GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER and BONNIE AND CLYDE: Great To Be Nominated
by Andre Soares
Press Release:
The 1967 Best Picture nominees Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner and Bonnie and Clyde will be screened as the next features in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ "Great To Be Nominated" series. Both films received 10 Academy Award® nominations and took home Oscars® in two categories. A brand new print of Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner will be screened on Monday, June 19, and an archival print of Bonnie and Clyde will be screened on Tuesday, June 20. Both screenings will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
In Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, the Draytons, a wealthy white family meet their daughter’s black fiancé, portrayed by Sidney Poitier, for the first time. The film won Oscars for Actress (Katharine Hepburn) and Writing — Story and screenplay written directly for the screen (William Rose). Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner also received nominations for Best Picture (Stanley Kramer, producer), Actor (Spencer Tracy), Actor in a Supporting Role (Cecil Kellaway), Actress in a Supporting Role (Beah Richards), Art Direction (Art Direction: Robert Clatworthy; Set Decoration: Frank Tuttle), Directing (Stanley Kramer), Film Editing (Robert C. Jones) and Scoring of Music — adaptation or treatment (DeVol).
Mrs. Karen Kramer, widow of the film’s producer-director, and Marshall Schlom, script supervisor on the film, will attend the screening and participate in a panel discussion following the screening.
Bonnie and Clyde, based on the true story of notorious bank robbers who fell in love during a Depression-era crime spree, won Oscars for Actress in a Supporting Role (Estelle Parsons) and Cinematography (Burnett Guffey). The film also received nominations for Best Picture (Warren Beatty, producer), Actor (Beatty), Actor in a Supporting Role (Gene Hackman), Actor in a Supporting Role (Michael J. Pollard), Actress (Faye Dunaway), Costume Design (Theadora Van Runkle), Directing (Arthur Penn) and Writing — Story and screenplay written directly for the screen (David Newman and Robert Benton).
Evans Evans, who played Velma Davis in the film, and Dede Allen, the film’s editor, will participate in a panel discussion following the screening.
Passes for "Great To Be Nominated" are still available at a cost of $30 for film buffs wishing to see the rest of the series. A $5 discount is available for those who wish to renew their passes from Parts One and/or Two of the series. Inclusive of Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner and Bonnie and Clyde, there are 11 screening dates remaining in Part Three.
Tickets for each individual screening may be purchased at a cost of $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid I.D. Tickets may be purchased by mail, in person at the Academy during regular business hours or, depending on availability, on the night of the screening when the doors open at 6:30 p.m. Curtain time for all features is 7:30 p.m., and pre-show elements will begin at 7 p.m. The Academy is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. For more information, call (310) 247-3600.
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The Bonnie and Clyde movie was great to watch but I don’t remember seeing the movie.