Hollywood�s Arquette family are to be awarded for their outstanding contribution to film and TV with the American Film Institute's sixth Platinum Circle Award.

Rosanna, Richmond, Patricia, Alexis and David will receive the amazing award during a lunch ceremony at the Beverly Hills' Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel on May 10.

Their grandfather Clifford and father Lewis will both receive posthumous awards, David�s wife Courtney Cox-Arquette and Patricia�s fianc�, Tomas Jane will also be recognised for their work in film and TV.

AFI Associates president Carole Mitchell said of the Arquettes: �The nine members of this true Hollywood family have made extraordinary contributions to the art of film and television," 

Other families who have previously won the award include the Fonda�s, the Mathau�s and the Penn�s.