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Academy Applies Makeup for Seminar Series

Beverly Hills, CA – The art and craft of motion picture makeup will be explored in detail during the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' three-evening seminar series "Makeup Artists and Hairstylists: A Forum on Contemporary Technique." Sessions will be held on Thursdays, October 16, 23 and 30, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Academy's Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood.

"Makeup Artists and Hairstylists" will offer a comprehensive look at contemporary motion picture makeup and hairstyling techniques from the perspective of the practitioners themselves. Each week's topic will be illuminated by film clips, onstage discussions with working makeup artists and hairstylists, and questions from the audience.

The series schedule is as follows:

October 16 - Beauty Makeup

Moderated by Oscar® winner Bill Corso (“Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events”), with Academy Award® nominee Ronnie Specter (“Batman Returns”), Academy governor Leonard Engelman ("Moonstruck"), Tricia Sawyer (Casino, The Love Guru) and Bob Mills ("Pretty Woman").

October 23 - Character and Special Makeup Effects

Moderated by Engelman, with six-time Oscar winner Rick Baker ("Men In Black"), two-time Academy Award nominee Kazuhiro Tsuji ("Norbit"), two-time Oscar winner Greg Cannom ("A Beautiful Mind") and three-time Oscar winner Ve Neill ("Ed Wood").

October 30 - Hairstyling

Moderated by Engelman, with Oscar winner Gail Ryan ("Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas"), two-time Oscar winner Yolanda Toussieng ("Ed Wood"), Roy Helland ("The Devil Wears Prada") and Kathy Blondell ("Cast Away").

Tickets for the entire "Makeup Artists and Hairstylists: A Forum on Contemporary Technique" series will be available beginning September 25 at a cost of $30 for the general public and $20 for Academy members and students with valid ID. Tickets may be purchased by mail, in person at the Academy during regular business hours or online at www.oscars.org/events. Tickets for individual evenings, if available, will be $10 at the door.

The Academy's Linwood Dunn Theater is located at 1313 Vine Street in Hollywood. For more information, call (310) 247-3600.

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world’s preeminent movie-related organization, with a membership of more than 6,000 of the most accomplished men and women working in cinema. In addition to the annual Academy Awards – in which the members vote to select the nominees and winners – the Academy presents a diverse year-round slate of public programs, exhibitions and events; provides financial support to a wide range of other movie-related organizations and endeavors; acts as a neutral advocate in the advancement of motion picture technology; and, through its Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, collects, preserves, restores and provides access to movies and items related to their history. Through these and other activities the Academy serves students, historians, the entertainment industry and people everywhere who love movies.

Oscar® Fans Invited to Win Red Carpet Seats

Beverly Hills, CA – The annual online drawing for some of the most sought-after seats of the year is about to get underway.

Beginning on Monday, September 22, at noon ET/9 a.m. PT, and continuing for only one week, fans may apply on Oscars.org to win seats on the Academy Awards® red carpet. There are only 300 seats available along the 500-foot-long walkway that leads into the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®.

The lucky winners will watch and cheer Oscar nominees, presenters and other ceremony guests as they arrive at the 81st Academy Awards on Sunday, February 22, 2009. Following the red carpet arrivals, the winners will be invited to watch the Academy Awards telecast at a nearby location.

The application form will be available at www.oscars.org/bleachers. The online-only application process will close on Sunday, September 28, at 9 p.m. PT.

To be eligible for the random drawing, an individual must complete the application form in its entirety. Applications may only be submitted online. Forms may not be returned via U.S. mail, fax or private delivery service such as UPS or FedEx.

Applicants may register up to four persons; however, only one form will be accepted per person or group.

Those whose names are selected in the random drawing will be notified in early October. They will then be required to submit additional information for security purposes prior to final approval. Eligible attendees will receive a confirmation letter in early December with information pertinent to the event.

Only those individuals who have been pre-approved by the Academy will have access to the bleachers. Those who wait overnight to attempt admittance will not be granted entry.

The Academy will not be responsible for securing travel and/or hotel accommodations for winners.

