Neile Adams McQueen, the former first wife of the legendary iconic actor, Steve McQueen, and mother and grandmother of the McQueen Family, will attend the Jules Verne Festival's Official 30th Anniversary Tribute to Steve McQueen, entitled, "The King of Cool Returns To Hollywood," with McQueen family members, Chad McQueen (her son), Jeanie McQueen (her daughter-in-law) and her grandchildren, Steve R. McQueen (Vampire Diaries), Molly Flattery, Chase McQueen and Madison McQueen. The tribute, which will be held at the ArcLight Hollywood, Cinerama Dome; 6360 West Sunset Boulevard; Hollywood, CA 90028 on Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 7:00 p.m., is presented by the Jules Verne Festival creators, Jean-Christophe Jeauffre and Frédéric Dieudonne.
The year of 2010 marks the 30th Anniversary of Steve McQueen's untimely passing at the age of 50 on November 7, 1980, and at the same time this year marks what would have been the actor's 80th birthday year. Steve McQueen was born on March 24, 1930.
In observance and remembrance of Steve McQueen, the Tribute will feature a Star-Studded Red Carpet, the Presentation of the Jules Verne Légendairre Award to Chad McQueen and a Special Screening of Bullitt. Other celebrities confirmed to attend include: actress and co-star, Jacqueline Bisset; co-star and former second wife, Ali MacGraw; music composer, Lalo Schifrin and actor and co-star, Robert Vaughn.
This event is open for the general public to attend. Tickets for General Admission are $25 each (Unreserved Seating); VIP tickets are $45 each, which includes Reserved Seating, a Special Will Call Line and a Collector's Program. For further information please call Marie Bobin at the Jules Verne Festival at 213-884-7005. To buy tickets online, please visit www.julesverne.org.
The movie Bullitt was made in 1968 and stars Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Vaughn and Robert Duvall. Music for the film was written by Lalo Schifrin. The movie was directed by Peter Yates. Robert E. Relyea served as head of production for Solar Productions and Executive Producer of the film. Mario Iscovich, who served as Steve McQueen's personal assistant on the film, is now a film producer himself.
The Steve McQueen Tribute Event is the 6th installment of the Jules Verne Légendaire Awards, celebrating Legendary Movies and Stars. Previous celebrations had included: Blade Runner, The Birds, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Some Like It Hot, and hosted honorees James Cameron, Tony Curtis, Harrison Ford, Tippi Hedren and George Lucas, to name a few.
About Steve McQueen:
Steven Terrence McQueen (Steve McQueen's birth name) was born on March 24, 1930 in Beech Grove, Indiana, and endured a troubled childhood which included being abandoned by his father, left to be raised by a great-granduncle, and then taken by his mother to California to live with her husband. He became involved in gang life, eventually ending up in The California Junior Boys Republic, which later became The Boys Republic, where he finally learned responsibility. After a brief stint in the Marines, he went to New York and took up acting, winning a scholarship to Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio. Of the 2000 performers who auditioned for The Actors Studio in 1955, only two were accepted: Martin Landau and Steve McQueen.
