The newest Academy Award winners have been announced.
Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks, and veteran film editor Carol Littleton have been voted Honorary Oscars, and the Sundance Institute’s Michelle Satter the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. All will be presented on Saturday, November 18, during the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 14th annual Governors Awards at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
The three Honorary winners have all danced with Oscar before. Brooks won for his Original Screenplay for The Producers in 1968. Littleton received her sole previous nomination for editing E.T. The Extra Terrestrial in 1982. Bassett, coming off a Best Supporting Actress nomination this year for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, also was a Best Actress nominee 30 years ago for her portrayal of Tina Turner in 1993’s What’s Love Got to Do With It.
Satter’s Hersholt award represents the second Sundance-related special Academy Award after creator and founder...
Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks, and veteran film editor Carol Littleton have been voted Honorary Oscars, and the Sundance Institute’s Michelle Satter the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. All will be presented on Saturday, November 18, during the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 14th annual Governors Awards at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
The three Honorary winners have all danced with Oscar before. Brooks won for his Original Screenplay for The Producers in 1968. Littleton received her sole previous nomination for editing E.T. The Extra Terrestrial in 1982. Bassett, coming off a Best Supporting Actress nomination this year for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, also was a Best Actress nominee 30 years ago for her portrayal of Tina Turner in 1993’s What’s Love Got to Do With It.
Satter’s Hersholt award represents the second Sundance-related special Academy Award after creator and founder...
- 6/26/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
"It's the closest thing to a human voice that their is.... That's worth the price of a ticket." Zeitgeist Films has unveiled an official trailer for a making of documentary called Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen, about the creation and filming of Fiddler on the Roof (which won three Oscars in 1972). The fall of 2021 marked the 50th anniversary of the film, and this doc is about director Norman Jewison's quest to recreate the lost world of Jewish life in Tsarist Russia while also re-envisioning the beloved stage hit as a wide-screen epic. Featuring rare behind-the-scenes footage, original storyboards, and never-before-seen stills as well as original interviews with Norman Jewison, Topol ("Tevye"), composer John Williams, production designer Robert F. Boyle, critic Kenneth Turan, lyricist Sheldon Harnick, and many others involved. The doc explores how the experience of making Fiddler deepened Jewison as an artist and revived his soul. This...
- 3/13/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Jerusalem-based sales agent Go2Films has taken both worldwide rights (excluding North America) and Israeli distribution rights to “Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen” by Oscar-nominated director Daniel Raim and narrated by Jeff Goldblum. Kino Lorber and Zeitgeist Films will handle North American distribution on the film, which follows the making of Norman Jewison’s “Fiddler on the Roof.”
The film was meant to have its international premiere in the Official Selection of Palm Springs Film Festival, which was cancelled due to Covid-19. A new international premiere is currently being negotiated. The film will have its market premiere at the European Film Market, running Feb. 10-17.
Go2Films also confirmed it has already closed the first deal for the film ahead of the EFM, with Jiff set to release the film in Australia in November 2022. Israeli documentary channel yes will broadcast the film after its theatrical release in the country,...
The film was meant to have its international premiere in the Official Selection of Palm Springs Film Festival, which was cancelled due to Covid-19. A new international premiere is currently being negotiated. The film will have its market premiere at the European Film Market, running Feb. 10-17.
Go2Films also confirmed it has already closed the first deal for the film ahead of the EFM, with Jiff set to release the film in Australia in November 2022. Israeli documentary channel yes will broadcast the film after its theatrical release in the country,...
- 2/8/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Jeff Goldblum-narrated documentary Fiddler’s Journey To The Big Screen, about Norman Jewison classic Fiddler On The Roof, is getting U.S. distribution via Zeitgeist Films and Kino Lorber.
The movie charts the story behind director Norman Jewison’s quest to recreate the lost world of Jewish life in Tsarist Russia and re-envision the beloved stage hit as a wide-screen epic.
Daniel Raim (Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story) directs the film, drawing on behind-the-scenes footage and never-before-seen stills as well as original interviews with Jewison, Topol, composer John Williams, production designer Robert F. Boyle, film critic Kenneth Turan, lyricist Sheldon Harnick, and actresses Rosalind Harris, Michele Marsh, and Neva Small.
The deal was negotiated by producers Daniel Raim and Sasha Berman, and Richard Lorber on behalf of Zeitgeist, which is planning a spring 2022 release.
The acquisition comes exactly 50 years since Jewison’s musical was released in the U.
The movie charts the story behind director Norman Jewison’s quest to recreate the lost world of Jewish life in Tsarist Russia and re-envision the beloved stage hit as a wide-screen epic.
Daniel Raim (Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story) directs the film, drawing on behind-the-scenes footage and never-before-seen stills as well as original interviews with Jewison, Topol, composer John Williams, production designer Robert F. Boyle, film critic Kenneth Turan, lyricist Sheldon Harnick, and actresses Rosalind Harris, Michele Marsh, and Neva Small.
The deal was negotiated by producers Daniel Raim and Sasha Berman, and Richard Lorber on behalf of Zeitgeist, which is planning a spring 2022 release.
The acquisition comes exactly 50 years since Jewison’s musical was released in the U.
- 11/4/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Vintage high-end Film Noir from the classic year 1947! Low Mileage too — this long cut hasn’t been seen since the early laserdisc days. I didn’t know it needed restoring until George Feltenstein talked about it a couple of years ago. It’s a domestic noir crossed with Double Indemnity with a little An American Tragedy thrown in for good measure. Normally squeaky-clean Robert Young throws his hat into the ring with the lowest of noir hero-villains: in this one he double-crosses three terrific noir leading ladies. We can now spell ‘Unspeakable Cad’ with the initial Ry. The most amazing thing about The Warner Film Archive’s new disc is that it restores a full fifteen minutes — Eddie Muller screened They Won’t on his Noir City show not long ago, with no mention that it was the short, edited version.
They Won’t Believe Me
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1947 / B&w / 1:37 Academy / 95 min.
They Won’t Believe Me
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1947 / B&w / 1:37 Academy / 95 min.
- 5/8/2021
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Broadway’s delightful — but wickedly accurate — satire of big business was brought to movie screens almost intact, with the story, the stars, the styles and dances kept as they were in the long-running show that won a Pulitzer Prize. This is the place to see Robert Morse and Michele Lee at their best — it’s one of the best, and least appreciated movie musicals of the 1960s.
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1967 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 121 min. / Street Date March 14, 2017 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95
Starring: Robert Morse, Michele Lee, Rudy Vallee, Anthony Teague, Maureen Arthur, Sammy Smith, Robert Q. Lewis, Carol Worthington, Kathryn Reynolds, Ruth Kobart, George Fennemann, Tucker Smith, David Swift.
Cinematography: Burnett Guffey
Film Editor: Allan Jacobs, Ralph E. Winters
Original Music: Nelson Riddle
Art Direction: Robert Boyle
Visual Gags: Virgil Partch
From the play written by Frank Loesser, Abe Burrows,...