In previous years, as many as 20,000 fans have applied online for the limited number of bleacher seats.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2008 will be presented on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

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“Ah, Yes” the Academy Remembers it
Well with Leslie Caron

Beverly Hills, CA – Traveling from her home in Paris, French actress and dancer Leslie Caron will be celebrated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in an evening of film and conversation, including the premiere of a new digital restoration of the 1958 Best Picture winner “Gigi,” on Friday, October 10, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Film critic Stephen Farber will host the onstage conversation.

At the age of 19, Caron made her film debut in the 1951 musical “An American in Paris.” She had been selected in Paris, where she made a screen test with Gene Kelly, the film’s star and choreographer. While she went on to partner with another legendary dancer, Fred Astaire, in the musical “Daddy Long Legs” (1955), Caron also made a successful transition into comedies and dramas. Her many roles include the title role in “Fanny” (1961), opposite her “Gigi” co-star Maurice Chevalier, and the role of schoolmistress Catherine Freneau in “Father Goose” (1964), opposite Cary Grant. She earned Best Actress Oscar® nominations for her performances in “Lili” in 1953 and “The L-Shaped Room” in 1963, and most recently appeared in “Chocolat” and “Le Divorce.”

In “Gigi” Caron portrays a young courtesan-to-be involved in a platonic relationship with rich playboy, Gaston Lachaille (Louis Jourdan), that blossoms into romance.

“Gigi” swept all nine of the Academy Award® categories in which it was nominated. The film was selected to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 1991.

This event is being presented in cooperation with the American Cinematheque and the Santa Monica Puppetry Center. For information about the events being held by those organizations in Caron’s honor, visit americancinematheque.com or puppetmagic.com.

Support for this program has been provided by Air France, with cooperation from the French Consulate of Los Angeles.

Please note that “An Academy Salute to Leslie Caron” is sold out. Additional tickets typically become available at the last minute due to “no-shows” or cancellations. Consequently, there will be a stand-by line, which will form at the corner of Almont Drive and Wilshire Boulevard. Stand-by numbers will be given out at approximately 5:30 p.m. The number of stand-by tickets to be sold will be determined shortly before the start of the event. All seating is unreserved.

The Samuel Goldwyn Theater is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills.

For more information call (310) 247-3600 or visit www.oscars.org/events.

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8 Scientific Achievements in
Competition for 81st Academy Awards®

Beverly Hills, CA — The Scientific and Technical Awards Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that 8 scientific and technical achievements have been selected for further awards consideration.

The list is made public to allow individuals and companies with similar devices or claims of prior art the opportunity to submit their achievements for review. The deadline to submit additional entries is Tuesday, September 16.

The committee has selected the following methods or devices for further consideration:

Advanced Dialog Replacement System (Warner Bros. Studios)

ARRIMAX 18/12 (Arri, Inc.)

Transvideo’s Video Assist Monitors for the Film Industry (Transvideo)

Angenieux Optimo 24-290, 17-80, 15-40, 28-76 Zoom Lenses—Complete System (Thales Angenieux)

Hylén System (SmARTlens)

HDReye High Dynamic Range Digital Camera (Rhythm & Hues)

PRIMATTE Chromakey Technology (Imagica Technologies Corp.)

Underlying & Enabling Technologies for Digital Intermediate (Technicolor)

After thorough investigations are conducted on each of the entries, the committee will meet in early December to vote on recommendations to the Academy's Board of Governors, which will make the final awards decisions.

The Scientific and Technical Awards will be presented at the Beverly Wilshire hotel in Beverly Hills on Saturday, February 7, 2009. For more information, contact Awards Administration Director Rich Miller at 310-247-3000, ext. 129, or via e-mail at scitech@oscars.org.

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Academy’s Contemporary Documentaries
Screening Series Kicks Off 27th Year

Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences launches its 27th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” screening series with “Taxi to the Dark Side” and “No End in Sight” on Wednesday, September 24, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission to all screenings in the series is free. Filmmakers will be present at the screenings whenever possible.

