played. The audience erupted in cheers when he said, “King Kong ain’t got s--- on me.” I learned that the French call Crimson Tide simply USS Alabama.

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