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Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Montgomery Clift: FROM HERE TO ETERNITY Screening

Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster make love in From Here to Eternity(top); Montgomery Clift and Frank Sinatra do a little (sorta) lovemaking of their own later on in the film (bottom)

Fred Zinnemann’s 1953 Academy Award-winning drama From Here to Eternity, starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, and Frank Sinatra, will be screened by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Wednesday, November 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The presentation will feature the premiere of a new digital restoration, as well as an onstage discussion with Ernest Borgnine, who has a supporting role in the film.
Adapted by Daniel Taradash from James Jones‘ bestselling [...]

Academy Awards $450,000 to US Film Festivals

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In case you think the Academy only hands out Oscars:
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ Academy Foundation has awarded a total of $450,000 to 24 U.S. film festivals for the 2010 calendar year. Recipients range from Outfest: The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival and the Ann Arbor Film Festival to the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival and the True/False Film Fest.
Two festivals, the Nashville Film Festival and the New Orleans Film Festival, are in the second year of a three-year grant worth $75,000. The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and the Virginia Film Festival are receiving the third and final annual installment of another [...]

Oscar-Winning Filmmakers Mark Jonathan Harris, Tracy Seretean at Academy Screening

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Into the Arms of Stranger: Stories of the Kindertransport, shown as part of the "Oscar’s Docs" series, at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood on Monday, November 2, 2009.
Pictured above following the screening (left to right): Composer Lee Holdridge, Oscar-winning producer Deborah Oppenheimer, Oscar-winning writer/director Mark Jonathan Harris, editor Kate Amend and associate producer Alicia Dwyer.
Photos: Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S.

Oscar-winning producer/director Tracy Seretean, whose Big Mama was also screened at the Linwood Dunn on Nov. 2.

2009 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Nominees

Six writers have been selected as winners of the 24th annual Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. For the fifth consecutive year a script written by a team earned its writers a fellowship; collaborative efforts were first allowed into the competition only in 2001.
Each writer or writing team will receive a $30,000 prize, the first installment of which will be given out at a gala dinner in Beverly Hills next November 12.
This year’s winners are (listed alphabetically by author):

Matt Ackley, Los Angeles, “Victoria Falls”
Vineet Dewan and Angus Fletcher, Los Angeles, “Sand Dogs”
John Griffin, [...]

Oscar 2010: Oscar Correspondent Contest

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and mtvU, MTV’s 24-hour college network, have announced their second annual “Oscar Correspondent Contest,” which gives college journalists across the US the chance to win a trip to Los Angeles to cover red carpet arrivals and backstage activities at the 2010 Academy Awards.
The information below is from the Academy’s press release:

From October 26 through December 18, college students are invited to submit a video at http://oscars.mtvu.com, showcasing their broadcast journalism skills and proving why they deserve to cover the Oscars. All videos submitted must be from teams made up of one anchor and one videographer. The Academy and mtvU will select the top ten [...]

Johnny Mercer Centennial Tribute

Johnny Mercer (top); Mercer, Donald O’Connor, Hoagy Carmichael at the 1951 Academy Awards ceremony (bottom)

Johnny Mercer’s musical legacy will be celebrated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with a gala centennial tribute featuring film clips of many of Mercer’s classic songs, in addition to performances and appearances by friends and colleagues, on Thursday, November 5, at 8 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Note: This event is sold-out, but standby tickets may become available.
Program host Michael Feinstein and Monica Mancini (daughter of Mercer’s longtime friend, Henry Mancini) will perform some of Mercer’s best-known songs, while Oscar-winning songwriter-composer Alan Bergman, Oscar-nominated songwriter Arthur Hamilton, [...]

DAVID MCCULLOUGH, GLASS: A PORTRAIT OF PHILIP Screening

David McCullough: Painting with Words (top); Philip Glass in GLASS: a portrait of Philip in twelve parts (bottom)

David McCullough: Painting with Words and GLASS: a portrait of Philip in twelve parts will be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 28th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, November 4, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission is free.
Directed by Mark Herzog and produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, David McCullough: Painting with Words takes a look at the career of Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough (Truman, John Adams). Herzog will be present to take questions from the audience following the screening.
Shot on [...]