“Taxi to the Dark Side” examines the mysterious death of an Afghan taxi driver at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan and exposes America’s worldwide detention and interrogation policies that condone torture and the abrogation of human rights. Directed by Alex Gibney and produced by Gibney, Eva Orner and Susannah Shipman, “Taxi to the Dark Side” won the 2007 Academy Award® for Documentary Feature. Orner will participate in a Q&A following the screening.

A candid retelling of the events following the fall of Baghdad in 2003, Oscar®-nominated “No End in Sight” chronicles the reasons behind Iraq’s descent into guerrilla warfare, criminality and anarchy. “No End in Sight” was directed by Charles Ferguson and produced by Ferguson, Jennie Amias, Audrey Marrs and Jessie Vogelson. Ferguson and Marrs will both be present for a Q&A following the screening.

The 27th annual Contemporary Documentaries series is a showcase for feature-length and short documentaries drawn from the 2007 Academy Award nominations, including the winners, as well as other important and innovative films considered by the Academy that year. The first part of the series comprises 14 films that will screen on Wednesday evenings through December 3. The series will resume in March 2009 and continue through June.

The “Contemporary Documentaries” screening schedule through 2008 is as follows:

September 24
“Taxi to the Dark Side”
Directed by Alex Gibney
Produced by Gibney, Eva Orner, Susannah Shipman
Academy Award winner: Documentary Feature

“No End in Sight”
Directed by Charles Ferguson
Produced by Ferguson, Jennie Amias, Audrey Marrs, Jessie Vogelson
Academy Award nominee: Documentary Feature

October 1
“Autism: The Musical”
Directed by Tricia Regan
Produced by Perrin Chiles, Regan, Sasha Alpert

“War/Dance”
Directed by Sean Fine, Andrea Nix Fine
Produced by Albie Hecht
Academy Award nominee: Documentary Feature

October 15
“Freeheld”
Directed by Cynthia Wade
Produced by Wade, Vanessa Roth, Matthew Syrett
Academy Award winner: Documentary Short Subject

“For the Bible Tells Me So”
Directed and produced by Daniel G. Karslake

October 22
“The 11th Hour”
Directed by Leila Conners Petersen, Nadia Conners
Produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, Conners Petersen, Chuck Castleberry, Brian Gerber

“Pete Seeger: The Power of Song”
Directed by Jim Brown
Produced by Brown, Michael Cohl, William Eigen

November 5
“Nanking”
Directed by Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman
Produced by Ted Leonsis, Guttentag, Michael Jacobs

“White Light/Black Rain”
Directed and produced by Steven Okazaki

November 19
“La Corona (The Crown)”
Directed and produced by Amanda Micheli, Isabel Vega
Academy Award nominee: Documentary Short Subject

“The Price of Sugar”
Directed by Bill Haney
Produced by Eric Grunebaum, Haney

December 3 At the IMAX Theater, California Science Center, Exposition Park
“Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs”
Directed by Keith Melton
Produced by Arabella Cecil, Don Kempf, Steve Kempf

“Dinosaurs Alive”
Directed by Bayley Silleck, David Clark
Produced by Clark

All films, with the exception of those scheduled for December 3, will screen at the Linwood Dunn Theater at the Academy’s Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. All seating is unreserved. Filmmakers will be present at screenings whenever possible.

The December 3 screening will take place at the IMAX Theater at the California Science Center in Exposition Park. For directions and parking information, call (323) SCIENCE.

The Linwood Dunn Theater is located at 1313 Vine Street in Hollywood. Free parking is available through the entrance on Homewood Avenue (one block north of Fountain Avenue). For additional information, visit www.oscars.org or call (310) 247-3600.

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Oscar® Statuette Returned to Army

Beverly Hills, CA –– An Oscar statuette earned by Frank Capra’s 1942 documentary “Prelude to War,” the first film in the United States Army Special Services’ seven-picture “Why We Fight” series, has been removed from the auction block and was returned to the care of the U.S. Army this evening (9/3/08).

The statuette is not the original Oscar awarded for the film, but a duplicate requested by and granted to the Department of Defense in 1958 in connection with a special exhibition. In the years following the exhibition, the award was in the care of the Army Pictorial Center. The disposition of the statuette following the closure of the Center in 1970 is unclear, but when Academy officials saw that Christie’s auction house was offering the statuette for sale they notified the Army which asserted its claim on the Award. Christie’s was pleased to see the statuette put back into the Army’s care.

