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© 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

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 , 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 ' films, AT ACADEMY Ascreened at the Academy in November with the fi lm 's producer, Walter Shenson, as

special guest.

British humorist Martin Lewis introduced

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A H ARD DAY'S NIGHT was directed by Richard Lester. Beatles producer George

Martin received an Academy Award nomination for his music score and Alun Owen

Waher Shensoll. left, received a nomination for the screenplay. and Martin Lewis. The event was presented in association with The British Academy of Film and Television Arts -

Los Angeles (BAFT A- LA) .

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The CD will allow users to search the tal­ in charge of the publication during rather than piling them up for two data ent database using as criteria any of the the extended medical leave of Editor entry staff to work on at the end of the attributes, skills or credits listed. By mid­ Patti Citrano. filing period." year 1997, Rooertson said, the publication Gonzales said the Players Directory has The scanning work for the January will also become available on-line. On-line been preparing for the digital changeover issue was done by GTS Graphics in the access will be included in the subscription for the past year, equipping each of the 12 City of Commerce. "Our picture files take price, and the on-line version will be fre­ up six gigabytes of storage," Gonzales quently updated and will include more "We've designed a marvelous said. "Fortunately, GTS has a current extensive attribute, training, skill and cred­ new tool for the industry. capacity of 360 gigabytes. In layman's it information. When the Directory reaches terms, that translates to 'a whole lot.'" "At some point," Robertson said, "the its full electronic form, it w ill The Academy ultimately will be on-line Players Directory will be linked to be more central to the casting bringing scanning equipment in-house, the Annual Index of Motion Picture Credits, process than ever befo re" Gonzales said. And it is looking for "the an database and possi­ -Marvin Levy most flexible software" to use for searching bly other databases from the Margaret attributes when the Players Directory Herrick Library. Further technological person staff with a network of Compaq goes on-line. advances in the on-line world will allow us compu ters utilizing custom software writ­ The first issue of the Academy Players to add video and audio clips, as well." ten for the Players Directory by indepen­ Directory was printed in January 1937. It Robertson said the conversion is being dent computer consultant Mark Perlstein. was a 248-page publication listing 1,257 managed by Players Directory Digital "Computerization has already players, including names like Mae West, Project Director Keith Gonzales, Academy enabled us to process the listings much , Gene Autry, Bette Davis, Administrator of Information Systems quicker than we were able to in the past," Mary Astor and . The most William P. Gates and Players Directory Gonzales said. "We can now process a recent issue is a four-volume, 1,875-page Associate Editor Arlene Grate, w ho is listing into the computer as it comes in, publication made up of 15,767 listings.

OSCAR NIGHT AMERICA™CREATES CHARITY CASEY VISITING FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITIES ARTIST TO INDIANA U

ne of the largest fundraising evenings of the year may soon be Oscar Night. While the Academy presented its coveted ctor Bernie statuettes in , thousands of people attended glittering parties in cities across the country as participants at ACasey OAcademy-sanctioned Oscar Night America charity funding galas. lectured as an "Justlike the Super Bowl, for people across the country Oscar Night is more than a television program," Academy Executive Academy Administrator Ric Robertson said. "It's an event, a reason to celebrate. Oscar Night America creates on ideal opportunity for com ­ Visiting Artist munity-based charities to work with their local ABC stations in creating festive and worthwhile events." at Indiana This year, a dozen cities were sites for sanctioned events: Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Indianapolis, las Vegas, Minneapolis, University's Orlando, Phoenix, Salt lake City, San Francisco, Tampa and Washington, D. C. Black Filmaker's The charity events benefited a host of causes, including the performing arts, film festivals, hospitals and research to combat Archive in Bloomington, Indiana diseases such as AIDS, arthritis and muscular dystrophy. All money raised stays in the local communities. in October. The Academy provided Oscar Night America party participants with Saul Bass-designed 68th Academy Awards posters, as well as with the official printed program that was distributed to the audience seated at the Oscar Show itself.