Oscar 2010: Adam Shankman, Bill Mechanic to Produce Academy Awards Telecast

Adam Shankman (right) and Bill Mechanic will produce the 2010 Academy Awards telecast, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Tom Sherak has announced today. As per the Academy’s press release, this will be the "first major Oscar show involvement" for both of them.
Shankman’s directorial credits include Bedtime Stories (2008), Hairspray (2007), A Walk to Remember (2002) and The Wedding Planner (2001). His upcoming projects include Rock of Ages, Sinbad, Bob: The Musical and Bye Bye Birdie. In addition to directing, Shankman, along with his sister, Jennifer Gibgot, produce films through Offspring Entertainment. They are currently producing The Last Song, Going The Distance and Step Up 3D, all set for [...]

ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD, FLOW: FOR LOVE OF WATER Screening

Werner Herzog’s Academy Award-nominated Encounters at the End of the World (above, lower photo) and Irena Salina’s Flow: For Love of Water will be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 28th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, October 21, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission is free.
Directed by Herzog and produced by Henry Kaiser, Encounters at the End of the World looks at human beings interacting with the harsh environment of Antarctica. Werner Herzog will be present to take questions from the audience following the screening.
Flow: For Love of Water deals with the dire consequences of increased privatization [...]

Marlon Brando, Marlene Dietrich, Sophia Loren Home Movies

Alfred Hitchcock, wife Alma Reville, daughter Patricia Hitchcock, and dog at home ca. 1941

Paulette Goddard, Betty Grable, Edward G. Robinson, Ginger Rogers, and Natalie Wood’s rarely seen home movies will be screened at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ presentation of “Hollywood Home Movies II: Treasures from the Academy Film Archive” on Saturday, October 17, at 7 p.m. at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. This event is sold out, but standby tickets may become available.
The Academy Film Archive houses a wide variety of amateur movies — whether featuring the stars’ families and friends, or behind-the-scenes activities on their sets. "Hollywood Home Movies II" will feature a number of excerpts, [...]

Editors Brian Johnson, Joe Bini, Kate Amend, William Cartwright at Academy Seminar

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented "Editing for Documentary Films" as part of the series "Perspectives on Editing" on Tuesday, October 6, at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood.
Pictured above prior to the event (left to right): Brian Johnson (Buena Vista Social Club, Fighting for Life), Academy governor Mark Goldblatt, Joe Bini (Little Dieter Needs to Fly, Grizzly Man), Kate Amend (The Long Way Home, Jimmy Carter Man from Plains), William Cartwright (The Making of the President 1960, Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision), and Academy governor Donn Cambern.
Photos: Greg Harbaugh / ©A.M.P.A.S.
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Brian Johnson, Donn Cambern

Joe Bini

Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting 2009: Finalists

Eleven finalists remain in the running for the Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Their scripts will now be read and judged by the Academy’s Nicholl Committee, which may give out as many as five of the $30,000 fellowships.
This year’s finalists are (listed alphabetically by author):

Matt Ackley, Los Angeles, “Victoria Falls”
Vineet Dewan and Angus Fletcher, Los Angeles, “Sand Dogs”
John Griffin, Los Angeles, “Dream before Waking”
Hiram Martinez, New York City, “Ansiedad”
Marleine Pacilio, Shadow Hills, Calif., “Born Elizabeth Jane”
Adriana Brad Schanen, Montclair, N.J., “Gifted”
Neil Swaab, [...]

ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER, BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE: Oscar’s Docs

Michael Moore shooting Bowling for Columbine

Michael Moore’s Bowling for Columbine, Kevin Macdonald’s One Day in September, and Errol Morris‘ The Fog of War are among the 12 Oscar-winning short and feature documentaries to be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ "Oscar’s Docs, Part Five: Academy Award-Winning Documentaries 1998–2003" beginning Monday, October 19, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. The screenings will be held Monday evenings through November 23.
“Oscar’s Docs” is a comprehensive screening series of every short subject and feature to win the Academy Award for documentary filmmaking since the category was established in 1941.
As per the Academy’s press release, [...]