The “Why We Fight” films, directed by then-Major Frank Capra, are widely recognized as the most effective of the many films produced by the armed services to educate Americans in general, and new servicemen in particular, about the nation’s objectives in entering WWII. The original Oscar for “Prelude to War” remains in the care of the Capra family.

“We are very grateful that the Academy contacted us and has returned the Oscar to the U.S. Army,” said Brigadier General Jeffrey E. Phillips, Deputy Chief of Public Affairs. “There is immense pride in our Special Services heritage and I cannot think of a better historical example of the importance of communicating with the public for our current generation of Soldiers than this statuette. The award will be proudly and prominently displayed at the Department of the Army Headquarters for Public Affairs Office at the Pentagon for all to see.”

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“Oscar’s Docs” Returns with a
Look Back at the ’80s and ’90s

Beverly Hills, CA — A rare presentation of the 1988 Oscar®-winning documentary feature “Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie” will kick off the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Oscar’s Docs, Part Four: Academy Award®-winning Documentaries from 1988–1997” on Saturday, September 20, at 6:30 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. The series will continue on Monday evenings from September 22 through November 24 at 7:30 p.m., with a total of 19 short and feature documentaries.

“Oscar’s Docs” is a comprehensive screening series of every short subject and feature to win the Academy Award for documentary filmmaking since the category was established in 1941.

The retrospective will feature the best available prints – often newly struck or restored editions from the documentary collection of the Academy Film Archive. Many of the evenings will feature panel discussions with the filmmakers (schedules permitting).

The complete “Oscar’s Docs” screening schedule is as follows:

September 20
“Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie” (1988)
35mm print from the Academy Film Archive collection
Featuring on onstage discussion with Executive Producer Hamilton Fish.

September 22
“The Johnstown Flood” (1989)
Featuring an onstage discussion with producer-director Rob Epstein and producer Bill Couturie.

October 6
“Days of Waiting” (1990)
“American Dream” (1990)
Featuring an onstage discussion with cinematographer Hart Perry.

October 13
“Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment” (1991)
“In the Shadow of the Stars” (1991)

October 20
“Educating Peter” (1992)
“The Panama Deception” (1992)
Featuring an onstage discussion with producer-director Barbara Trent.

October 27
“Defending Our Lives” (1993)
“I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School” (1993)
Featuring an onstage discussion with producer-director Susan Raymond and producer Alan Raymond.

November 3
“A Time for Justice” (1994)
“Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision” (1994)
Featuring an onstage discussion with producer-director Freida Lee Mock, producer Terry Sanders and composer Charles Bernstein.

November 10
“One Survivor Remembers” (1995)
“Anne Frank Remembered” (1995)

November 17
”Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O’Brien” (1996)
“When We Were Kings” (1996)
Featuring an onstage discussion with producer-director-editor Leon Gast and producer-editor Taylor Hackford.

November 24
“A Story of Healing” (1997)
“The Long Way Home” (1997)
Featuring an onstage discussion with producer-director Mark Harris, producers Rick Trank and Rabbi Marvin Hier, and editor Kate Amend.

Tickets to each “Oscar’s Docs” screenings are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. A limited number of series passes for all ten evenings are available for $30 for the general public and $25 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. A $5 discount will be given to previous passholders.

Tickets are available for purchase by mail, at the Academy box office, or online at www.oscars.org. Doors open one hour prior to the start of the event. All seating is unreserved.

The Linwood Dunn Theater is located at 1313 Vine Street in Hollywood. Free parking is available through the entrance on Homewood Avenue (one block north of Fountain Avenue).

For additional information, visit www.oscars.org or call (310) 247-3600.

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Academy Grants $50,000 to
Telluride Film Festival

Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has awarded a $50,000 grant to underwrite the Telluride Film Festival’s Guest Director program. Slavoj Zizek, the Slovenian political philosopher and cultural critic, will preside as guest director of the Festival’s 35th show when it kicks off this week.