5 FOUR SCREENWRITERS (HOSEN FOR TENTH ANNIViERSARY $25,000 NICHOll FEllOWSHIPS

James Cameron, center, the writer, director and producer whose work includes such blockbuster films as ALIENS, TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY and TRUE LIES, keynoted the evening. With him are, from left, Nicholl Fellows Scott Fifer, Patrick Gilfillan, Richard Cray and Robley Wilson.

hree Californians and an Iowan are the television and motion pictures, to the 1995 T1995 recipients of the Academy's Tenth Academy Awards telecast - hosted the 10th Annual Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Anniversary Nicholl Dinner in the Crystal Screen writing. Each will receive $25,000 from Ballroom of the Beverly Hills Hotel in mid­ the Academy over the next year. November. The 1995 Nicholl Fellows are Richard C. The Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Cray of Palo Alto, for LOVE, SQUID & Screenwriting were established in 1985 by the PAvARoTn; Scott A. Fifer of Los Angeles, Academy with funding from Mrs. Gee Nicholl for STARSTRUCK; Patrick D. Gilfillan of to identify and encourage talented new Santa Monica, for G. U. (GEOGRAPHICALLY screenwriters. The fellowships are awarded UNDESIRABLE) and Robley Wilson of Cedar with the understanding that each recipient Falls, Iowa, for LAND FISHERS. will complete a new feature screenplay during "In the ten years since the founding of the fellowship year. Writer John Gay made the Fellowship presentation to this program, it has come to be regarded Nicholl Fellowships Program Coordinator Robley Wilson, whose win­ as the nation's most prestigious competition Greg Beal said that over the past decade, ning saipt, lAND FISHERS, Gay for aspIrmg screenwriters," Nicholl judges have sifted through nearly 24,000 said, "... halds you, involves Chair Fay Kanin said. "The Nicholl screenplay entries to select only 43 Fellows. you and, best of all, you wonder what might happen Fellowships have "One of the intentions to these people after you've opened doors for the of the program," Beal put it do n." In his winning writers, giving said, "was to allow rtlllarks, YfllSon said, "AII them a brief window of Fellows to concentrate of the Fellows have drafted acclaim that brought on their writing for a an acceptlllKe speech that begins 'I want to thank the them to the attention year without having to Motion Picture Academy ... ' of the Hollywood worry as much about GIld all of us know in our community." their financial situa­ hearts that we'll make that Writer-director-pro­ tion." Beal said beginning one mare time." ducer Hal Kanter - $835,000 has been whose career stretches distributed since the from Broadway's program began. "Hellzapoppin" in the Mrs. Gee Nicholl with Master of 1930s, through radio, Ceremonies Hal Kanter.

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T Patrick Gilfillan was presented his Fellowship by actress Eva Marie Saint, who said of GUfilian's winning script, G. U. (GEOGRAPHICAllY UNDESIRABLE): "It is truly beautifully written. It's passionate. It's full of humor and it's very romantic and I'm not going to tell you the ending because I have a feeling that you'll see it on the big screen one of these nthe second year of a successful program, nearly 500 days." GiHilian said he'd shown the screenplay to an art history major who commiserated that eleventh grade students from five high schools in the fledgling screenwriters had no masters to study. "1 was shocked to hear something like this," Los Angeles Unified School District gathered at the Gilfillan said. "I've been studying the masters I since I was 12 years old. I hope I've learned from Academy for an intensive seminar exploring the impact of so many who wrote in the past and up to the pre­ sent. I find tonight especially validating because it various forms of media, particularly film and newspapers, means that maybe I've been a good student." on their daily lives. After in-class preparation that involved videa and audio tapes, as well as reading The Los Angeles Times and the play ''The Crucible," students met for three days in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. With the help of excerpts from movies, input from guest speakers, ~ All 39 past Nicholl Fellowship winners were invited to the 10th Anniversary dinner, attended by over 400 motion picture industry luminaries. screenings of THE fRONT, THE Academy Executive Director Bruce Davis welcomed the crowd to the evening. HOLL YWOOO TEN and THE LUNCH

DATE, and small and large group discussions that took ~ace throughout the Academy building (photos), the students

7 AaORS ON three-part November seminar on film Paymer was nominated for an Academy acting, featuring , Award in the Supporting Actor category in 1992 AalNG David Paymer and Lynn Redgrave, for his portrayal of Stan in MR. SATURDAY NIGHT. Aexplored the feat:Ired actor's perspec­ His other credits include QUIZ SHOW (1994), CITY AT ACADEMY tive on the art and craft of performing in movies, SUCKERS (1991), and No W AY OUT (1987). illustrated with excerpts from each artist's films. Redgrave received an Academy Award SEMINAR Jones received an Oscar nomination in 1970 nomination in 1966 for her performance for his performance in THE GREAT WHITE HOPE. as Georgy Parkin in GEORGY GrRL. Her other Other film credits include TH E HUNT FOR RED film credits include TOM JONES (1963), OCTOBER (1990), PATRIOT GAMES (1992), and FIELD EVERYTHING You ALWAYS WANTED TO KNow OF DREAMS (1989). Jones also was the voice of ABOUT SEX* (*BUT W ERE AFRAID TO ASK) (1972) Darth Vader in the STAR WARS trilogy. and MIDNlGHT (1989).