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1967 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 121 min. / Street Date March 14, 2017 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95
Starring: Robert Morse, Michele Lee, Rudy Vallee, Anthony Teague, Maureen Arthur, Sammy Smith, Robert Q. Lewis, Carol Worthington, Kathryn Reynolds, Ruth Kobart, George Fennemann, Tucker Smith, David Swift.
Cinematography: Burnett Guffey
Film Editor: Allan Jacobs, Ralph E. Winters
Original Music: Nelson Riddle
Art Direction: Robert Boyle
Visual Gags: Virgil Partch
From the play written by Frank Loesser, Abe Burrows,...
- 3/25/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
At San Diego Comic Con, we were so lucky to interview the Powderpuff Girls cast & writers. Cartoon Network rebooted the series this year with new writes & voices and while change is hard (Ppg was one of the defining cartoons of our childhood) we really warmed up to Amanda Leighton (Blossom), Kristen Li (Bubbles) and Natalie Palamides (Buttercup). We also got to talk to some of the writers Jake Goldman & Hayley Mancini (also the voice of Princess Morebucks) and the producers Nick Jennings & Bob Boyle. We talked a lot about how the Powerpuff brand of feminism has been updated for 2016 and what it’s like to be voice actors and what kind of choices go into voicing such iconic characters. There’s so much to talk about!
- 10/27/2016
- by Maddy and Anya Ernst
- Comicmix.com
Are you 3-D capable? This classic-era Sci-fi is one of the better '50s films ever designed for 3-D, and the restoration on this much-coveted new release is excellent. Meteors explode in your face! A rockslide in your lap! Bizarre superimpositions! Ray gun blasts! And don't forget Ray Bradbury's feel-good sense of wonder speeches, from wide-eyed Richard Carlson. It Came from Outer Space 3-D 3-D Blu-ray Universal Home Video 1953 / B&W / 1:37 Academy / 82 min. / Street Date October 4, 2016 / at present a Best Buy exclusive Starring Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake, Joe Sawyer, Russell Johnson, Kathleen Hughes Cinematography Clifford Stine Art Direction Robert Boyle Makeup and Special effects Jack Kevan, Bud Westmore, David S. Horsley, Milicent Patrick. Film Editor Paul Weatherwax Original Music Irving Gertz, Henry Mancini, Herman Stein Written by Harry Essex from a story by Ray Bradbury Produced by William Alland Directed by Jack Arnold
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson...
- 10/8/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
More than one feature film looks at the making of this picture, focusing on its author, Truman Capote. Criterion's disc returns the discussion to Richard Brooks, the director that dared adapt an unfilmable novel of lurid, unthinkable crime on the Kansas prairie. It's also a last gasp of artistic B&W cinematography from Hollywood, thanks to the indelible images of Conrad Hall. In Cold Blood Blu-ray The Criterion Collection 781 1967 / B&W / 2:35 widescreen / 134 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date November 20, 2015 / 39.95 Starring Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe, Paul Stewart, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Jeff Corey, John Gallaudet, James Flavin, John Collins, Charles McGraw, Will Geer. Cinematography Conrad L. Hall Production Designer Robert F. Boyle Film Editor Peter Zinner Original Music Quincy Jones Written by Richard Brooks from the novel by Truman Capote Produced and Directed by Richard Brooks
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Some directors just want to work. Others...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Some directors just want to work. Others...
- 11/21/2015
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Cartoon Network just released a first look at character artwork featuring Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup from the all-new series The Powerpuff Girls, a reimagined version of the favorite ’90s series, which was created by Craig McCracken and won two Emmy Awards. The new Powerpuff Girls is slated for a 2016 global launch, and is executive produced by Nick Jennings (Adventure Time) and Bob Boyle, creator of Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! Providing the voices in the series will be Amanda Leighton as Blossom, Kristen Li as Bubbles and Natalie Palamides as Buttercup (all pictured below). Tom Kenny will be reprising his role from the original series as … Continue reading →
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- 6/9/2015
- by Jeff Pfeiffer
- ChannelGuideMag
“Border Town Noir”
By Raymond Benson
Most film noir pictures take place in urban centers—New York City, Los Angeles—where the big city is as much a character as the unhappy humans in these often bleak and brutal, sometimes brilliant, Hollywood crime films that spanned the early forties to the late fifties. Film noir peaked in the latter half of the forties, with an abundance of the classic titles released between 1946-1948.
One of the more unique things about Ride the Pink Horse is that the urban setting is gone. Instead, the action is set in a border town in New Mexico, where there is indeed danger, to be sure, but there’s also a little less pessimism among the inhabitants—unlike in the urban noirs in which everyone’s a cynic. Interestingly, one might say that the “border town noir” could be a sub-set of the broader category,...
By Raymond Benson
Most film noir pictures take place in urban centers—New York City, Los Angeles—where the big city is as much a character as the unhappy humans in these often bleak and brutal, sometimes brilliant, Hollywood crime films that spanned the early forties to the late fifties. Film noir peaked in the latter half of the forties, with an abundance of the classic titles released between 1946-1948.
One of the more unique things about Ride the Pink Horse is that the urban setting is gone. Instead, the action is set in a border town in New Mexico, where there is indeed danger, to be sure, but there’s also a little less pessimism among the inhabitants—unlike in the urban noirs in which everyone’s a cynic. Interestingly, one might say that the “border town noir” could be a sub-set of the broader category,...
- 3/12/2015
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
The passing on Sunday of Los Angeles Times arts editor/film critic Charles Champlin, 88, is significant to me personally because he was my mentor and therefore had the greatest impact in nurturing my career as a film journalist. I interned for Chuck and the entertainment staff at the Times in the summer of 1978, my junior year at Cal State Northridge. In fact, my internship proved so valuable that he subsequently instituted a regular internship program. I wrote one published feature — an interview with art director Bob Boyle about collaborating with Alfred Hitchcock — which Chuck diligently helped me polish through at least four drafts. Indeed, he called me a diamond in the rough and took great pains to help me steer clear of academic abstraction in my writing when he critiqued a paper I wrote about "Psycho." The secret to criticism, according to Chuck, was to judge the movies on their...
- 11/18/2014
- by Bill Desowitz
- Thompson on Hollywood
Honorary Award: Gloria Swanson, Rita Hayworth among dozens of women bypassed by the Academy (photo: Honorary Award non-winner Gloria Swanson in 'Sunset Blvd.') (See previous post: "Honorary Oscars: Doris Day, Danielle Darrieux Snubbed.") Part three of this four-part article about the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Honorary Award bypassing women basically consists of a long, long — and for the most part quite prestigious — list of deceased women who, some way or other, left their mark on the film world. Some of the names found below are still well known; others were huge in their day, but are now all but forgotten. Yet, just because most people (and the media) suffer from long-term — and even medium-term — memory loss, that doesn't mean these women were any less deserving of an Honorary Oscar. So, among the distinguished female film professionals in Hollywood and elsewhere who have passed away without...