For more than two decades, Telluride has welcomed numerous prominent filmmakers and personalities as guest directors, including two-time Academy Award®-nominated writer-director Peter Bogdanovich, director J.P. Gorin, film curator and archivist Edith Kramer, Oscar®-winning documentarian Errol Morris, author Salman Rushdie, Oscar-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, and filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier.

“Making the world of film more accessible is central to the Academy’s mission,” said Academy President Sid Ganis. “Telluride’s Guest Director program does just that by sharing the experience and vision of some of the world’s foremost creative thinkers.”

“We are thrilled with this partnership and look forward to working with the Academy for many years to come,” said Co-director Gary Meyer. “It is the enthusiastic support of organizations like the Academy that allows Telluride Film Festival to thrive, and create a rich and diverse program.

The Academy’s cultural and educational wing – the Academy Foundation – annually grants more than $1 million to film scholars, cultural organizations and film festivals throughout the U.S. and abroad. It is also through the Foundation that the Academy presents a rich assortment of screenings and other public programs each year.

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Documentary Film Entries
Due September 2 for 2008 Oscars®

Beverly Hills, CA — Tuesday, September 2, is the deadline for filmmakers to submit their short subject and feature documentaries to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for consideration for the 81st Academy Awards®.

Each completed entry form must be accompanied by supporting materials, including an English-language synopsis of the film, a list of film credits, filmographies of the director(s) and/or producer(s), 25 DVD copies of the film, and proof of a seven-day qualifying exhibition.

To be eligible, documentary features must have completed a seven-day commercial run in at least one theater in both Los Angeles County and in the Borough of Manhattan in New York, between September 1, 2007, and August 31, 2008.

Documentary short subjects must have completed a seven-day commercial run in a theater in either Los Angeles County or in the Borough of Manhattan in New York, between September 1, 2007, and August 31, 2008.

Members of the Academy’s Documentary Branch will determine the nominees for both the Documentary Short Subject and Documentary Feature categories.

Additional information about the documentary awards may be obtained by contacting Assistant Awards Coordinator Michelle Ayala at (310) 247-3000, ext. 117; via e-mail at mayala@oscars.org; or by visiting http://www.oscars.org/81academyawards/rules.

The 81st Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Thursday, January 22, 2009, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

At the 80th Academy Awards, “Freeheld” and “Taxi to the Dark Side” won in the Documentary Short Subject and Documentary Feature categories, respectively.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2008 will be presented on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar® presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

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Academy to Salute Akira Kurosawa

Premiering a New Digitally-Restored Print of “Rashomon” and
Unveiling a New Exhibition Featuring Kurosawa’s Original Artwork

Beverly Hills, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will salute the life and career of director Akira Kurosawa during a three-month celebration that will include a retrospective screening series and a new exhibition showcasing the director’s original artwork, which has rarely been seen outside of Japan. The kickoff will be Thursday, September 18, at 8 p.m., when the Academy will premiere of a new restoration of the 1950 masterpiece “Rashomon” in the Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Hosted by Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan, the evening will include a panel discussion with Kurosawa’s collaborators, friends and family, including son Hisao Kurosawa, who is the head of Kurosawa Productions. Following the film and discussion, the new exhibition “Akira Kurosawa: Film Artist” will be unveiled in the Academy galleries in Beverly Hills.

“An Academy Salute to Akira Kurosawa” will continue with screenings of five more of the director’s Academy Award®-nominated and winning films – “Kagemusha,” “Seven Samurai,” “Ran,” “Yojimbo” and “Dersu Uzala” – on Friday and Saturday evenings through October 4 (details below).

“Rashomon” was restored by the Academy Film Archive in association with the Kadokawa Culture Promotion Foundation and The Film Foundation. The best surviving picture element was a 35mm release print, made from the original nitrate negative (which no longer exists), held within the collection of the National Film Center in Tokyo. The print was scanned at 4K resolution, and digital tools were used to clear the scratches, dirt and abrasions that existed in virtually every frame. The numerous pops, hisses, crackles and distortions on the print’s audio were also digitally removed.