James Earl Jones at acting seminar.

he Board of Governors voted in September (Screenplay) for A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951) and MICHAEL WILSON to grant then-blacklisted writer Michael for Writing (Screenplay - based on material Wilson an Academy Award nomination for from another medium) for THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER GETS "LAWRENCE Writing (Screenplay - based on material KWAI (1957) and was also nominated for Writing from another medium) for his work on (Screenplay) for FI VE FINGERS, (1952) and for OF ARABIA" 1962's Best Picture, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA . Writing (Screenplay - Adapted) for FR IENDLY Academy records have been revised to PERSUASION (1956), although the 1956 and 1957 NOMINATIO include Wilson's name along with Robert Bolt's in nominations also ran afoul of the blacklist. listings for LAWRENCE OF AR ABIA, and to add the The nomination for FRI ENDLY PERSUASION was nomination to listings of Wilson's previous four. not included on the final ballot that year, while The Board's action was the result of a only Pi erre Boulle received official screen credit Writers Guild of America finding that Wilson and for THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI ; blacklisted writ­ Bolt share the credit for the screenplay. The need ers Wilson and Carl Foreman were not listed in to do so is "one of th e last ripples from that sad the film's onscreen credits. In 1984, the Board era," said Writers Branch Governor Frank of Governors voted posthumous Oscars to Pierson. Wilson died in 1978. Wilson and Foreman and added them to the Wilson won the Oscar for Writing Academy's records.

8 ACAOfffiY AfPORT FElllNI FETED WITH TRIBUTE AND EXHIBITION

ederica Fellini, Italy's best known ~ Fand most honored filmmaker, was the subject of a gala tribute featuring and John Landis and a seven­ week fall exhibition. The turn-away tri­ bute evening included clips from Fellini classics such as I VITELLONI, LA STRADA, THE NIGHTS OF CABIRIA,

LA DOLCE VITA, 8 1/2, JULIET OF THE SPIRITS, AMARCORD, THE CiTY OF WOMEN, GINGER AND FRED and INTER VISTA, and served as the inau­ gural evening for a related series of events throughout Los Angeles honoring the life and work of Fellini. The Academy's tribute and the film retrospective, "Tutto Fellini," were presented in cooperation with Cinecittii International, with the support of Illycaffe and the Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri - Dipartimento della Spettacolo. Tribute attendees had the first look at "Fellini/Los Angeles," an exhibition which pre­ miered in Rome in 1994. The Academy was the only American stop on the international tour of the Fellini materials. Fellini received 12 individ­ ual Academy Award nominations for his writing and directing. Four of the films he directed also received Oscars as Best Foreign Language Film (LA STRADA, 1956; THE NIGHTS OF CABIRIA, 1957; 8 1/2, 1963; AMARCORD, 1974). In addition, the Academy presented an Honorary Award to Fellini in 1992 "in appreciation of one of the screen's master storytellers."

