Miklós Rózsa Centennial

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a weekend-long centennial salute to 17-time Oscar-nominated Hungarian composer Miklós Rózsa beginning on Friday, August 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
The opening evening will be hosted by music critic and historian Jon Burlingame, and will feature an overview of Rózsa’s film career, including clips Jungle Book (1942), Spellbound (1945), The Naked City (1948) and Ben-Hur (1959). (Rózsa’s score is one of the few positive elements in William Wyler’s bloated Oscar-winning epic.)
The evening also will feature a panel discussion with film historian Rudy Behlmer, Academy Music Branch Governor Bruce Broughton, and Juliet Rózsa, the composer’s daughter, and a screening of Richard Thorpe’s Ivanhoe (1952) [...]

by Andre Soares | July 17, 2007   
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