- 9/4/2014
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
With the 20th La Film Festival now underway (until June 19), Indiewire sent out questionnaires to filmmakers with films screening at Laff asking them a variety of questions as part of the How I Shot That series. Many of these filmmakers were eager to disclose some of the best and worst advice they have received in their careers. Check out some of the advice below. Best Advice: "If you reference something correctly in a documentary, you can use it for free under 'public domain.' Love that." -- Director Ravi Patel ("Meet the Patels") "Do the big scares first, make sure you got them right, and then move on to the rest of the movie." -- Director Seth Grossman ("Inner Demons") "The best advice came from (my cinematographer) Seamus Tierney and my production design professor at AFI, Robert Boyle ("North by Northwest," "The Birds," "In Cold Blood," "Cape Fear"). He had...
- 6/18/2014
- by Eric Eidelstein
- Indiewire
Marlene Dietrich Grandson J. Michael Riva, Robert Clatworthy, and Harper Goff: Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame 2014 Production Designers Robert Clatworthy, Harper Goff, and J. Michael Riva will be posthumously inducted into the Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame at the 18th Art Directors Guild Awards ceremony, to be held on February 8, 2014, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. (Photo: Production designer J. Michael Riva.) J. Michael Riva J. Michael Riva (1948-2012), grandson of Marlene Dietrich (The Blue Angel, Shanghai Express, A Foreign Affair), was production designer for Stuart Rosenberg / Robert Redford’s 1980 socially conscious drama Brubaker. Later on, Redford hired Riva as the art director for Ordinary People, also released in 1980. Riva’s other production design credits include the Lethal Weapon movies starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover; A Few Good Men (1992), with Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, and Demi Moore; The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), with Will Smith; Spider-Man 3 (2007), with Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst,...
- 9/12/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Sneak Peek footage, images and synopsis from the Anchor Bay Entertainment release of the Nick Jr. TV series "Wow! Wow! Wubbzy: Best Of Daizy", created by Bob Boyle, now available on DVD:
"...watch 'Daizy' as she moves in next door to 'Wubbzy', grows her own flower-shaped house from a seed, opens a pet salon, battles leaf-blower windstorms, and becomes Wubbzy’s sidekick 'Flower Power'.
"Share in the kooky adventures of 'Wuzzleburg' as Daizy, Wubbzy and friends learn the positive values of honesty, tolerance, fairness, and cooperation..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Wow! Wow! Wubbzy"...
"...watch 'Daizy' as she moves in next door to 'Wubbzy', grows her own flower-shaped house from a seed, opens a pet salon, battles leaf-blower windstorms, and becomes Wubbzy’s sidekick 'Flower Power'.
"Share in the kooky adventures of 'Wuzzleburg' as Daizy, Wubbzy and friends learn the positive values of honesty, tolerance, fairness, and cooperation..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Wow! Wow! Wubbzy"...
- 7/8/2013
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Since I essentially dedicated my last dispatch to despair, I feel this one should be to tenderness.
Above: Kira Muratova's Brief Encounters (left) and Long Farewells (right).
Tender, like the night, are the first two feature films by Ukrainian auteur Kira Muratova, subject of a large retrospective here in Rotterdam. Brief Encounters (1967) and Long Farewells (1971) form a immanently sensitive, dreamy diptych about being two rather than one. Muratova's first feature stars the director herself as an energy-filled, can-do successful Soviet bureaucrat living in the city, and who is counterposed by a young girl from the country who comes to work for her as a maid. They both dream of their own beloved men—who turns out to be but one man, the same man, a surveyor “looking for silver,” shared between the two of them, for Muratova when he is in the city and for the younger girl when...
Above: Kira Muratova's Brief Encounters (left) and Long Farewells (right).
Tender, like the night, are the first two feature films by Ukrainian auteur Kira Muratova, subject of a large retrospective here in Rotterdam. Brief Encounters (1967) and Long Farewells (1971) form a immanently sensitive, dreamy diptych about being two rather than one. Muratova's first feature stars the director herself as an energy-filled, can-do successful Soviet bureaucrat living in the city, and who is counterposed by a young girl from the country who comes to work for her as a maid. They both dream of their own beloved men—who turns out to be but one man, the same man, a surveyor “looking for silver,” shared between the two of them, for Muratova when he is in the city and for the younger girl when...
- 1/30/2013
- by Daniel Kasman
- MUBI
Chicago – Seeing Kim Novak’s first appearance in “Vertigo,” that stunning shot of a green dress in a sea of black suits at Ernie’s, is something that every movie fan should experience in HD. And now they can on one of the fifteen discs included in the glorious “Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection,” the Blu-ray release of 2012.
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Spanning four decades of the career of arguably the best filmmaker of all time, this is a glorious Blu-ray release, the kind of set that serves as a centerpiece for a true movie fan’s entire collection. You may have heard that early editions of this set included a few notable problems (bad color mixes on some films and font issues on others) but those have been corrected and to this Hitchcock fan’s eyes, the films have never looked better.
Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection was released on...
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Spanning four decades of the career of arguably the best filmmaker of all time, this is a glorious Blu-ray release, the kind of set that serves as a centerpiece for a true movie fan’s entire collection. You may have heard that early editions of this set included a few notable problems (bad color mixes on some films and font issues on others) but those have been corrected and to this Hitchcock fan’s eyes, the films have never looked better.
Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection was released on...
- 11/26/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
From Universal Pictures (UK) comes14 iconic thrillers from The Master of Suspense together for the first time ever as Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection – Super Premium Edition comes to Blu-ray on November 12th, 2012 for a limited time only.
We have one copy of the Blu-ray box set to give away to our readers.
Digitally restored from high-quality film elements and presented in perfect high-definition picture and sound, Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection brings the Master of Suspense’s best work to home audiences as it’s never been seen before. This Super Premium Edition features 13 films previously unavailable on Blu-ray,Tm a collectible 16 page exclusive hardback book and additional collectibles including storyboards, costume sketches, correspondence, photographs, beautiful art cards and much more. Plus a treasure trove of over 15 hours of documentaries, filmmaker commentaries, interviews, screen tests, trailers and more, including a new documentary “The Birds, Hitchcock’s Monster Movie,...
We have one copy of the Blu-ray box set to give away to our readers.
Digitally restored from high-quality film elements and presented in perfect high-definition picture and sound, Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection brings the Master of Suspense’s best work to home audiences as it’s never been seen before. This Super Premium Edition features 13 films previously unavailable on Blu-ray,Tm a collectible 16 page exclusive hardback book and additional collectibles including storyboards, costume sketches, correspondence, photographs, beautiful art cards and much more. Plus a treasure trove of over 15 hours of documentaries, filmmaker commentaries, interviews, screen tests, trailers and more, including a new documentary “The Birds, Hitchcock’s Monster Movie,...
- 11/13/2012
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Universal released Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection this week, which includes fifteen of his films in one Blu-ray set. If you’d like to learn more about the release, we have a breakdown of all that is included in the collection, plus a set of clips:
Fifteen of the most acclaimed films by legendary director Alfred Hitchcock come together on Blu-rayTM for the first time ever when Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection is released on October 30, 2012 for a limited time only. Digitally restored from high-quality film elements and presented in perfect high-definition picture and sound, Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection brings the Master of Suspense’s best work to home audiences as it’s never been seen before. This ultimate collector’s set features 13 films previously unavailable on Blu-ray,Tm a collectible 50-page book featuring storyboards, costume sketches, correspondence, photographs, and much more. Plus a treasure trove of over 15 hours of documentaries,...