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he Edward Mapp Collection of more than The placing of this collection of posters here by ACADEMY 900 movie posters from 1921 to the Dr. Mapp is a major step towards becoming that Tpresent documenting African-American kind of repository." LIBRARY ADDS filmmaking has been "The Mapp collection is an invaluable resource BLACK added to the mas­ for study," said Library Director Linda Harris Mehr. 900 sive poster collection "The posters are not only a record of the enormous FILMS of the Margaret creative contributions of black performers and film­ Herrick Library. makers through the decades, but also reveal much POSTERS The collection about the social and political factors that affected the was unveiled in images projected." February (Black The collection covers mainstream commercial History Month) at a productions as well as independent films and films reception at the originally intended for black audiences. All the Academy's Center major black film­ for Motion Picture makers and per­ Study attended by a formers of the past star-studded gathering of film­ eight decades are makers, including Bernie Casey, represented. Melvin Van Peebles William Crane, Robert DoQui, "Some of the Carl Franklin, Arthur Hiller, films are no longer , Janet MacLachlan, with us," Mapp James McEachin, Denise said. "Only the Nicholas, Fayard Nicholas, Brock posters document Peters, Melvin Van Peebles, their existence." Hal Williams and Alfre Woodard. At the reception, Mapp, professor emeritus of Academy President speech, communica tions and the­ Arthur Hiller thanked William (rane and ater arts at City University of New Mapp for "his vision James McEachin York, began collecting the posters in 1968. "How to begin collecting these posters in the first place, his appropriate it is," Mapp said, "that the home of dedication and perseverance in continuing to collect Oscar should become, through his posters, the home them for the better part of three decades, and for of Oscar Micheaux. So, Oscar, you've made it to the his wisdom in deciding that the posters should mainstream." stay together, intact as a collection, and that The Academ y wants the Margaret Herrick the Margaret Herrick Library was the very best place Library to be the repository of the accomplishments for them to reside." of black filmmakers, Academy Executive Director "I never wanted to keep this collection in a clos­ Hal Williams an Bruce Davis said, "and to become the central place in et. I wanted to share it. I wanted to find a place that lUre Woodard the world to study them, just as it is the place to would respect what the posters represented," Mapp study so many other aspects of movie history. responded. "I could find no better place than here."

POSTER COllEGION ON COMPUTER DATABASE ACADEMY Twenty-four hundred of the Margaret Herrick Library's CELEBRATES KEATON CENTENNIAL collection of more than 17,000 movie posters in the Charles , the unique silent film comedian and inno­ M. Powell Repository of Motion Picture Marketing Materials vative writer and director of dozens of comedy classics, wos have now been catalogued on a computer database which includes color images of many of the posters. tributed in November in celebration of the l00th anniversary Library Director Linda Mehr said the project was developed of the comic's birth. Keaton died in 1966. to provide better information to staff and researchers about The tribute was held in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Herrick Library Poster Theater, moderated by , and included an inti­ Cataloger Ann (oco describes the poster holdings, while at the same time aiding conserva­ the c.... terizatioll project tion of the sometimes fragile and rare materials by decreasing mate conversation with Keaton's widow, Eleanor, os well os to a group of visiting the need to handle individual items. Buster's friends and co-workers. Clips from near~ 20 of internatianal filmmakers. Ultimately the entire poster collection will be accessible Keaton's greatest films were screened, with live orchestral on computer. accompaniment conducted by Robert Israel.

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ACADEMY TRANSFORMS INTO FRENCH Bereted Academy ~ Chief Projectionist Carl Belfor, who CAFE FOR lUMIERE CELEBRATION projected the 16mm Lumiere films in the Grand Lobby, with n celebration of the 100th anniversary of the first program moderator motion picture presentation for a paying audience, the Thierry Fremaux. IAcademy transformed its Grand Lobby in December into a replica of the Salon Indien, Grand Cafe in Paris for a program of Auguste and Louis Lumiere films. The atmosphere, screening experience, music and cui­ sine of the milestone evening in 1895 were recreated and included the same Lumiere films that were projected 100 years ago plus a special 50-minute com­ pilation film of Lumiere works , assembled by Thierry Fremaux and Bertrand Tavernier. Fremaux nar­ rated the program, presented in cooperation with the French Consulate and the Institute Lumiere.

HILLER TABS SID GANIS GOVERNORS BALL (HAIR

id Ganis was appointed to chair the 68th Academy Awards Governors Ball Committee for the first time by Academy President Arthur Hiller. He succeeded Alan Bergman, who stepped down from the Board of Governors under the Academy's maximum nine­ ~ consecutive-years rule. "Under Alan's auspices for the past four years, the Governors Ball has become the place to be seen following the Academy Awards," said Ganis. "Alan has agreed to be vice chair of the 1996 Ball and to assist me in :II! overseeing the entire event. "The sights, sounds, aromas and excitement will come together with BASS DESIGNS 5TH unforgettable harmony this year. Our guests will see breathtaking glass art presented by Dale Chihuly and they'll hear the big band sound of the Jack OSCARCAST POSTER Sheldon Orchestra. Then they'll be served the finest of culinary feasts The commemorative poster celebrating the created by chef Wolfgang Puck in association with Restaurant 68th Annual Academy Awards Presentation is Associates Caterers. " renowned graphic designer Saul Bass' fifth Oscar poster. Ei ght thousand copies of the poster have been distributed to movie theaters, video retailers Wolfgang Puck, Arthur and sponsors of the March 25 , 1996, Oscar tele­ Hiller, Restaurant cast. Associates Vice "The poster expresses the resonance the President Carl Schuster Oscar has in the psyche of filmmakers," said and Governors Boll Bass, a governor of the Academy representing Choir Sid Ganis the Short Films and Feature An imation Branch. clown with the "Th e repetitive clones of the central figure sug­ hors d' oeuvres before gest an echo-chamber effecLOscar-car-car-ar­ silting down to the ar-r-r-r !" serious business of Bass is a three-time Oscar nominee and won selecting the Boll menu the statuette in 1968 for his documentary short at a tasting at Spago. film , WHY MAN CREATES.

