Michael J. Fox will award the award and receive a standing ovation at Bufftus
Actor Michael J. Fox received a standing ovation after rising from his wheelchair to award the award in the bufftus.
Forty years after the release of “Back to the Future,” Michael J. Fox won’t please fans.
The 64-year-old actor, who won an Emmy Award on August 10th, took part in Southampton, New York. IMAX screening of the films where Jump began his career on the big screen.
The sold-out crowd then stayed for a conversation with Eric Korn, the artistic director of Southampton Playhouse. Eric Corn has had topics ranging from Fox’s life and career over the past 40 years (including living with Parkinson’s disease) to working with the Michael J. Fox Foundation.
“Insights into Michael’s relationship with acting and how it changed — first through the success of Blockbuster, then through his diagnosis — became an emotional, loving, and inspirational conversation,” Kohn wrote in an Instagram post on August 12th.
The Oscar-winning film by Robert Zemeckis was made on July 3, 1985 on a budget of $19 million and released in theaters. It earned $224 million at the box office worldwide and even became the National Film Register for the Library of Congress in 2007.
Fox reevaluated his role as teenager Marty McFly as Dock Brown along with Christopher Lloyd in two more “future” films.
Lloyd, 86, has also continued to appear in films and TV shows, and has recently appeared in the second season of “Wednesday” and “Hacking.” He made a rare public appearance along with his wife, Lisa Roiacono, at his latest project, the Hollywood premiere of Bob Odenkirk’s lead role, “Nobody 2.”
Michael J. Fox never “fears” death
Since publishing his Parkinson’s disease diagnosis in 1998, seven years after his diagnosis, Fox continues to act in Hollywood, defending and funding Parkinsonson’s research through his foundation.
In January, President Joe Biden awarded the President’s Freedom Medal to “warm the hearts and captivate the audience as fearless advocates for people with Parkinson’s disease.”
Parkinson’s disease, the fastest growing neurodegenerative condition in the United States, is an incurable brain disorder and progressive disease that causes unintended or uncontrollable movements such as shaking, stiffness, balance and adjustment, according to the National Institute on Aging.
Over the years, Fox has maintained multiple fractured bones, including both arms, shoulders, and trajectory bones, cheeks and hands.
Fox fights his symptoms, including paralysis of the muscles in his face, through drug therapy and trains to maintain his walking skills.
“One day, I run out of gas,” Fox told Town & Country Magazine in 2023. If that comes, I will allow it.
“It’s true, if I die tomorrow, it’s too early, but it’s not unheard of. And no, I’m not afraid of it.”