Fifteen of the most acclaimed films by legendary director Alfred Hitchcock come together on Blu-rayTM for the first time ever when Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection is released on October 30, 2012 for a limited time only. Digitally restored from high-quality film elements and presented in perfect high-definition picture and sound, Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection brings the Master of Suspense’s best work to home audiences as it’s never been seen before. This ultimate collector’s set features 13 films previously unavailable on Blu-ray,Tm a collectible 50-page book featuring storyboards, costume sketches, correspondence, photographs, and much more. Plus a treasure trove of over 15 hours of documentaries,...
- 10/31/2012
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Close-Up is a column that spotlights films now playing on Mubi.
The best critics understand that auteurism is a handy critical lens rather than a commentary on how movies are made, but it inevitably encourages writing that overlooks major contributions by film’s non-directorial craftspeople.
Filmmaker Daniel Raim was nominated for an Oscar for his short documentary The Man on Lincoln’s Nose (2001), an appreciation of production designer Robert Boyle, whose career spanned from The Wolf Man through Hitchcock (North by Northwest, The Birds) and gems such as The Crimson Kimono, Cape Fear, In Cold Blood and much more. Boyle lived to be 100, and taught at the American Film Institute until his death in 2010.
Raim has subsequently created Something’s Gonna Live (2010), a fascinating and moving tribute to Boyle and his long friendship with aged Hollywood veterans: production designers Henry Bumstead and Al Nozaki, storyboard artist Harold Michelson, cinematographers Haskell Wexler and Conrad Hall.
The best critics understand that auteurism is a handy critical lens rather than a commentary on how movies are made, but it inevitably encourages writing that overlooks major contributions by film’s non-directorial craftspeople.
Filmmaker Daniel Raim was nominated for an Oscar for his short documentary The Man on Lincoln’s Nose (2001), an appreciation of production designer Robert Boyle, whose career spanned from The Wolf Man through Hitchcock (North by Northwest, The Birds) and gems such as The Crimson Kimono, Cape Fear, In Cold Blood and much more. Boyle lived to be 100, and taught at the American Film Institute until his death in 2010.
Raim has subsequently created Something’s Gonna Live (2010), a fascinating and moving tribute to Boyle and his long friendship with aged Hollywood veterans: production designers Henry Bumstead and Al Nozaki, storyboard artist Harold Michelson, cinematographers Haskell Wexler and Conrad Hall.
- 10/16/2012
- by Doug Cummings
- MUBI
The Man on Lincoln’s Nose (2000), Daniel Raim’s short documentary about legendary production designer Robert Boyle (North by Northwest, The Birds), was nominated for an Oscar; Boyle himself received an honorary Oscar in 2008 at the age of 98. Over the course of several years, Raim continued to film Boyle in candid interviews and conversations with his production design colleagues (Henry Bumstead, Albert Nozaki, Harold Michelson) and cinematographers Haskell Wexler and Conrad Hall, and produced an equally engaging follow-up feature, Something’s Gonna Live (2010).
The film is a warm and contemplative portrait of the aging Boyle and his friends as they visit their old stomping grounds at Paramount Studios and converse about ways the industry has changed, and most importantly, the creative values they learned over the years and hope to preserve. Full of indelible clips, it’s an engrossing movie for movie lovers, and it has recently been released on...
The film is a warm and contemplative portrait of the aging Boyle and his friends as they visit their old stomping grounds at Paramount Studios and converse about ways the industry has changed, and most importantly, the creative values they learned over the years and hope to preserve. Full of indelible clips, it’s an engrossing movie for movie lovers, and it has recently been released on...
- 10/11/2012
- by Doug Cummings
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Reviewer: Craig Phillips
Ratings (out of five): ***
Something's Gonna Live is filmmaker Daniel Raim's follow-up to his Man on Lincoln's Nose, and once again looks at former Hollywood production designer Robert Boyle, now 97 during the filming of this documentary. It's a love letter to a Hollywood long since gone with some of its surviving members, a sweet, poignant little portrait of a neglected artist. If it has a bit of a home movie feel to it and doesn't have a great deal of dramatic energy to it, for anyone who considers them an aficionado of Old Hollywood, it's very worthy viewing.
Ratings (out of five): ***
Something's Gonna Live is filmmaker Daniel Raim's follow-up to his Man on Lincoln's Nose, and once again looks at former Hollywood production designer Robert Boyle, now 97 during the filming of this documentary. It's a love letter to a Hollywood long since gone with some of its surviving members, a sweet, poignant little portrait of a neglected artist. If it has a bit of a home movie feel to it and doesn't have a great deal of dramatic energy to it, for anyone who considers them an aficionado of Old Hollywood, it's very worthy viewing.
- 7/24/2012
- by weezy
- GreenCine
Fifteen of the most acclaimed films by legendary director Alfred Hitchcock come together on Blu-ray. for the first time ever when Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection is released on September 25, 2012 for a limited time only. Digitally restored from high-quality film elements and presented in perfect high-definition picture and sound, Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection brings the Master of Suspense’s best work to home audiences as it’s never been seen before. This ultimate collector’s set features 13 films previously unavailable on Blu-ray., a collectible 50-page book featuring storyboards, costume sketches, correspondence, photographs, and much more. Plus a treasure trove of over 15 hours of documentaries, filmmaker commentaries, interviews, screen tests, trailers and a new documentary “The Birds, Hitchcock’s Monster Movie,” enough to satisfy even the most ardent Hitchcock fan.
Spanning three-and-a-half decades of the director’s prolific career, Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection includes the classic thrillers Psycho,...
Spanning three-and-a-half decades of the director’s prolific career, Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection includes the classic thrillers Psycho,...
- 6/22/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Ever have a wet dream in full 1080p high definition? Well, if you're an Alfred Hitchcock fan, you're about to, as Universal is releasing a limited time Blu-ray box set of some of the greatest films in the director's career! Read on for details.
From the Press Release
Fifteen of the most acclaimed films by legendary director Alfred Hitchcock come together on Blu-ray for the first time ever when Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection is released on September 25, 2012, for a limited time only. Digitally restored from high-quality film elements and presented in perfect high-definition picture and sound, Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection brings the Master of Suspense’s best work to home audiences as it’s never been seen before. This ultimate collector’s set features 13 films previously unavailable on Blu-ray, a collectible 50-page book featuring storyboards, costume sketches, correspondence, photographs, and much more.
Spanning three-and-a-half decades of the director’s prolific career,...
From the Press Release
Fifteen of the most acclaimed films by legendary director Alfred Hitchcock come together on Blu-ray for the first time ever when Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection is released on September 25, 2012, for a limited time only. Digitally restored from high-quality film elements and presented in perfect high-definition picture and sound, Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection brings the Master of Suspense’s best work to home audiences as it’s never been seen before. This ultimate collector’s set features 13 films previously unavailable on Blu-ray, a collectible 50-page book featuring storyboards, costume sketches, correspondence, photographs, and much more.