11 WOODY ALLeN IIW OOd Y Allen at Work: The AT WORK Photographs of Brian Hamill, " was November's IN ACADEMY photographic exhibition, featuring 80 large-format color and black-and-white EXHIBITION prints, all taken by Brian Hamill, Allen 's exclusive set photogra- Elizabeth Berkley John Cusack pher since 1977. Each of Allen 's fi lms , from ANNI E HALL to MIGHTY APHRODITE, was represented in the exhibition.

Martin Landau critiques his photo with photographer Brian Hamill at the opening reception. Dana Delany CHAMPLIN ON WOODY uthor and cinema professor Charles Champlin explored the career of director-writer-actor AWoody Allen at January's "Lecture in the Lobby." Champlin recently wrote the introductory essay for the book, published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., which bears the same name as the Academy's exhibition. He traced the director's development through 22 films beginning"with ANNIE HALL (1977) and concluding with this year's MIGHTY APHRODITE.

J. J. COHN

he last surviving original member of the Academy died at home in January. J. J. Cohn was 100. His membership number was 66, dated May 11 , 1927. And he was an active Tmember, serving once again in his 100th year, as he had for 34 years, on the Documentary Features Screening Committee. In 1927, Cohn, a top production executive at MGM , joined the Academy in its inaugural year as a member of the Producers Branch . As the fledgling Academy refined itself, and branch names and requirements changed, Cohn transferred among the no-l onger-existing Administrators, Technical and Production branches. In 1970, he became a Member at Large, and at the Academy's 50th Anniversary Celebration in 1977, he was awarded Life Membership along with 17 other original members. Now, none survive.

12 ACAO[mV R[PORI SCI-TECH AWARDS ARE YEAR'S FIRST ACADEMY AWARDS GIVEN

The first Academy Awards handed out each year are presented three weeks before the world­ wide telecast, making Sound Branch Governor Curt this year's recipient of Behlmer made a point during the Gordon E. Sawyer the Sci-Tech Committee Sci-Tech Awards voting meeting in December. Presenter Richard Award, Donald C. Rogers, Dreyfuss. senior vice president of post production services at Warner Bros., the first person in 1995 to walk off with an Oscar. It was presented to him at a glittering black- tie dinner at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel on March 2 by Richard Dreyfuss, who also presented Scientific and Engineering Awards (Academy plaques) and Technical Achievement Awards (Academy certificates) for 23 other Scientific and Technical accomplishments. The Sci-Tech dinner is the culmination of months of effort that began last June when Awards Administration Director Rich Miller Awards Administration Director and his assistants Lisa Neil and Joan Considine sent letters around Rich Miller pondered the seating of over 550 guests the world requesting information on technical achievements and who will attend the Scientific and Technical Awards soliciting entries. Presentation dinner. The thousands of hours of review, discussion and exploration that followed for nearly a full year meant Academy Awards for a Awards Administratian select few scientists and engineers who then Director Rich Miller celebrated in style at what Rogers called, "The and assistants Lisa NeD, center, and Joan best night of my life!" Considine in August compiled 60 four-inch Sci-Tech Committee thick copies of the Boak Member Ed Efron of Entries far members reviewed the of the Sci-Tech ;;:~ ~.. - ~ Committee. ~ material in his Book -. ';"- .. ~ of Entries during the -' f'''' September meeting '" ~ Gordon E. Sawyer of the Sci-Tech Award recipient Don Committee to III' Rogers, who has assign devices to watched 11 others On November 1, during the Sci­ receive the award since surrogates and Tech demonstrations in the Samuel subcommittees. it was established in Goldwyn Theater, Keith Campbell 1981 , savored the demonstrated the pneumatically­ applause when he powered, cam-controlled Air Ram. received his own.

