Oscar 1972 Articles

SOUNDER (1972) Direction: Martin Ritt Cast: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, Carmen Mathews, Taj Mahal, James Best Screenplay: Lonne Elder III; from William H. Armstrong's book Oscar Movies Highly Recommended Paul Winfield, Sounder, Kevin Hooks, Sounder Sounder probably features more extremely wide shots than any movie besides Lawrence of Arabia — and Martin Ritt's movie is only half as long. Time and again, humans [...]

"Oscar's Docs: An Evening with Sarah Kernochan" will kick off the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences's 2007 "Monday Nights with Oscar" series, with screenings of Kernochan's two Academy Award-winning documentaries, the feature Marjoe (above) and the short Thoth, on Monday, January 8, at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International in New York City. Hosted by historian and journalist Perry L. [...]