Spanning three-and-a-half decades of the director’s prolific career,...
- 6/21/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
HollywoodNews.com: The Art Directors Guild (Adg, Iatse Local 800) is celebrating its 75th anniversary with numerous high-profile special events planned throughout the year. These events will include exhibitions, screenings, receptions, panel discussions, proclamations and celebrations to be announced. The Guild was established in 1937. The 2,000 members of the Adg and special guests will be invited to all celebratory events.
The year’s celebrations open with the Guild’s participation in the Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival to be held at the Melody Ranch Motion Picture Studio April 21-22. The Guild will have a “store-front” on the ranch’s Main Street with an exhibition titled “The Artistry of Making a Cowboy Movie,” featuring members’ work from classic motion picture and television westerns including Silverado, The Lone Ranger, Deadwood, Wild Bill and Gunsmoke. For more information: Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival
A reception celebrating the publication of the coffee table book M-g-m: Hollywood’s Greatest...
The year’s celebrations open with the Guild’s participation in the Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival to be held at the Melody Ranch Motion Picture Studio April 21-22. The Guild will have a “store-front” on the ranch’s Main Street with an exhibition titled “The Artistry of Making a Cowboy Movie,” featuring members’ work from classic motion picture and television westerns including Silverado, The Lone Ranger, Deadwood, Wild Bill and Gunsmoke. For more information: Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival
A reception celebrating the publication of the coffee table book M-g-m: Hollywood’s Greatest...
- 4/13/2012
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
Martin Scorsese's Hugo (period film), David Yates' Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (fantasy film), and David Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (contemporary film) were the feature-film winners at the Art Directors Guild's 16th Excellence in Production Design Awards, held this evening at the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. The respective production design winners were Dante Ferretti (photo), Stuart Craig, and Donald Graham Burt. [Full list of 2012 Art Directors Guild winners and nominees.] Both Ferretti (with frequent collaborator/set decorator Francesca Lo Schiavo) and Craig (with set decorator Stephenie McMillan ) are in the running for the Best Art Direction Academy Award. Their competitors are Laurence Bennett and set decorator Robert Gould for Michel Hazanavicius' The Artist, Anne Seibel and set decorator Hélène Dubreuil for Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris, and Rick Carter and set decorator Lee Sandales for Steven Spielberg's War Horse. Among the...
- 2/5/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Hugo, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo took the Art Directors Guild Awards for period, fantasy and contemporary movies tonight in ceremonies hosted by Paula Poundstone at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Production Designer Tony Walton received the Guild’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Hall of Fame inductees were Robert Boyle, William Darling, and Alfred Junge. Teams from the Harry Potter films were recognized for Outstanding Contribution to Cinematic Imagery: Executive Producer David Heyman, Producer David Barron; directors Christopher Columbus, Alfonso Cuaron, Mike Newell, and David Yates; creator and author J.K. Rowling; screenwriters Steve Kloves and Michael Goldenberg; production designer Stuart Craig; art director Neil Lamont and set decorator Stephenie McMillan. The Guild also screened two short films by Cindy Peters. The first was a behind-the-scenes look at preparations for the show. The second, 75 Years of Inspirational Design: A Personal Reflection in Eight Chapters featured production designers Albert Brenner,...
- 2/5/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
HollywoodNews.com:The Art Directors Guild (Adg announced winners of its 16th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in nine categories of film, television, commercials and music videos during black-tie ceremonies at the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. The awards took place before an audience of more than 700, including guild members, industry executives, studio heads and press. Adg President Thomas A. Walsh presided over the awards ceremony with Paula Poundstone serving as host for the third consecutive year. Ben Vereen performed as a special musical guest. Production Designer Tony Walton was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award. Hall of Fame inductees were Robert Boyle, William Darling, and Alfred Junge. The team from the Harry Potter films, including Executive Producer David Heyman, Producer David Barron; directors Christopher Columbus, Alfonso Cuaron, Mike Newell, and David Yates; creator and author J.K. Rowling; screenwriters Steve Kloves and Michael Goldenberg...
- 2/5/2012
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
Alfred Hitchcock needs no introduction. Yet for the uninitiated, Hitchcock is known as the master of thriller and suspense in cinema and North by Northwest (1959) is arguably one of his best and most commercially successful works.
It is the story of an innocent New York advertising executive who is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies and his life takes an unexpected turn. Like all Hitchcock films, the thrill and suspense will keep you glued to your seats till the end.
Watch out for the opening credits of the film. North by Northwest is known to be the first feature film to make extended use of ‘kinetic typography’, a special type of animation technique in its opening credits. The credits fly in from off-screen and finally fade out into the film itself.
Hitchcock’s signature in his films was his cameo appearance. At the end of the opening credits,...
It is the story of an innocent New York advertising executive who is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies and his life takes an unexpected turn. Like all Hitchcock films, the thrill and suspense will keep you glued to your seats till the end.
Watch out for the opening credits of the film. North by Northwest is known to be the first feature film to make extended use of ‘kinetic typography’, a special type of animation technique in its opening credits. The credits fly in from off-screen and finally fade out into the film itself.
Hitchcock’s signature in his films was his cameo appearance. At the end of the opening credits,...
- 1/14/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
HollywoodNews.com: The Art Directors Guild (Adg) today announced nominations in nine categories of Production Design for theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials and music videos competing in the Adg’s 16th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards for 2011. The nominations were announced by Adg Council President Thomas A. Walsh and Awards co-producers Tom Wilkins and Greg Grande. Deadline for final voting, which is done online, is February 2. The black-tie ceremony announcing winners will take place Saturday, February 4, 2012 at the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills with Paula Poundstone serving as host for the third consecutive year.
A Lifetime Achievement Award will go to Emmy Award® winning Production Designer Tony Walton. In addition, the Adg will induct the following legendary Production Designers from the past into its Hall of Fame: Robert Boyle, William Darling and Alfred Junge. This year’s Art Directors Guild Cinematic Imagery Award will...
A Lifetime Achievement Award will go to Emmy Award® winning Production Designer Tony Walton. In addition, the Adg will induct the following legendary Production Designers from the past into its Hall of Fame: Robert Boyle, William Darling and Alfred Junge. This year’s Art Directors Guild Cinematic Imagery Award will...
- 1/4/2012
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
Los Angeles, January 3 — The Art Directors Guild (Adg) today announced nominations in nine categories of Production Design for theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials and music videos competing in the Adg’s 16th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards for 2011. The nominations were announced by Adg Council President Thomas A. Walsh and Awards co-producers Tom Wilkins and Greg Grande. Deadline for final voting, which is done online, is February 2. The black-tie ceremony announcing winners will take place Saturday, February 4, 2012 at the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills with Paula Poundstone serving as host for the third consecutive year. A Lifetime Achievement Award will go to Emmy Award® winning Production Designer Tony Walton. In addition, the Adg will induct the following legendary Production Designers from the past into its Hall of Fame: Robert Boyle, William Darling and Alfred Junge. This year’s Art Directors Guild Cinematic Imagery Award...
