Academy's Newtheater Named for Linwood Dunn
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PRESIDENT A Lotta That In December we opened the new Linwood Dunn Theater at the Pickford Center, fmally achieving a long To program coordinator l{amly needed mid-sized screening room for Academy business HahlTkamp. thl" hl"st thing ahout thl" and public programs. scrl"l"ning of "Chicago." thl" final film Also in December the Academy's Science and in thl" Facets of thl" Diamond slTlTning Technology Council became a reality with the hire of sl"ries. \\'as that it ml"ant thl" series its new director, Andrew Maltz. was O\'l"r, We've long hoped for a medium-sized theater. At "I han'n't had a lifl" sincl" \Iay 286 seats, the Dunn Theater should nicely fill the bill. of 2002." Randy said. "Still. it was an For the fIrst months of the year it will be heavily used amazing l"xpl"ril"ncl", I wouldn't want to for Awards screenings, then for Academy Film Archive do it again. hut I wouldn't gin' up thl" business, but at some point we'll begin to notice some l"xpl"ril"ncl" of haYing donl" it I()!- any new kinds of public programming - perhaps programs thing, It was thl" most work and thl" with more narrowly defined subjects, perhaps more most fun of anything I\'l" l"nT donl"," technically oriented subjects. Thl" audil"ncl". which gan' Ram" a Which brings us back to the Science and Technology standing ()\'ation. calkd l"ach otiler on Council. Andy isn't waiting until he actually has an till"ir cdl phonl"s as thl" program hl"gan, office at the Pickford Center to get moving on Council For -" \\'l"l"ks Ram'" had drl"aml"d up a functions. (It's being built; but he's hard at work in a nl"W \\'ay l"ach \\'l"l"k of rl"minding pl"opk temporary space.) One of the items on his checklist is to turn off thcir cdl phonl"s. including Art more public programs similar to the "Science and of ml"ssagl"S from an Oscar \\'innl"r at till" the Color Motion Picture" program held at the Goldwyn -"th Awards. Rand\"s mothcr. and his dog. Theater last May. Thl"y chl"lTl"d thl" hl"artY seril"s They won't all be held at the Dunn Theater, of gOl"rs. with 5()-soml" ha\'ing Sl"l"n all course, but it is a nice feeling to know that we now -" I1Ims. have the ability to tailor some programming to a more Thl"Y put on rl"d- and-grl"l"n-Il"nsl'll select audience. glassl"s to watch a slidl" show of seril"s It could be the start of something grand. cl"khritil"s prl"sl"ntl'll in 5-D, - FRANK PIERsON And thl"y prl"sentl"d Randy with a scrapbook of thl" Sl"ries' l"\"l"nings. signl"d hy many of thl" rl"gular attl"ndl"l"s, Thl" l"n·ning saw a full housl" in thl" Samud (;oldwyn Thl"atl"r and soml" stal warts. to Randy's chagrin. had to hl" turnl'll a\\'ay, Till" I(Hlrtil quartcr sa\\' till" most rl"Cl"nt tl"n lkst Picturl" winnl"rs slTl"l"nl'l1. from "Schindkr's List" to "Chicago." and thl" turnout of cast and ACADEMY QUARTERLY REPORT crl"W at l"ach \Ionday's scrl"l"ning was Published by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences largl" and l"nthusiastic. 8949 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California 90211-1972 (310) 247-3000 . www,oscars,org Thl" seril"s l"ndl"d on \Ionday. PRESIDENT . .. ............. .......................... Frank R. Pierson Dl'l.Tmhcr H. and Randy waitl"d an FIRST VICE PRESIDENT ......•..... • . ....•.. ................ Sid Ganls inordinatdy long timl" to do another VICE PRESIDENT .... .. ..•.....•...•••....••...••....... GlIbert Cates VICE PRESIDENT ....... • ......•..........•.....•.... Cheryl Boone Isaacs program, It wasn't until Wl"dnl"sday, TREASURER ... ... .. .. • .....•. ...• . ... .•.. ..•.. .. .. Kathy Bates SECRETARY . ..... .. .. ....•.. .. _ ..... _ ... Donald C. Rogers Ikcl"mhlT 10. that hl" inauguratl"d puhlic EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ........ .. ..... .. _ .. _ .. .. .. .. .. ... Bruce Davis programming at thl" Acadl"m\"s nl"W mid Photos: unless otherwise identified, by Long Photography sizl"d thl"atcr at thl" Pickt(lfll Cl"ntl"r in Design: Lisa Carlsson, Carlsson & Company, lne. Hollywood with a rl"trospl'l:ti\'l" look at Oscar", Oscars· , Academy Awards· , Academy Award· , A.M.PAS.