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Southern California department "People sometimes say, 'Our use of your name or store chain uses an Oscar-like stat­ symbol is small potatoes; why don't you just let it Auette for in-store displays. go?'" said Academy Executive Director Bruce Davis. A major national corporation offers "We can't though. The way the copyright and trade­ animation cels from an "Academy Award­ mark laws work is that if you know of violations and winning" animation studio even though don't object, you gradually lose the right to call the the studio had never won an Oscar. marks your own. We have to object to the small viola­ A network uses clips from a past tions in order to retain our right to stop larger, more Academy A wards® telecast to accompany harmful ones." the appearance of a personality on a Sometimes a violation is large and harmful and talk show. ends up in the courts, as it did in 1988, when the A shoe company offers a line of Academy sued Creative House Promotions, Inc., a "Academy Award" shoes. Chicago trophy company, for copyright infringement A trophy retailer calls itself in the sale of its Oscar look-alike "Star" award. That Academy A ward Trophies. suit cost Creative House $300,000 in damages paid to Throughout the year, but most the Academy. especially at the height of "Oscar Each year, in anticipation of the flurry of usage of Luis Huerta of Harry Nadel Iron & Metal takes a season," the Academy of Motion Academy A ward names and symbols as the annual sledgehammer to a IIIOId used to (ast fake Os(ars Picture Arts and Sciences learns of Academy Awards Presentation approaches, Krueger for a store display. The 7S0-pound mold was turned over to the A(ademy after it objected to dozens of violations of its trade- sends letters to television programmers reminding the UIICIlthorized lise of its famous symbol. Nadel marks and copyrights. them that the word "Oscar" can' t be used as part of a turned the "Os(ar" mold into scrap aluminum. "Sometimes we see program's title or subtitle and that the "WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE them ourselves, statuette can't be used as part of a Academy members may spot viola­ TO BE MISLED ABOUT WHICH MOVIES program's title art, bumpers, set deco­ tions while they're traveling, members OR INDIVIDUALS THE ACADEMY HAS ration, graphiCS, title graphics, inter­ of the general public sometimes call stitials or advertisements. RECOGNIZED, OR WHICH PRODUCTS OR or write us to point them out," said In addition, an Academy booklet Kristine Krueger, the Academy's legal PROJECTS HAVE THE ACADEMY'S entitled "Regulations for the Use of rights coordinator. "And surprisingly OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENT." Academy Award Symbols and often, people planning to use a word References to Academy A wards" is -KRISTINE KRUEGER or a statuette will politely call first to sent to motion picture distribution ask if they can do so. Unfortunately, most of the time companies, advertising agencies, graphics arts houses the answer is 'No.'" and others involved in advertising and promotion. Most often Krueger contacts a violator to point out "At bottom, the reason we protect our symbols is to the violation and ask that it cease. "Usually, people protect the public," Krueger pointed out. ''We don't are more than willing," she said. "They're often very want people to be misled about which movies or surprised that they've done something wrong. It sim­ individuals the Academy has recognized, or which ply hadn't occurred to them that this world-famous products or projects have the Academy's official symbol and the words' Academy Awards' and 'Oscar' endorsement." actually belong to someone." And what happened to the people mentioned at the But they do. And the Academy is necessarily rigor­ beginning of this story? ous about protecting its rights in its properties. The The department store chain took down the display copyright is registered not only in the u. 5., but and turned the "Oscar" mold over to the Academy. around the world. The corporation and animation house apologized If a simple letter or phone call won't do the job, and eliminated the marks from its offer. Krueger will call upon the Academy's law firm, The network and the shoe company settled for cash Quinn Emanuel Urquhart and Oliver in Los Angeles, payments to the Academy. to more firmly apply the Academy's legal remedies. And the trophy retailer changed its name.

