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YOlUmf 8 ISSUf 1 WlnHH 1996 HlnCH film on PnPfH SEE PAGE 10 ~"""'" HlSO ===--;] Visit Oscar on the Net The Academy's site: http://www.oscars.org/ The Oificiallnteradive Guide to the Oscars: I http://oscars.guide.com © AM PAS® Apn14 thru JUIII 9 - FROM THE PRESIDENT Acadetlly Gallery: Opening of "Film 've had a few c onversations and some interest Architedure: Set ~esign from M£IlOPOLIS ing correspondence on the subject of our deport to BlAOE RUNN ER: Blade Runner ment at m ember screenings i n o u r Goldwyn Aprd 11, 12, 13- theater. The subject came up after there had been some shouting at Saluel GoIcIwyw Theater - 8p.rn.: the screen at one of our late-year screenings, and some booing at the Seats will be removed from the conclusion of the picture. Theater in April to accomodate the Evelyn Brent and 72-piece German Film Orchestra of It was an unprecedented reaction in most members' experience Em~ Jonnings in Babelsberg, which will accompany THE lAsT ( OMIWID (an undercurrent of sibilance duri ng credit-crawl applause having two restored silent films, the 1928 Oscar·winning film, THE lAsT (OMMAND, on April 11 and the constituted tHe p revious high-water-mark of disapproval) , and it 1922 horror classic, NOSFERATU, on April 12 and 13. Las Angeles Times movie critic Kenneth Turon will give a produced more than one suggestion that the president ought to get out a pre-screening lecture on April 12 and Anton Kaes, director letter reminding people of how we behave at our theater. of film studies at U( Berkeley, wililedure April 13. For more information call 310-278-5673. It's a tricky issue, though. Normall y, our audiences watch movies quietly Friday, AprH 19 - and respectfully. (Or, in the case of comedies, laughingly and respectfully.) SCIIIUeI GoIdwyn Theater - It's not unusual though to hear a burst of applause at a picture's conclu 7 p.m.: The Academy Standards Screening sion , and in recent years, when a picture has really clicked on all cylinders, NDlFEIAIU will feature two films highlighted in the film architecture exhibition, THE FOUNTAINHEAD and DICK those bursts have occasionall y become downright boisterous. If we frown on TRACY. The gallery will be open late for exhibition viewing. negative demonstrations, do we have to restrain ourselves from expressing Friday, May 17 - approval as well? How do we define appropriate behavior? s.ueI GoIdwyn Theater - 7 p.m.: Chief Justice Holmes , writing about freedom of speech, said that it didn't The Academy Standards Screening will feature two more films from extend to yell ing "Fire!" in a crowded theater. Fair enough, but we could use the film architedure exhibition, THECABINET OFO R. UuGARI and BlADE fu rther guidance. What about bellowing "Enough! " or "For shame!?" RU NN ER. The program will include Mr. Holmes didn't say, but legally I think the bellower is well within his rights. remarks by exhibition curator Dietrich Neumann of Brown University and a Q&A session with And if the entire audience has been moved to the same point of distress and BlADE RUNNER illustrator Syd Mead. impatience, no one is likely to object to the demonstration. The problem , of course , is that one man 's horrifying spectacle is the next woman's rivetin g experi ence. And if the man's expression of indignation ACAOfmy nfPOnT Published by the causes the woman to come unriveted , then everybody's unhappy. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 8949 Wilshire Boulevard And that's why it seems to me that the issue here finally is not one of free Beverly Hills, California 90211 -1972 (310) 247-3000 speech, but of respect fo r our fe llow audience members. If we can delay Pre"'t · ArtHr Iller the gratification of our free speech until we hit the lobby or the sidewalk, then r. st YOKe Presidetlt • Sill GaIis we're free to fulminate all we want. Or rave. V-o I'nsidIIIt · FayK_ V-o TI'nsidIIIt__ ArtHr Ha.It.. Speaking j st fo r myself, my own policy while watching the work of my · · 1.... 1.... fellow academi<J: ians at th e Goldwyn is thi s: I observe the Thumperian Seaetary • Roddy MeDowai dictum that if you can't say something nice, it's best to put a sock in it. I'IIetes: .....s .tIIorwise iIeodiIietI, ~lNt~~ It works fine for me, and if you don't al ready have a policy of you r own , Desip: liM ' ....er , LOIS/Ell please feel free to borrow it. ON THE(O VER: Aposler from the film PRINSESS ET AM-TAM is pari of the Edward Mapp - Arthur Hiller Collection recently received by the Margaret Herrick Libra ry. See story on page 10. 2 RCROfffiV nfPonT FILM SETS FILL ACADEMY GALLERY riginal props, furnishings and bridge of STAR TREK GENERATIONS. Oartwork from five recent films The exhibition was presented in filled the Academy Gallery through collaboration with members of the .