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S45 Ep20

Movies for Grownups® Awards with AARP the Magazine

Premiere: 2/23/2018 | 00:00:30 |

This year’s 17th annual Movies for Grownups® Awards with AARP the Magazine will be broadcast for the first time ever. Co-produced by Great Performances, the awards premiere Friday, February 23 at 9PM on PBS (check local listings), pbs.org/gperf and PBS apps. Award-winning film and stage actor Alan Cumming hosted the star-studded evening at the Beverly Wilshire, Beverly Hills on February 5.

About the Episode

Broadcast and streamed for the first time, AARP The Magazine’s 17th Annual Movies for Grownups® Awards celebrates 2017’s standout films with unique appeal to movie lovers with a grownup state of mind and recognizes the inspiring artists who make them. Co-produced by THIRTEEN’s GREAT PERFORMANCES series, Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP the Magazine premieres nationwide Friday, February 23 at 9PM on PBS (check local listings), pbs.org/gperf and PBS apps. Stream the awards.

The complete list of the 17th Annual Movies for Grownups® Awards Winners:

  • Career Achievement: Helen Mirren
  • Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups: Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  • Best Actress: Annette Bening (Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool)
  • Best Actor: Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour)
  • Best Supporting Actress: Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird)
  • Best Supporting Actor: Richard Jenkins (The Shape of Water)
  • Best Director: Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water)
  • Best Screenwriter: Aaron Sorkin (Molly’s Game)
  • Best Ensemble: Get Out
  • Best Grownup Love Story: The Greatest Showman
  • Best Intergenerational Film: The Florida Project
  • Best Time Capsule: Dunkirk
  • Best Documentary: I Am Not Your Negro

 

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About the Movies For Grownups® Awards and AARP The Magazine

About AARP The Magazine’s Movies For Grownups® Awards’ Philanthropic Goals
The annual Movies for Grownups® Awards raises funds for AARP Foundation, AARP’s affiliated charity, which helps struggling people 50-plus around the country transform their lives through programs, services and vigorous legal advocacy. The Foundation works to increase economic opportunity and social connections to prevent and reduce senior poverty.

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Features

Clip | Helen Mirren Receives Career Achievement Honor
Clip | Laurie Metcalf wins Best Supporting Actress
AARP The Magazine Celebrates the Winners for the 17th Annual Movies for Grownups® Awards in Los Angeles
AARP The Magazine Announces Presenters for the 17th Annual Movies for Grownups® Awards
AARP The Magazine Announces Nominees for the 17th Annual Movies for Grownups® Awards
Helen Mirren to Receive Career Achievement Honor at AARP The Magazine’s 17th Annual Movies For Grownups® Awards
TRANSCRIPT

Look for the first ever broadcast of the annual Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP the Magazine.

Thank God there'''s a Jedi pension plan.

Here are the nominees for 'Best Movie For Grownups.'

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Join this year'''s Career Achievement Award winner Helen Mirren as I grab this award.

And your host Alan Cumming when the star-studded Movies For Grownups Awards with AARP the Magazine comes to Great Performances.

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