Perspectives on Editing – Anne Coates: Profile of an Editing Master

Film editor Anne V. Coates (top); John Hurt in The Elephant Man (middle); Diane Lane, Richard Gere in Unfaithful (bottom)

Legendary film editor Anne Coates, 83, will be the subject of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ "Perspectives on Editing – Anne Coates: Profile of an Editing Master" on Wednesday, October 14, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood.
This fourth and last installment of the Academy’s "Perspectives on Editing" series will be once again hosted by the Academy Film Editors Branch governors Donn Cambern (The Last Picture Show, The Bodyguard) and Mark Goldblatt (Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Starship Troopers).
"Anne Coates: Profile of an Editing Master" will feature a [...]

Animation Editors Kevin Nolting, Nancy Frazen at “Perspectives on Editing” Evening

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented "Editing for Animation" as part of its "Perspectives on Editing" series on Tuesday, September 29, at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood.
Pictured above prior to the event (left to right): Nancy Frazen (Surf’s Up), Kent Beyda (Scooby-Doo), Academy governor Mark Goldblatt (seated), Academy governor Donn Cambern (seated), Lois Freeman-Fox (Fantasia/2000), Kevin Nolting (Finding Nemo) and John Carnochan (Beauty and the Beast).
Photos: Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S.
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Mark Goldblatt, Lois Freeman-Fox

Kevin Nolting

Linwood Dunn: Celebrating a Visual Effects Pioneer – CITIZEN KANE Screening

"Linwood Dunn: Celebrating a Visual Effects Pioneer," will explore the work of special effects artist Linwood Dunn (above, lower photo), including the techniques he used in creating optical effects for Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane, on Friday, October 9, at 8 p.m. at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ appropriately named Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. A newly struck print of Citizen Kane from the Academy Film Archive will be screened. This event is sold out, but standby tickets may become available.
Presented by the Academy’s Science and Technology Council, "Linwood Dunn" will be hosted by Oscar-winning visual effects artist and Academy governor Craig Barron. The evening will also [...]

Perspectives on Editing: Editing for Documentary Films

Grizzly Man by Werner Herzog (lower photo)

The art and craft of editing documentary films is the topic of the third installment of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ four-part seminar series "Perspectives on Editing," which will be held on Tuesday, October 6, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood.
"Perspectives on Editing: Editing for Documentary Films" will be hosted by Academy Film Editors Branch governors Donn Cambern (The Last Picture Show, The Bodyguard) and Mark Goldblatt (Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Starship Troopers).
Special guests will include Kate Amend (The Long Way Home, Jimmy Carter Man from Plains), Joe Bini (Little Dieter Needs to Fly, [...]

Oscar-Winning Film Editor Walter Murch’s Academy Evening Photos

"A Conversation with Walter Murch," part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ "Perspectives on Editing" series was held on Tuesday, September 22, at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood.
Pictured above: Oscar-winning film editor Walter Murch (center), Academy governors/Oscar-nominated film editors Mark Goldblatt (left) and Donn Cambern.
Among Walter Murch’s credits as film editor are The Godfather, Part III, Ghost, The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Cold Mountain, Jarhead, and Youth Without Youth.
Photos: Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S.
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Walter Murch

Mark Goldblatt, Walter Murch, Donn Cambern

“Perspectives on Editing”: Animation

Up by Pete Docter (top); Matt Groening’s The Simpsons Movie directed by David Silverman (middle); Surf’s Up by Ash Brannon, Chris Buck (bottom)

The art and craft of editing animated films will be explored in the second installment of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ four-part seminar series “Perspectives on Editing” on Tuesday, September 29, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood.
“Perspectives on Editing: Editing for Animation” will be hosted by Academy Film Editors Branch governors Donn Cambern (The Last Picture Show, The Bodyguard) and Mark Goldblatt (Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Starship Troopers).
Special guests will include Kent Beyda (Alien Nation, Scooby-Doo), John [...]