- 1/4/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Cinema Retro is proud to present a major article by author and film historian Collin Stutz
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“Contrast, Counterpoint, and Patience: The Vanishing Penultimate Moment in Film” by Collin Stutz
In Daniel Raim’s Academy-Award nominated 2001 documentary The Man On Lincoln’s Nose, the film’s subject, legendary film production designer Robert F. Boyle (North By Northwest, The Birds, The Thomas Crown Affair - 1968, Fiddler On The Roof), profoundly states, “One of the problems with a lot of films now is that we’re dealing with climaxes rather than the penultimate moments which are more interesting.” Boyle defines the penultimate moment as the moment before something actually happens. It is the scene before the climax (Scene 12). In the DVD audio commentary to their 2004 Pixar film The Incredibles, director Brad Bird and producer John Walker discuss how “movies don’t have people sneaking around anymore.
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“Contrast, Counterpoint, and Patience: The Vanishing Penultimate Moment in Film” by Collin Stutz
In Daniel Raim’s Academy-Award nominated 2001 documentary The Man On Lincoln’s Nose, the film’s subject, legendary film production designer Robert F. Boyle (North By Northwest, The Birds, The Thomas Crown Affair - 1968, Fiddler On The Roof), profoundly states, “One of the problems with a lot of films now is that we’re dealing with climaxes rather than the penultimate moments which are more interesting.” Boyle defines the penultimate moment as the moment before something actually happens. It is the scene before the climax (Scene 12). In the DVD audio commentary to their 2004 Pixar film The Incredibles, director Brad Bird and producer John Walker discuss how “movies don’t have people sneaking around anymore.
- 1/3/2012
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Chicago – Norman Jewison’s 1971 adaptation of the Broadway smash “Fiddler on the Roof” offers a textbook example of the best possible way to make a musical for the big screen. It came out at a time when movie musicals were quickly becoming a dying art form, and yet Jewison somehow managed to avoid all the mistakes that marred so many other filmmakers.
His first excellent decision was to avoid casting any big names. Topol was a 35-year-old actor who first played the main role of Tevye in a 1967 West End production. In the massive array of extras contained on this sensational 40th anniversary Blu-Ray edition, Jewison claims that he utilized clipped fragments of his own graying hair to age his preferred leading man. Yet the director’s efforts were obviously not in vain. Topol turned out to be such an indelible choice that it’s practically impossible to think of anyone else in the role.
His first excellent decision was to avoid casting any big names. Topol was a 35-year-old actor who first played the main role of Tevye in a 1967 West End production. In the massive array of extras contained on this sensational 40th anniversary Blu-Ray edition, Jewison claims that he utilized clipped fragments of his own graying hair to age his preferred leading man. Yet the director’s efforts were obviously not in vain. Topol turned out to be such an indelible choice that it’s practically impossible to think of anyone else in the role.
- 4/22/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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The show ends movingly — if somewhat randomly — with the Ps-22 Staten Island Chorus performing “Over the Rainbow” as all of the evening’s winners join them on-stage, with many singing along. Franco and Hathaway wind up bringing in the show only 10 minutes late (most years run way over), and although it was far from the funniest or most dramatic production, it wasn’t as bad as some are making it out to be (Roger Ebert just Tweeted that it was “the worst Oscarcast I’ve ever seen!”). Franco seemed like he didn’t want to be there (it must have been brutal trying to prepare for this only on the...
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The show ends movingly — if somewhat randomly — with the Ps-22 Staten Island Chorus performing “Over the Rainbow” as all of the evening’s winners join them on-stage, with many singing along. Franco and Hathaway wind up bringing in the show only 10 minutes late (most years run way over), and although it was far from the funniest or most dramatic production, it wasn’t as bad as some are making it out to be (Roger Ebert just Tweeted that it was “the worst Oscarcast I’ve ever seen!”). Franco seemed like he didn’t want to be there (it must have been brutal trying to prepare for this only on the...
- 2/27/2011
- by Scott Feinberg
- Scott Feinberg
One of the bonuses of award season is the guild award shows that honor the greats of the past along with the present. The Art Directors Guild, for example, will give its lifetime achievement award on February 11 at the Beverly Hilton to Oscar-winning nominated production and costume designer Patricia Norris, who designed costumes for Blake Edwards' Victor, Victoria (pictured) and Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven as well as many David Lynch films, including Elephant Man. She's the second woman to win the honor; other winners include production designers Ken Adam, Robert Boyle, Henry Bumstead, Stuart Craig, Terence Marsh, Harold Michelson, Paul Sylbert and Dean Tavoularis. Norris began her career in the film industry as a stock girl in the wardrobe department at MGM ...
- 11/22/2010
- Thompson on Hollywood
Production Designer and Costume Designer Patricia Norris, a frequent David Lynch collaborator, will receive the Art Directors Guild’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the Adg's 15th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards on February 5, 2011, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Norris, only the second woman to be awarded the Adg's Lifetime Achievement Award (Jan Scott was the first in 2001), has been nominated for five Academy Awards in the Best Costume Design category: Days of Heaven (1978), The Elephant Man (1980), Victor Victoria (1982), 2010 (1984), and Sunset (1989). Previous recipients of Adg Lifetime Achievement Awards are Production Designers Ken Adam, Robert Boyle, Albert Brenner, Henry Bumstead, Roy Christopher, Stuart Craig, Bill Creber, John Mansbridge, Terence Marsh, Harold Michelson, Jan Scott, Paul Sylbert and Dean Tavoularis. The information below is the Adg's press release: Norris began her career in the film industry as a stock girl in the wardrobe department at MGM [...]...
- 11/22/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
HollywoodNews.com: Academy Award-winning Production Designer and Costume Designer Patricia Norris will be presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Art Directors Guild’s 15th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards on February 5, 2011, it was announced today by Thomas A. Walsh, Adg Council President, and Awards co-producers Dawn Snyder and Tom Wilkins. The award will be presented at a black-tie industry gathering at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Norris began her career in the film industry as a stock girl in the wardrobe department at MGM Studios and worked her way up to become one of the industry’s most respected craft persons. In announcing this honor, Adg President Walsh said, “Patricia is one of only a very few American designers who have been able to successfully combine the dual practices of production and costume design for film and television.” She holds dual production and costume design credits for works...
Norris began her career in the film industry as a stock girl in the wardrobe department at MGM Studios and worked her way up to become one of the industry’s most respected craft persons. In announcing this honor, Adg President Walsh said, “Patricia is one of only a very few American designers who have been able to successfully combine the dual practices of production and costume design for film and television.” She holds dual production and costume design credits for works...
