69TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS® CONTACT: John Pavlik November 15, 1996 "II FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES 8949 Wilshire Boulevard Beverly Hills CA90211-1972 TEL: 310-247-3090 FAX: 310-271-3395 MARVIN LEVY TO HEAD ACADEMY AWARDS PUBIPROMO COMMITTEE BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Marvin Levy, a marketing executive at Dreamworks SKG, has been named chair of the 69th Annual Academy Awards Public Relations Coordinating Committee, Academy President Arthur Hiller announced today. It will be the fourth year in the position for Levy, a governor of the Academy representing the Public Relations Branch. MART Y PATTON The PRCC brings the efforts of the Academy, ABC, the HAM lET BEN.HUR ROCKY production team and the variety of vendors and providers of WINGS GIGI ANNIE HAll GOING MY WA~ services to the telecast into a unified publicity and promotion AN AMERICAN IN PAR IS A MAN FOR ALL SE ASONS IN THE HEAT Of TH E N IGHT campaign for each year's Oscar show. HOW GREENWA 'j MY VAllEY IT H APPENED O NE NIGHT MUTINY ON THE BOUNTy TERMS OF ENDEARMENT The committee meets between now and the telecast date with fROM HERE TO ETERNITy GENTLE MAN 'S AGREEMENT THE lOST WE EKEND Al l THE KING 5 ME N staff members from the Academy, ABC and the production to CHARIOTS OF FIRE Al l ASOUT EVE MY FA IR LADy explore ways to maximize publicity and promotion opportunities GRAND HOTEL THE GOD~ATHER SCHIN DLE R S LIS' ORDI NARY PEOPLE for the telecast. THE LAST EMPEROR WEST )IOE STORY O U T OF AfRICA Academy Award nominations will be announced at 5:30 a.m. FORREST GUMP C ASAB LAN CA TOM JONES CI MARR ON on Tuesday, February 11, 1997, at the Academy. The 69th MR S MINiVER UNFORGtvEN C A VALCADE RA I N MAN Annual Academy Awards Presentation will be telecast live from THE STING o II V E Ro' AMADEUS the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium by the ABC Television PLATOON REBE CCA G A NDHI BRAVEHEART Network at 6 p.m. PST, Monday, March 24, 1997. THE LIFE OF EM ILE ZOLA MIDNIGHT COWBOY ON THE WATERFRONT ### T HE SILENCE OF T HE L AM BS AROUN D THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS THt BEST YE A RS OF OUR LIVE S LAWRENCE OF ARABIA THE BR IDGE ON THE RivER KWAI YOU C AN "T TAKE IT WITH YOU THE FRENCH CONNEC T ION ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRO NT THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH ONE FLEw OVER T H E CUCKOO S NEST DRIVING MISS DAiSY - THE SOUND OF MU SIC THE GODFATHER PART II - KRAMER 'IS KRAME R GONE WITH THE WIND - THE APARTMENT DANCES WITH wOLvES · THE D EER H UN TER THE GREAT ZIEGFHD · THE BROADWAY ME LODY .