Paul Crifo, Lon Chaney’s Great-Grandson at Academy Exhibitions

Poster artist Paul Crifo poses in front of the In the Heat of the Night poster at the opening of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences‘ new exhibitions "Art of the Movie Poster: Illustrated One-sheets and Design Concepts from the Paul Crifo Archive" and "Irving Thalberg: Creating the Hollywood Studio System, 1920-1936," on Wednesday, September 16, 2009.
Photos: Greg Harbaugh / ©A.M.P.A.S.
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Ron Chaney poses next to great-grandfather Lon Chaney’s original makeup kit.

Ben-Hur items

Paul Crifo

Marsha Hunt, Ann Rutherford, Mark Vieira at Irving Thalberg Exhibition

Former MGM contract actress Marsha Hunt, Academy Special Events Programmer Ellen Harrington, and former MGM contract actress (and Gone with the Wind supporting player) Ann Rutherford at the opening of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences‘ new exhibitions "Art of the Movie Poster: Illustrated One-sheets and Design Concepts from the Paul Crifo Archive" and "Irving Thalberg: Creating the Hollywood Studio System, 1920-1936," on Wednesday, September 16, 2009.
Photos: Greg Harbaugh / ©A.M.P.A.S.
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Marsha Hunt

Hollywood Dreams Made Real: Irving Thalberg and the Rise of M-G-M author Mark Vieira

Miscellaneous items from the Irving Thalberg exhibition

MAN ON WIRE, IN A DREAM Screening

Philippe Petit in James Marsh’s Man on Wire (top); Isaiah and Julia Zagar in Jeremiah Zagar’s In a Dream (bottom)

James Marsh’s Man on Wire and Jeremiah Zagar’s In a Dream will launch the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ 28th annual "Contemporary Documentaries" screening series on Wednesday, September 30, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission to all screenings in the series is free.
Man on Wire tells the story of Philippe Petit, who in 1974 walked on a wire illegally rigged between the twin towers of New York City’s World Trade Center — a feat that became known as "the artistic crime of the century." Directed [...]

Art of the Movie Poster: From the Paul Crifo Archive

Dr. No poster (top); Paul Crifo at work (bottom)

Posters for Dr. No, Ragtime, and dozens of other movies will be on display in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ new exhibition, "Art of the Movie Poster: Illustrated One-Sheets and Design Concepts from the Paul Crifo Archive," opening on Thursday, September 17, in the Academy’s Grand Lobby Gallery in Beverly Hills. Admission is free.
As per the Academy’s press release, "’Art of the Movie Poster’ will focus on the decades from the 1950s through the ‘80s, showcasing the creative process by which a finished movie poster was achieved. Each stage of the process will be represented, through reference stills, concept sketches, and hand-rendered and photographic ‘comps’ (design mock-ups incorporating graphics [...]

“Perspectives on Editing” Seminar Series

Ralph Fiennes in The English Patient, edited by Walter Murch (top); Peter O’Toole, Omar Sharif in Lawrence of Arabia, edited by Anne V. Coates (bottom)

The art and craft of film editing is the topic of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ four-evening seminar series "Perspectives on Editing." Sessions will be held on three consecutive Tuesdays, September 22, September 29, and October 6, concluding on Wednesday, October 14, with a tribute to Oscar-winning editor Anne V. Coates. Each session will take place from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood.
As per the Academy’s press release, “Perspectives on Editing” will tackle the editing of live action films, animated features and documentaries "from the perspective of motion [...]

Oscar 2010: Scientific and Technical Awards Semi-Finalists

The Scientific and Technical Awards Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that 11 scientific and technical achievements have been selected for "further awards consideration," as per the Academy’s press release.
The release adds that "the list is made public to allow individuals and companies with similar devices or claims of prior art the opportunity to submit their achievements for review." The deadline to submit additional entries is Tuesday, September 15.
The committee has selected the following methods or devices for further consideration:

Enabling Technologies for Digital Intermediate (credit to be determined)
The Development of Fujicolor ETERNA-RDI Digital Intermediate Film (Fujifilm USA)
Relighting for Virtual Characters (USC ICT)
Imocap (Lucasfilm Entertainment)
Ambient Occlusion (Double Negative [...]

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