- 11/22/2010
- by Linny Lum
- Hollywoodnews.com
Legendary production designer Robert F. Boyle, who died last Aug. 2 at the age of 100, will be honored by the Art Directors Guild (Adg) Film Society and the American Cinematheque with a memorial screening of William Richert's Winter Kills (1979) on Sunday October 10, at 5:30 pm at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. Winter Kills features Jeff Bridges, John Huston, Anthony Perkins, Eli Wallach, Sterling Hayden, Dorothy Malone, and Toshiro Mifune. Earlier that day, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will conduct "an invitational tribute" to Boyle in the lobby of its Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Based on Richard Condon's novel, Winter Kills revolves around the encounter between the son of an assassinated U.S. president and a dying man who claims to be the killer. Sets were built at the MGM Studios, in addition to location shooting in Manhattan, various sections of Los Angeles County, and the...
- 10/9/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Filmmaker and cinematographer Haskell Wexler.
Haskell Wexler Shoots From The Hip
By
Alex Simon
Two-time Academy Award-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler was adjudged one of the ten most influential cinematographers in movie history, according to an International Cinematographers Guild survey of its membership. He won his Oscars in both black & white and color, for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) and Bound for Glory (1976). He also shot much of Days of Heaven (1978), for which credited director of photography Nestor Almendros -- who was losing his eye-sight, won a Best Cinematography Oscar. In 1993, Wexler was awarded a Lifetime Achievement award by the cinematographer's guild, the American Society of Cinematographers. He has received five Oscar nominations for his cinematography, in total, plus one Emmy Award in a career that has spanned six decades.
Born in Chicago to a wealthy family on February 6, 1922, Wexler cut his teeth shooting industrial films, TV commercials and documentaries. He...
Haskell Wexler Shoots From The Hip
By
Alex Simon
Two-time Academy Award-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler was adjudged one of the ten most influential cinematographers in movie history, according to an International Cinematographers Guild survey of its membership. He won his Oscars in both black & white and color, for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) and Bound for Glory (1976). He also shot much of Days of Heaven (1978), for which credited director of photography Nestor Almendros -- who was losing his eye-sight, won a Best Cinematography Oscar. In 1993, Wexler was awarded a Lifetime Achievement award by the cinematographer's guild, the American Society of Cinematographers. He has received five Oscar nominations for his cinematography, in total, plus one Emmy Award in a career that has spanned six decades.
Born in Chicago to a wealthy family on February 6, 1922, Wexler cut his teeth shooting industrial films, TV commercials and documentaries. He...
- 10/6/2010
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
HollywoodNews.com: Academy Award® winning Production Designer Robert Stromberg, whose work has been most recently featured in Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” and James Cameron’s “Avatar,” will receive the Hollywood Film Festival’s Hollywood Production Designer of the Year Award at the Festival’s October 25 Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony, it was announced yesterday by festival founder and president Carlos de Abreu. Stromberg’s selection followed a recommendation to the festival by the Art Directors Guild Council.
Stromberg was first introduced to Cameron in 2005. They immediately formed a unique creative relationship, which eventually evolved into the creation of “Pandora” for the film “Avatar.” Stromberg along with Rick Carter became co-production designers for the film and in 2009 they won the Academy Award® for Best Achievement in Art Direction for this work. In addition, Stromberg and Carter were honored with the Art Directors Guild’s Excellence in Production Design Award and...
Stromberg was first introduced to Cameron in 2005. They immediately formed a unique creative relationship, which eventually evolved into the creation of “Pandora” for the film “Avatar.” Stromberg along with Rick Carter became co-production designers for the film and in 2009 they won the Academy Award® for Best Achievement in Art Direction for this work. In addition, Stromberg and Carter were honored with the Art Directors Guild’s Excellence in Production Design Award and...
- 9/8/2010
- by Linny Lum
- Hollywoodnews.com
Documentarian Daniel Raim has been working on this portrait of Hollywood production designers for more than a decade. The project started with “The Man on Lincoln’s Nose,” a short about his AFI instructor Robert Boyle (“North by Northwest,” “The Birds”) that was nominated for an Oscar in 2001.
In the years since, Raim revisited footage from that shoot, some of it thought lost, and added new characters: Henry Bumstead (“To Kill a Mockingbird,” “The Sting”), Harold Michelson (“Star Trek: The Motion Picture,” “Catch-22”) and Albert Nozaki (“The War of the Worlds,” “The Ten Commandments”), along with cinematographers Conrad Hall (“In Cold Blood,” “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”) and Haskell Wexler (“The Thomas Crown Affair,” “Medium Cool”), who’s been the subject of his own documentary.
What emerges from their reminiscences about starting out together as draftsmen on the Paramount lot in the 1930s are relationships built not only on...
In the years since, Raim revisited footage from that shoot, some of it thought lost, and added new characters: Henry Bumstead (“To Kill a Mockingbird,” “The Sting”), Harold Michelson (“Star Trek: The Motion Picture,” “Catch-22”) and Albert Nozaki (“The War of the Worlds,” “The Ten Commandments”), along with cinematographers Conrad Hall (“In Cold Blood,” “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”) and Haskell Wexler (“The Thomas Crown Affair,” “Medium Cool”), who’s been the subject of his own documentary.
What emerges from their reminiscences about starting out together as draftsmen on the Paramount lot in the 1930s are relationships built not only on...
- 9/8/2010
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Welcome to the 248th Edition, on Monday we have review night for Arsenic And Old Lace so that will be our first audience and then performances starting Thursday. This week I pay tribute to the late Robert F. Boyle. Tonight I am performing a dramatic reading called Wandering...From Kentucky at the Muncie Civic Theater at 7:30.James Dean (2001): This is my tv movie of the week which was on TNT...
- 8/14/2010
- by Shaun Berk
Hollywood production designer who worked with Alfred Hitchcock on North By Northwest
Two of the great set pieces in Alfred Hitchcock's oeuvre are the thrilling climax of North By Northwest (1959), in which Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint are chased across the faces of the giant stone-carved presidents on Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, and the bird's-eye view of seagulls as they swoop down on Tippi Hedren, trapped in a phone booth in The Birds (1963). Much of the impact of these scenes was due to the art director Robert Boyle, who has died aged 100. Boyle also worked with Hitchcock on Saboteur (1942), Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and Marnie (1964). "It was a meeting of equals," Boyle stated. "The director who knew exactly what he wanted, and the art director who knew how to get it done."
Simply put, the director conceives scenes, the art director creates them and the cinematographer captures them.
Two of the great set pieces in Alfred Hitchcock's oeuvre are the thrilling climax of North By Northwest (1959), in which Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint are chased across the faces of the giant stone-carved presidents on Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, and the bird's-eye view of seagulls as they swoop down on Tippi Hedren, trapped in a phone booth in The Birds (1963). Much of the impact of these scenes was due to the art director Robert Boyle, who has died aged 100. Boyle also worked with Hitchcock on Saboteur (1942), Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and Marnie (1964). "It was a meeting of equals," Boyle stated. "The director who knew exactly what he wanted, and the art director who knew how to get it done."
Simply put, the director conceives scenes, the art director creates them and the cinematographer captures them.
- 8/10/2010
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
He had a long, distinguished career and worked with many of the greats.