< mid-March, trans- Set Decorators forming it into a Society of series of recreated America. movie sets. Meredith Boswell, Among the Rosemary sets were Fred and Brandenberg, John Wilma's living Dwyer, Marvin room from THE March and Ellen FLINTSTONES, the The Klingon bridge from STAR TRE KGENERATION S. Totleben are quirky mansion of responsible for ADDAMS FAMILY V ALVES, the nightclub the recreated sets; Denise Pizzini from TH E MASK, the techno-reality of coordinated the tableaux and NATURAL BORN KILLERS and the Klingon photograph displays. T ACADEMY RECEIVES CAHN, NORTH GIFTS OF MUSIC CAREER PAPERS Music I Branch ifts of the career papers of two of Governor Hollywood's most illustrious music mak Arthur ers, Sammy Cahn and Alex North, have Hamilton G been given separately to the Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy by Mrs. Cahn and Mrs. North. They are among the largest and most complete of nearly 750 separate donations of material to the Library over the past year. "These two collections add a significant layer of depth to the Library's music-related holdings," Saul Chaplin and TIla Cahn Academy President Arthur Hiller said. "Cahn's lyrics and North's music constitute some of the most beautiful and memorable work ever written. We are absolutely delighted to be able to include in our priceless collections this material, from wh ich scholars can learn much more about two Participating in a December reception hOltorilig the Cahn/North gifts were, froll! left, Herrick Library in comparable careers ." Director Linda Harris Mehr, AMe Marie North, The Sammy Cahn collection includes original song lyrics, special lyrics for Academy Presidetlt Arthur Hiller, Music Branch performers, music and lyrics for 1930s Warner Bros. Vitaphone shorts, sheet music Governor Bruce Broughton. and recordings spanning Cahn's 42-year film music career. The Al ex North Collection includes music scores, scripts, correspondence, photographs and recordings from North's 54-year career. 3 PLAYERS DIREOORY ON HIGH-TECH he industry's oldest review of the current publication conducted and best-known casting by a committee chaired by Academy Public Tdirectory, the Academy Relations Branch Governor Marvin Levy. PLayers Directory, is in the The committee included John Badham, midst of a schedule of changes Reuben Canon, Mike Fenton, Bill Gerber, that will improve the four-vol Debra Hill, Jeremy Kagan, Roddy ume publication's look and McDowall, Frank Pierson and Sarah usefulness and will, over the Pillsbury. "We've designed a marvelous new next two years, include on-line tool for the industry," Levy pointed out. and CD-ROM formats. "When the Directory reaches its full elec Acacletny Executive "The Players Directory has for years been the industry standard, tronic form, it will be more central to the A_ istrator Rk Robertson, left, 'IGyers and it will continue to be that," said Academy Executive casting process than ever before. Every Directory Associate Administrator Ric Robertson. "What it's going to become over the actor and actress with a serious career will Etlitor ArIeII8 Grate anti Ac .....y A.-mstrator next couple of years is an even more useful tool for the production be in there." of Infol1lltltion Systems and acting communities, with more information and more efficient Robertson said the May '96 issue will WiIIatn P. Gates, ill lower ,hoto, and ways of accessing that information. include design changes, such as eight entries PltJyers Directory Digital "The most recent issue," Robertson said, "is our first published per page instead of the current ten in order to Project Director Keith utilizing one-hundred percent digital production. It's been a cut accomodate additional information, such as Gouales, CHlpllring print and CD versiOlls ill and-paste operation for 58 years, ever since it started in 1937. But attributes, skills and credits. Listings now top photo, are IIriIIging with more than 15,000 entries in each issue, we needed to move into include only the player's name, and agents' the industry's oldest and best-known casting the computer world to make its continued publication economical names and phone numbers. directory into the l!!li ly viable - both for us and for the Directory's users. Now, every one Beginning no later than January '97, tiled fmre. of those 15,000 photos exists in digital form." subscriptions to the Players Directory will The new direction for the Players Directonj is the result of a include both book and CD-ROM versions. pristine print of 1964's A H ARD D AY'S BEATLEMANIA NIGHT, the first of the Beatles' films, AT ACADEMY Ascreened at the Academy in November with the fi lm 's producer, Walter Shenson, as special guest.

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