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 [...]
by Andre Soares | October 26, 2009
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Tags: AFI FEST, AFI FEST 2009, Alfred Hitchcock, Conrad L. Hall, Daniel Raim, Eva Marie Saint, Film Festivals, Harold Michelson, Haskell Wexler, Henry Bumstead, Los Angeles Screenings, Martin Landau, North by Northwest, Robert Boyle, Something's Gonna Live
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
by Joan Lister | September 28, 2009
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Tags: Amanda McBroom, Barry Primus, Betsy Sharkey, Doris Roberts, Mark Rydell, Martin Landau, Photos, The Rose, Theodore Soderberg
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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by Deborah Arthur | June 15, 2009
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Tags: Ben Mankiewicz, C. O. Erickson, Classic Movies, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Martin Landau, Photos, Sid Ganis, Sidney Poitier, Tom Mankiewicz
