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 LOS ANGELES (AP) - George Lucas, the cruel taskmaster who made Harrison Ford hang with snakes and rats, required Robert Duvall to shave his head and turned Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill into Pez dispensers, was presented with The American Film Institute's annual lifetime achievement award Thursday night.
He was hailed as an innovator whose "American Graffiti" created a 1950s and early '60s nostalgia craze and ushered in a new era of special effects with his "Star Wars" films.
Lucas, 61, said he was "honored and a bit bewildered" considering that by his count he has made only three movies — "THX 1138," "American Graffiti" and the six "Star Wars" flicks, which he views as one long film.
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