· , and Oscar Night" are the trademarks, and the Oscar statuette is the registered design mark and copyrighted property of the thl" films of 1')05. Yl"S. it was packl"d, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2 ACADEMY QUARTERLY REPORT · VOLUME 15 The Academy celebrated the 20th anniversary of 'The Big Chill" with screenings of the Best Picture nominee in October at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater and in December at the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International in New York . Star Mary Kay Place, writer-director Lawrence Kasdan, writer Barbara Benedek, producer Michael Shamberg, cinematographer John Bailey, and first assistant director Michael Grillo participated in the Los Angeles event. Benedek had never written a movie when Kasdan asked her to write with him a film about a group of friends who get together after one of their friends commits suicide. CAROL LITTLETON, WHO EDITED "THE BIG "Okay," she said, "I have friends. One of them might." CHILL," GLENN CLOSE, WHO WAS OSCAR "No one wanted to make this movie," Kasdan said. "They just didn't get it. The other NOMINATED FOR HER SUPPORTING thing is they didn't think it was funny." When people laughed during the preview in ACTRESS ROLE AS SARAH, AND THE EVENING'S HOST, DAVE KARGER, AT THE Seattle, he said, "the guys from the studio said to me, 'I had no idea this was a comedy.'" NY SCREENING OF THE FILM. In New York, Glenn Close, who earned an Oscar nomination for her supporting per formance as Sarah, and film editor Carol Littleton responded to questions from the evening's host, Dave Karger, senior writer for Entertainment Weekly. The print screened at both venues was restored courtesy of Sony Pictures Entertainment. DOCUMENTARIAN BARBARA KOPPLE, "GOOD MORNING NY Monday NiCJht SerifS AMERICA" ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR JOEL SIEGEL AND AMY LEHR, GRANDDAUGHTER OF DIRECTOR WILLIAM WYLER, The New York screening of "The Big Chill" was ATTHE NY " ROMAN HOLIDAY" SCREENING. EXCERPTS FROM KOPPLE'S FILM "A CONVERSATION WITH GREGORY part of the Academy's new monthly Gotham public PECK" PRECEDED THE SCREENING. SIEGEL INTRODUCED screening series, "Monday Nights with Oscar." THE FILM AND SERVED AS HOST OFTHE EVENING. In addition to "Chill," the 1961 Academy Award winning drama "The Hustler" was presented in October and was fo llowed in November by MICHAEL CONSTANTINE AT "THE HUSTLER" "Roman Holiday." SCREENING IN NEW YORK. Special guest at "The Hustler" screening was Michael Constantine, who played Big Jolm. "Good Morning America" fIlm critic Joel Siegel hosted the "Roman Holiday" screening, which honored the memory of its star, Gregory Peck. The prints all screened at the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International. The restoration of "The Hustler" was completed by 20th Century Fox in cooperation with the Academy Film Archive, "Roman Holiday" by Paramount Pictures, using elements from the Archive and "The Big Chill" by Sony Pictures Entertainment. 4 ACADEMY QUARTER LY REPORT · VO L UME 15 IIVictory throuCJh Air Powfrll S(rffnfd with Othfr Rarf WWII Animatfd ~ilms Animated fLims from the World War II era were the focus of an October program, "Animation at War," which presented rarely seen 35mm prints of wartime animation from the major Hollywood studios. Animation fLim historian Jerry Beck introduced the evening and offered a historical perspective to the fLims , which included a 60th anniversary presentation of the Walt Disney fLim "Victory MODERATOR JERRY BECK. through Air Power." In 1943, Beck said, "America was a different place, and so was Hollywood," which was enlisted in the war effort. Cartoon studios "made fun of the enemy the best way they knew how, drawing caricatures of our foes and hitting them with figurative and literal pies in the face." "Victory through Air Power," which had not screened in Los Angeles for nearly twenty years and has rarely been seen since its original release on July 17, 1943, is, Beck said, "propaganda intend ed to persuade the p ublic, the president and allied leaders around DISNEY ANIMATION the world of a faster way to end the war using strategic aviation ." EFFECTS ARTIST The work, he said, "is a powerful piece of fLimmaking. It's DAVID BOSSERT. always been sort of a missing link between (Walt) Disney's prewar fantasies and his post-war ambitions." Other war-themed animated short subjects were shown, and the evening featured a one-night-only display of original anima tion artwork from these fLims . Participating in the evening's Q&A session were Beck, veteran Disney animators David Bossert and Joe Grant, film historian and critic Leonard Maltin and inker and DISNEY ANIMATION painter Martha Sigall, who during the war years worked at UPA LEGEND JOE GRANT. and Warner Bros. ANIMATION COLLECTOR MIKE GLAD LOANED MUCH OF THE MATERIAL ON DISPLAY THE EVENING OFTHE SCREENING. THE 1942 MGM OSCAR NOMINEE "BLITZ WOLF" WAS AMONG THE WARTIME CARTOONS SHOWN. MARTHA SIGALL SIGNS A PROGRAM FOR A FAN. Weitz Brothers Share Laughs & Insights at Oakie Lecture comedy," Paul said. "With 'Antz' we . g several recent comedy hits worked in animated comedy. With to e ig' screen, delivered the 'Anlerican Pie' we made a bawdy comedy Academy's Jack Oakie LeChlre on with a thinly veiled Marxist dialectic that Comedy in Film in November.