The 29th Starz Denver Film Festival will kick-off The Greatest Big Night of All Time by presenting the John Cassavetes Award to Tim Robbins, tonight at 7:30pm at the Buell Theatre following a clips performance highlighting Robbins' extraordinary career.

The Denver Film Society created the John Cassavetes award in 1989 and presents it to a film artist who embodies the spirit of late actor/director John Cassavetes his unique vision, his maverick sensibility, his unwavering integrity and his tenacious ability to survive as an artist against difficult odds.

Tim Robbins is one of the film industrys most versatile actors. Since his film debut in 1983, Robbins has earned critical and popular acclaim. In MYSTIC RIVER, Clint Eastwoods 2003 epic, Robbins gave a powerful and tragic performance alongside two previous Cassavetes Award recipients, Kevin Bacon and Sean Penn. Robbins' performance was honored with an Oscar as well as a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Broadcast Film Critics Award.

Tim Robbins will be interviewed from stage by Robert Denerstein, film critic, Rocky Mountain News.