Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in GUNGA DIN Screening
George Stevens‘ rousingly politically incorrect — and for the most part much admired — action-adventure tale Gunga Din will have a special screening on Friday, June 12, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Prior to the film, Oscar winners Ben Burtt and Craig Barron will discuss the sound and visual effects used in this 1939 classic starring Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Victor McLaglen.
Gunga Din will also will be presented in New York City on Monday, June 15, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy Theater.
Written by Joel Sayre and Fred Guiol, from a story by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, which [...]
by Andre Soares | June 10, 2009
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GONE WITH THE WIND Screening
"Hollywood’s Greatest Year: The Best Picture Nominees of 1939" is the title of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ summer series, which kicks off next Monday, May 18, with a big-screen presentation of Gone with the Wind.
"Hollywood’s Greatest Year" will showcase all of the best picture nominees from 1939, which many consider the best film year in Hollywood history. The 10-film 70th anniversary celebration runs through August 3. (Up to 1943, most years had 10 to 12 films nominated for the best picture Oscar.) All screenings will be held on Monday evenings at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
The 1939 best picture Oscar nominees were:
May 18 [...]
by Andre Soares | May 14, 2009
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George Stevens on DVD: GUNGA DIN, I REMEMBER MAMA
On December 7, Warner Home Video releases for the first time on DVD four titles by (or about) Academy Award-winning director George Stevens:
Gunga Din (right, 1939), an adventure tale with Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Joan Fontaine
I Remember Mama (1948), an effective family drama with Oscar-nominated Irene Dunne delivering one of the best performances of her remarkable career
George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin (2004), directed by George Stevens, Jr.
George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey (1985), an entertaining and informative documentary also directed by Stevens Jr.
Other George Stevens titles already available on DVD are:
Giant (two-disc set), a 1956 oil epic for which Stevens won his second best director Oscar (the first came in 1951 for A [...]
by Andre Soares | September 30, 2004
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