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SCHORR OPENS 3-DAY DOCUMENTARY CONGRESS

aniel Schorr, senior news analyst for National Public Radio, opened the Second International Documentary Congress D(IDC\ in October, at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The Congress - three days of panel discussions, round­ table sessions and examination of the non-fiction form - was pre­ sented by the Academy and the International Documentary Association. Drawing on broad experience gained during a 50-year career as a Parminder Vir from India, left, and Dai Sil Kim-Gibson from Korea at HFive Voices/Five reporter and commentator, Schorr discussed the transition in media Visions," an evening exploration of the state perspective and the resulting shifts in cultural behavior and under­ of non-fiction film through the eyes of five standing from the raising of the Iron Curtain to the coll apse of the female filmmakers from disparate parts of the world. Berlin Wall. Hundreds of documentarians from around the world convened at the Academy to discuss the art and business of the documentary film. Among highlights of the Congress were the "At One With .. ." series of screenings followed by question-and-answer sessions with filmmakers. Participants included Michael Apted, Arturo Ripstein, Marcel Ophuls, Ricky Leacock and Valerie Lalonde, Robert Drew, Allie Light, Marina Goldovaskaya and Nick Deacampo at a Dennis O'Rourke, and "Five Voices/ panel on Pacific Rim Five Visions," an exploration of the Films and Funding state of non-fiction film through the eyes of five female filmmakers from Congress Keynoter disparate parts of the world. Daniel Schorr

OPHULS TRIBUTED AT CONGRESS OPENING

arcel Ophuls, one of the world's most celebrated documentary filmmakers, was feted at the Academy at an October tribute that Mopened the Second International Documentary Congress. The tribute was hosted by Robert Rosen , chair of the UCLA Film and Television Archive, and included comments by Daniel Schorr and clips from THE SORROW AND THE PITY, an exploration of French collaboration during World War II , for which Ophuls received a 1971 Academy Award nomination in the Documentary Feature category; THE MEMORY OF JUSTICE (1974) about the NOremburg trials; HOTEL TERMINUS: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF KLAUS BARBIE , for which Ophuls won the Documentary Feature Oscar in 1988 and THE TROUBLES WE 'VE SEEN (1994), about news cover­ age in Sarajevo.

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ulti-talented Quincy Jones and David direct the telecast for the eighth QUINCY JONES Salzman, his partner in Quincy Jones­ consecutive year, Michael Seligman as MDavid Salzman Entertainment (QDE), associate producer for the 19th year in a row produced the 68th Annual and Danette Herman as execu­ PRODUCED, AND Academy Awards Telecast, tive in charge of talent for her and Oscar-winner Whoopi 18th time. WHOOPI GOLDBERG Goldberg returned to host the Goldberg hosted the March 25 awards ceremonies. 66th Oscars on March 21, 1994. HOSTED 68TH Academy President Arthur This was her sixth appearance Hiller said he was "thrilled to on the show. She received the AWARDS TELECAST have Quincy on board. He Supporting Actress Oscar in brought his formidable energy 1991 for her role in GHOST. and imagination to the telecast. Produ

With his appointment as produdion designer for the 68th Oscar Show, DOUGLAS, JONES, LASSETER AND ROGERS RECEIVE Ray Klausen tied Roy Christopher in having designed nine shows. "This SPECIAL ACADEMY AWARDS year's Academy Awards set design was uniquely sculptural in nature," , whose career has spanned six decades and 82 films, said Klausen, an internationally and animation legend received Honorary Awards; John known sculptor. "For the first time, Lasseter, director and co-writer of Toy STORY, received a Special Achievement Award and Donald C. Rogers, senior vice president of the scenery extended out into the post production services at Warner Bros., received the Gordon E. audience." Klausen created a large Sawyer Award from the Academy'SBoard of Governors. freeform set 20 feet by 70 feet that An Honorary Award is given for "exceptional distinction in Chuck Jones the making of motion pictures or for outstanding service to soared SO feet out above the the Academy." Dorothy Chandler Pavilion audience. Douglas' Oscar was presented to the international film legend fo r his "50 years as a Twenty different looks provided the­ creative and moral force in the motion picture community." atrical entrances for the presenters Jones, creator of animated immortals Wile E. Coyote, the Road Runner, Pepe Le Pew, Marvin and winners. Martian and Michigan J. Frog, received his Oscar for "the creation of classic cartoons and cartoon characters whose animated lives have brought joy to our real ones for more than half John Lasseter a century." Lasseter received his Special Achievement Award, an Oscar, "for his inspired leadership of the Pixar Toy STO RY team, resulting in the first feature-length computer-animated film ." Kirk Douglas The Gordon E. Sawyer Award was established in 1981 to "recognize exceptional long­ term accomplishments by an individual who has made substantial contributions toward the advancement of the science and technology of the motion picture." The Award, an Oscar statuette, was presented to Rogers at the Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation Dinner on March 2. Rogers is the 12th recipient. Donald C. Rogers

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