Colleagues praise Samuel L. Jackson at American Cinematheque

The language was colorful but the tone loving when friends and colleagues spoke at the American Cinematheque tribute to Samuel L. Jackson on Monday night. In what may be the most bleeped award show in history, Jackson's iconic movie lines were repeated, including the infamous "I have had it with these . . . snakes on this . . . plane!" It loses something in translation, but when Justin Timberlake uttered the full quote from "Snakes on a Plane" at the Beverly Hilton, it brought down the house.

By Lisa Rosen

December 3, 2008