AFI FEST 2009: SOMETHING’S GONNA LIVE, NORTH BY NORTHWEST

Cary Grant in North by Northwest

Among the highlights of AFI FEST 2009 is the Nov. 2 screening of AFI Conservatory Alumnus Daniel Raim’s documentary Something’s Gonna Live, which profiles several behind-the-scenes Hollywood veterans — most of whom have already passed away — including production designers Robert Boyle (who turned 100 this past Oct. 10), Henry Bumstead (To Kill a Mockingbird, The Sting), Harold Michelson (Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Mommie Dearest, Dick Tracy), and Albert Nozaki (When Worlds Collide, The War of the Worlds, The Ten Commandments), in addition to cinematographers Conrad L. Hall (In Cold Blood, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Road to Perdition) and Haskell Wexler (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, In the Heat of [...]

Martin Landau, Mark Rydell, Amanda McBroom at THE ROSE Screening

The 30th anniversary of the 1979 Bette Midler showcase The Rose was celebrated on Friday, September 25, at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Pictured above following the event are (left to right): actor Barry Primus, Oscar-nominated sound mixer Theodore Soderberg, actress Doris Roberts, host/film critic Betsy Sharkey, songwriter Amanda McBroom and director Mark Rydell.
Photos: Richard Harbaugh / © AMPAS
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Mark Rydell, Doris Roberts

Martin Landau, Doris Roberts, Mark Rydell

Amanda McBroom

Mark Rydell, Betsy Sharkey

Sidney Poitier, Martin Landau, Ben Mankiewicz at Joseph L. Mankiewicz Salute

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented "An Academy Centennial Salute to Joseph L. Mankiewicz," on Thursday, May 21, 2009, at the Academy’s headquarters in Beverly Hills.
Pictured above at the reception for the event from left to right:
Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz (nephew); Sidney Poitier, who was featured in Mankiewicz’s 1950 drama No Way Out; Rosemary Mankiewicz (widow, seated); Martin Landau, who had a supporting role in Cleopatra; Academy president Sid Ganis; C.O "Doc" Erickson (seated), production manager during the making of Cleopatra; screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz (son), among whose credits are Diamonds Are Forever and Live and Let Die; and John Mankiewicz (nephew).
Photos: Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S.
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