Peter Weir, the Australian director of "Dead Poets Society" and "The Truman Show", will be honored for his career at this year's Venice Film Festival, organizers said on Thursday. Weir, 79, had his international breakthrough with 1975's arthouse classic "Picnic at Hanging Rock", moving on to work in Hollywood in the 1980s. His other notable films include 1985's "Witness", starring Harrison Ford, and the seafaring epic "Master and Commander" from 2003, with fellow Australian Russell Crowe in the... Read this story
