Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Beverly Hills, CA, June 23, 2008 — The 2001 Best Picture nominee “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” will be screened as the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Great To Be Nominated” series. The fantasy about a hobbit and his epic quest to end the reign of evil in his land by destroying an ancient ring will screen on Monday, June 30, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Following the screening, producer Barrie Osborne, executive producer Mark Ordesky, film editor John Gilbert, supervising sound editor Ethan Van der Ryn, Oscar®-winning visual effects supervisor Jim Rygiel and U.S. casting director Victoria Burrows will participate in a discussion about the film.    » read more »

Beverly Hills, CA, June 23, 2008 – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 105 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who accept the invitation will be the only additions in 2008 to the Academy’s roster of voting members.

“These individuals are all incredibly talented and a credit to the world of filmmaking,” said Academy President Sid Ganis. “They exemplify the high standards of the Academy and I welcome each and every one of them to our ranks.”    » read more »

Beverly Hills, CA, June 19, 2008 –– The governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences approved the rules for the 81st Academy Awards® at their Tuesday evening (6/17) meeting. The only significant changes were in the Music – Original Song category. Other modifications of the rules include normal date changes and minor “housekeeping” changes.

Three items of note were altered in the Original Song rules. First, while there continues to be no limit on the number of songs from a given film that can be submitted for consideration, no more than two songs from any one film may be nominated for an Academy Award.    » read more »

The 1998 Best Picture nominee "Saving Private Ryan" will be screened as the next feature in the "Great To Be Nominated" series on Monday, June 9, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater

Beverly Hills, CA, June 3, 2008 — The 1998 Best Picture nominee “Saving Private Ryan” will be screened as the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Great To Be Nominated” series. The story of eight United States soldiers trying to locate a fellow soldier behind enemy lines during WWII will screen on Monday, June 9, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.    » read more »

Beverly Hills, CA, May 27, 2008 — Actresses Shirley Jones, Ann Rutherford and Carroll Baker will join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in a special centennial tribute to Academy Award®-winning actor James Stewart on Thursday, June 12, at 8 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The celebration will feature film clips and onstage conversations with Stewarts’ friends and colleagues as well as daughters Kelly Stewart Harcourt and Judy Stewart Merrill.

Jimmy Stewart: Pictured here: Publicity portrait of James Stewart, 1947. (credit: Courtesy of the Margaret Herrick Library)    » read more »

Beverly Hills, CA, May 16, 2008 – As part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Gold Standard screening series, the epic “Once upon a Time in the West” will be presented on Friday, June 20, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The screening celebrates the West Coast premiere of a new restoration, courtesy of Paramount Pictures, and marks the 40th anniversary of the film’s 1968 release in Italy. (It was not shown in the United States until May 1969.)    » read more »

Beverly Hills, CA, May 15, 2008 — “The War Tapes” and “The Ground Truth” will screen as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Spring 2008 “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, May 28, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission is free.    » read more »

Beverly Hills, CA, May 7, 2008 — “Two Hands,” “Dear Talula” and “Deliver Us from Evil” will screen as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Spring 2008 “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, May 21, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission is free.

The 2006 Oscar®-nominated documentary short subject “Two Hands" spotlights pianist Leon Fleisher, who at the height of his career lost the ability to play with his right hand. The documentary tells the story of his 35-year quest to find a cure for his mysterious ailment, and how he went on to reinvent himself as a teacher, conductor and performer of music written for the left hand.    » read more »

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Beverly Hills, CA, May 5, 2008 — The 1996 Best Picture nominee “Fargo” will be screened as the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Great To Be Nominated” series. The dark comedy about a kidnapping, a string of murders and their investigation by a pregnant cop will screen on Monday, May 12, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Following the screening, cast member Peter Stormare (“Gaear Grimsrud”), art director Thomas P. Wilkins, set decorator Lauri Gaffin, supervising sound editor and rerecording mixer Skip Lievsay, costume designer Mary Zophres, casting director John Lyons, and line producer John Cameron will participate in a panel discussion about the film.    » read more »

Beverly Hills, CA, May 8, 2008 — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will screen a Warner Bros. digital restoration of the 1938 classic “The Adventures of Robin Hood” on Sunday, June 1, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. The program also will explore behind-the-scenes secrets from the making of the film.

Robin Hood Gallops onto Academy’s Screen: Pictured are Lili Damita visits her husband Errol Flynn during the production of THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, 1938, on location at Bidwell Park in Chico, Calif., which depicted the film's Sherwood Forest setting. (Photo credit: Courtesy of the Margaret Herrick Library Via Oscars.org)    » read more »

Beverly Hills, CA, April 10, 2008 – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, in association with the Film Department of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, will present “A Centennial Tribute to Bette Davis” on Thursday, May 1, at 8 p.m. in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Hosted by Robert Osborne, the program will honor the legendary actress with an evening featuring clips of her indelible screen performances as well as onstage discussions with several of her colleagues, friends and family, including Joan Leslie, James Woods, Kathryn Sermak, Gena Rowlands, and Davis’s son, Michael Merrill.    » read more »

Beverly Hills, CA, March 31, 2008 – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ John Huston Lecture on Documentary Film will acknowledge the lecture series’ namesake with a special screening of both of his controversial documentary classics from World War II, “San Pietro” and “Let There Be Light,” on Tuesday, April 15, at 7:30 p.m. in the Linwood Dunn Theater. Tony Huston, John’s son, will introduce the films on the family’s behalf.    » read more »

March 26, 2008, Beverly Hills, CA – As part of its Gold Standard series and in conjunction with its Fourth Floor Gallery exhibition “Casting a Shadow: Creating the Alfred Hitchcock Film,” the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a double feature of Hitchcock films, “Shadow of a Doubt” and “Lifeboat,” on Friday, April 18, at 7 p.m. in the Samuel Goldwyn Theater. New prints of both films from the Academy Film Archive will be screened.

“Shadow of a Doubt,” the 1943 thriller starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten,received an Academy Award® nomination for Writing – Original Motion Picture Story (Gordon McDonell). The film is set in Santa Rosa, California, where small-town bliss is interrupted by an evil visitor.    » read more »

March 19, 2008, New York, NY – “The Dancing Pig,” “The Haunted Hotel” and “The Teddy Bears” will be among more than a dozen early short films screened at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Monday Nights with Oscar®” presentation of “A Century Ago: The Films of 1907,” on Monday, April 7, at the Academy Theater in New York City. The program will repeat on Thursday, April 10, at 7 p.m. at the National Archives’ William G. McGowan Theater in Washington, D.C.

“A Century Ago: The Films of 1907” will present a partial survey of turn-of-the-20th-century international filmmaking with trick films, actualities, primitive dramas and gag films, all produced during this year of creative expansion.    » read more »

March 19, 2008, Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ popular “Great To Be Nominated” series begins its fifth and final installment on Monday, April 21, with Jane Campion’s “The Piano.” The 17-week series, which will run through August 25, will showcase the film from each Academy Awards® year between 1993 and 2007 that received the most nominations without winning the Oscar® for Best Picture. All screenings will be held on Monday evenings at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

The complete screening schedule for part five of “Great To Be Nominated” is as follows:

April 21 “The Piano” (1993)
April 28 “Pulp Fiction” (1994)    » read more »