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Posted Friday, November 21, 2014 - 16:15
Every day we post a lot on our social channels. Here are a few things you might have missed.THE SHAWSHANK CAST AND CREW REUNITED AT THE ACADEMYActors Morgan Freeman and Tim Robins joined writer-director Frank Darabont on stage and answered questions to celebrate The Shawshank Redemption's 20th anniversary. In the audience was the largest contingent of a film's cast and crew we've ever hosted (pictured, above). Click here and scroll to the bottom for a recap, photos and videos from the special night.Bonus: Stephen King (author of the source novella adapted by Darabont) looked back at the...
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Posted Friday, November 21, 2014 - 13:00
Col Needham has seen over 8,600 movies. How is he so sure? Because he has voted on that many films on The Internet Movie Database, a site he launched in 1990."[ I] created a little database, just of all of the films that I'd seen, nothing else," the jovial Needham recently said from his home in Bristol, England. "Never did I imagine that typing that information in would lead to where we are in the film industry today," he said. "It's been a complete surprise."Today IMDb is the go-to site for about 100 million movie buffs a month who are looking to find out details about movies past,...
Posted Thursday, November 20, 2014 - 12:30
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 live action short films will advance in the voting process for the 87th Academy Awards®. One hundred forty-one pictures had originally qualified in the category.The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:“Aya,” Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis, directors (Chasis Films)“Baghdad Messi,” Sahim Omar Kalifa, director, and Kobe Van Steenberghe, producer (a team productions)“Boogaloo and Graham,” Michael Lennox, director, and Ronan Blaney, writer (Out of Orbit)“Butter Lamp (La...
Posted Tuesday, November 18, 2014 - 10:00
In celebration of The Shawshank Redemption's 20th anniversary, Stephen King, author of the source novella adapted by Frank Darabont, looks back at the making of this contemporary American classic. Frank's first Stephen King adaptation was a short but extremely moving version of my story, "The Woman in the Room." He gravitated to the non-supernatural from the first, years before Shawshank. I saw that same feel for "regular people" in his screenplay for Shawshank, but I never thought he'd get it produced, because it was too textured and novelistic.When I first saw it, I realized he'd made...
Posted Monday, November 17, 2014 - 12:45
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences rounds out the year with new screenings in the series The Perfect Match: Hollywood Costume Collaborations, in conjunction with the landmark Hollywood Costume exhibition now on view, and introduces A New Career in a New Town: Weimar Directors in Berlin and Hollywood, a screening series of early German cinema paired with equally classic Hollywood films.The Perfect Match: Hollywood Costume CollaborationsThe Academy spotlights three partnerships from Hollywood’s Golden Age in The Perfect Match: Hollywood Costume Collaborations during the month of...
Posted Monday, November 17, 2014 - 10:00
Costume designers Bart and Kurt traveled from New Orleans to Houston stopping off along the way to browse through as many thrift stores as they could to find the right looks for Oscar winners Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, and the cast of "Dallas Buyers Club". How important are costumes for films? "A lot of times actors really haven't thought about a character until they meet us," Kurt explained. Together he and Bart have teamed up to dress the actors in "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay", "Stoker" and "Step Up 3D", among others. "It's incredible to have an actor walk out...
Posted Friday, November 14, 2014 - 11:45
We post a lot on our social channels. Here's a few posts you may have missed:HARRY BELAFONTE'S MEMORABLE SPEECHOn Saturday we held our annual Governors Awards, the biggest non-televised event in Hollywood, which celebrates filmmakers who have dedicated their lives to advancing film and honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to humanitarian causes. The speech that caught the most attention online was that of Harry Belafonte who challenged the film industry to follow in his footsteps in the name of social change. "I really wish I could be around for the rest...
Posted Friday, November 14, 2014 - 10:30
Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron today announced 13 key members of the production team for the 87th Academy Awards®, which will air live on Oscar® Sunday, February 22, 2015, on ABC.Director Hamish Hamilton returns to the show for the third time, after receiving an Emmy® nomination for his work on last year’s telecast. He made his Oscar debut with the 82nd Academy Awards telecast in 2010. Hamilton has directed many other celebrated live televised events, including the 2014 Super Bowl halftime show featuring Bruno Mars, the 2013 Super Bowl halftime show...
Posted Thursday, November 13, 2014 - 12:00
An all-star group of Hollywood moviemakers huddled around a speakerphone in the Academy’s headquarters on an impossibly sunny day, poised to change the lives of several people around the world."Is this Sallie?,” asked Robin Swicord, who wrote the screenplay for such films as Little Women and Matilda. "Yes it is,” aspiring screenwriter Sallie West, author of Moonflower, replied, voice rising, from her home in Charleston, South Carolina."Hi Sallie I'm the head of the committee for the Nicholl Fellowships,” said Swicord. "I wanted to let you know the whole committee met today,...
Posted Thursday, November 13, 2014 - 10:30
Wednesday, December 3, is the deadline to submit Official Screen Credits (OSC) forms to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for 87th Academy Awards® consideration.For a feature film to be eligible, the film’s distributor or producer must complete the OSC form at http://submissions.oscars.org, sign the hard copy, then mail or deliver it along with the film’s legal billing to the Academy’s 8949 Wilshire Boulevard headquarters. Alternatively, the signed form and billing may be scanned and e-mailed to submissions@oscars.org. The deadline for submission by either method is...
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