From The New York Times:
Robert F. Boyle, the eminent Hollywood production designer who created some of the most memorable scenes and images in cinematic history .Cary Gran clinging to Mount Rushmore in .North by Northwest,. the bird.s-eye view of the seagull attack in”The Birds” the colorfully ramshackle shtetl for”Fiddler on the Roof”. died on Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 100.
He died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and lived in Los Angeles, a son-in-law, John Biddle, said.
Mr. Boyle worked on more than 80 films as art director or production designer, synonyms for a job he once defined as .being responsible for the space in which a film takes place..…..
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From The New York Times:
Robert F. Boyle, the eminent Hollywood production designer who created some of the most memorable scenes and images in cinematic history .Cary Gran clinging to Mount Rushmore in .North by Northwest,. the bird.s-eye view of the seagull attack in”The Birds” the colorfully ramshackle shtetl for”Fiddler on the Roof”. died on Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 100.
He died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and lived in Los Angeles, a son-in-law, John Biddle, said.
Mr. Boyle worked on more than 80 films as art director or production designer, synonyms for a job he once defined as .being responsible for the space in which a film takes place..…..
Read the rest of the article Here...
- 8/5/2010
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Four-time Academy Award nominee for Art Direction and iconic production designer Robert F. Boyle died yesterday of natural causes after a 2-day stay in Cedars Sinai Hospital. He was 100. His work on North by Northwest, Gaily, Gaily, The Shootist, and Fiddler on the Roof and 86 other motion pictures earned him an Honorary Oscar in 2008. In 1997 Boyle was voted a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Art Directors Guild. In 2001 he was further honored with the Hollywood Production Designer of the Year Award by the Hollywood Film Festival. Recently he was given a tribute by the American Cinematheque and the Art Directors Guild with a screening at the Egyptian Theatre of two of his designed films, including The Wolf Man (1941). In 1973 he was nominated for an Emmy for The Red Pony. Among his other major motion picture credits as a production designer are The Birds, Winter Kills, The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas,...
- 8/3/2010
- by Nikki Finke
- Deadline Hollywood
Hollywood production design icon Robert F. Boyle has died, aged 100.
Boyle, a four-time Academy Award nominee for his work on classics North by Northwest, The Shootist and Fiddler on the Roof and recipient of an Honorary Oscar in 2008, died at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles on Monday.
The filmmaker had over 90 movies to his credit and landed a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Art Directors Guild in 1997.
In 2001 he was further honoured with the Hollywood Production Designer of the Year Award by the Hollywood Film Festival.
His other major motion picture credits as a production designer include The Birds, The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, Private Benjamin and The Thomas Crown Affair.
Boyle worked on numerous films for Alfred Hitchcock and Norman Jewison. He also worked with Penny Marshall, Joe Dante, Sylvester Stallone, Hal Ashby and Don Siegel.
Boyle, a four-time Academy Award nominee for his work on classics North by Northwest, The Shootist and Fiddler on the Roof and recipient of an Honorary Oscar in 2008, died at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles on Monday.
The filmmaker had over 90 movies to his credit and landed a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Art Directors Guild in 1997.
In 2001 he was further honoured with the Hollywood Production Designer of the Year Award by the Hollywood Film Festival.
His other major motion picture credits as a production designer include The Birds, The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, Private Benjamin and The Thomas Crown Affair.
Boyle worked on numerous films for Alfred Hitchcock and Norman Jewison. He also worked with Penny Marshall, Joe Dante, Sylvester Stallone, Hal Ashby and Don Siegel.
- 8/3/2010
- WENN
Hollywoodnews.com: Iconic Production Designer Robert F. Boyle, a four-time Academy Award nominee for Art Direction for his work on “North by Northwest,” “Gaily, Gaily,” “The Shootist” and “Fiddler on the Roof ” and recipient of an Honorary Oscar in 2008 for his work on these and more than 86 other motion pictures, died yesterday of natural causes after a two-day stay at Cedars Sinai Hospital. He was 100.
In 1997 Boyle was voted a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Art Directors Guild. In 2001 he was further honored with the Hollywood Production Designer of the Year Award by the Hollywood Film Festival. Recently he was given a tribute by the American Cinematheque and the Art Directors Guild with a screening at the Egyptian Theatre of two of his designed films, “The Wolf Man” (1941) and “Gaily, Gaily” (1969). In 1973 he was nominated for an Emmy for “The Red Pony.”
Among his other major motion picture credits as...
In 1997 Boyle was voted a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Art Directors Guild. In 2001 he was further honored with the Hollywood Production Designer of the Year Award by the Hollywood Film Festival. Recently he was given a tribute by the American Cinematheque and the Art Directors Guild with a screening at the Egyptian Theatre of two of his designed films, “The Wolf Man” (1941) and “Gaily, Gaily” (1969). In 1973 he was nominated for an Emmy for “The Red Pony.”
Among his other major motion picture credits as...
- 8/3/2010
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, North by Northwest Iconic Production Designer Robert F. Boyle, who collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock and Norman Jewison, and the recipient of an Honorary Oscar in 2008, died Sunday, Aug. 1, of natural causes following a two-day stay at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 100. The Hitchcock films on which Boyle worked are: as associate art director, Saboteur (1942) and Shadow of a Doubt (1943); as production designer, The Birds (1963), Marnie (1964), and most notably North by Northwest (1959), which features Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint facing nasty spies atop Mount Rushmore. Boyle’s other major motion picture credits as a production designer include numerous Universal releases of varying degrees of budgetary size (Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation, East of Sumatra, The Private War of Major Benson), plus Winter Kills, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Portnoy’s Complaint, and Private Benjamin. Also, In Cold [...]...
- 8/3/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Robert F. Boyle, a four-time Academy Award nominee for art direction and a recipient of an honorary Oscar for his work on "North by Northwest," "Fiddler on the Roof" and nearly 90 other films, died Aug. 1 of natural causes at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 100.
In 1997, Boyle was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Art Directors Guild and four years later was honored with the Hollywood Production Designer of the Year Award by the Hollywood Film Festival. Recently, he was given a tribute by the American Cinematheque and the Adg with a screening at the Egyptian Theatre of two of his designed films, "The Wolf Man" (1941) and "Gaily, Gaily" (1969).
Boyle received Oscar noms his work on "Gaily, Gaily," "Fiddler (1971), "North by Northwest" (1959) and "The Shootist" (1976).
Among his other major motion picture credits are "The Birds" (1963), "Winter Kills" (1979), "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" (1982), "Private Benjamin" (1980), "Portnoy's Complaint...
In 1997, Boyle was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Art Directors Guild and four years later was honored with the Hollywood Production Designer of the Year Award by the Hollywood Film Festival. Recently, he was given a tribute by the American Cinematheque and the Adg with a screening at the Egyptian Theatre of two of his designed films, "The Wolf Man" (1941) and "Gaily, Gaily" (1969).
Boyle received Oscar noms his work on "Gaily, Gaily," "Fiddler (1971), "North by Northwest" (1959) and "The Shootist" (1976).
Among his other major motion picture credits are "The Birds" (1963), "Winter Kills" (1979), "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" (1982), "Private Benjamin" (1980), "Portnoy's Complaint...
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