“Akira Kurosawa: Film Artist” will present more than 100 of Kurosawa’s original pre-production drawings and paintings alongside many of the art supplies, calligraphy materials, annotated screenplays, props and hand-painted costumes that he used to explore and refine his artistic vision. Photographs, posters, marketing materials, correspondence and film clips illuminating his nearly seven-decade career will round out the exhibition.

In 1989 the Academy presented him with an Honorary Award (an Oscar statuette) “for accomplishments that have inspired, delighted, enriched and entertained audiences and influenced filmmakers throughout the world.”

The screening schedule for “An Academy Salute to Akira Kurosawa” is as follows:

At the Samuel Goldwyn Theater:

Thursday, September 18, at 8 p.m.
“Rashomon” (1950) – Premiering a new restoration, with special viewing of the “Akira Kurosawa: Film Artist” exhibition following the program

Set in feudal Japan, this crime drama depicts a violent incident from four different points of view, questioning the very nature of truth.

Academy Award winner (1951): Honorary Foreign Language Film Award (Japan)
Academy Award nominee (1952): Black-and-White Art Direction (Takashi Matsuyama; Set Decoration: H. Matsumoto)

Friday, September 19, at 8 p.m.
“Kagemusha” (1980) – Premiering a new print, with special viewing hours for the exhibition “Akira Kurosawa: Film Artist” from 6 to 8 p.m.

When a powerful warlord is mortally wounded, a common thief who bears a striking resemblance to him is called upon to become his “double” to maintain the clan’s aura of strength.

Academy Award nominee: Art Direction (Yoshiro Muraki), Foreign Language Film (Japan)

At the Linwood Dunn Theater:

Friday, September 26, at 7:30 p.m.
“Seven Samurai” (1954) – Premiering a new print

In 16th century Japan, seven wandering swordsmen band together to defend an isolated farming village against marauding bandits.

Academy Award nominee (1956): Black-and-White Art Direction (Takashi Matsuyama, Black-and-White Costume Design (Kohei Ezaki)

Saturday, September 27, at 7:30 p.m.
“Ran” (1985) – Premiering a new print

The story of King Lear, 16th century Japanese civil war history, and the legend of Morikawa, a feudal warlord with three sons, come together in this intense examination of family betrayal and the precariousness of human relationships.

Academy Award winner: Costume Design (Emi Wada)
Academy Award nominee: Art Direction (Yoshiro Muraki, Shinobu Muraki), Cinematography (Takao Saito, Masaharu Ueda, Asakazu Nakai), Directing (Akira Kurosawa).

Friday, October 3, at 7:30 p.m.
“Yojimbo” (1961)

In a village divided by rival factions, a samurai warrior who is courted by both sides devises his own plan to rid the community of its criminals.

Academy Award nominee: Black-and-White Costume Design (Yoshiro Muraki)

Saturday, October 4, at 7:30 p.m.
“Dersu Uzala” (1975) – Premiering a new print

Dersu Uzala, a hunter living alone in the taiga forests of Eastern Siberia, becomes a friend and mentor to a Russian Army engineer.

Academy Award winner: Foreign Language Film (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)

Tickets to each of the Kurosawa retrospective screenings, including “Rashomon,” are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. Tickets are available for purchase by mail, at the Academy box office (Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.), or online at www.oscars.org. Doors open one hour prior to event. All seating is unreserved.

The Samuel Goldwyn Theater is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills.

The Linwood Dunn Theater is located at 1313 Vine Street in Hollywood.

“Akira Kurosawa: Film Artist” will be on display through Sunday, December 14. The Academy’s Grand Lobby and Fourth Floor galleries, located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills, are open Tuesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and weekends, noon to 6 p.m. The Academy will be closed during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend – Thursday, November 27 through Sunday, November 30. Admission is free.

For more information call (310) 247-3600 or visit www.oscars.org/events.

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“There Will Be Blood” To Conclude Academy Screening Series

Beverly Hills, CA — The 2007 Best Picture nominee “There Will Be Blood” will screen on Monday, August 25, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater as the final feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Great To Be Nominated” series. Daniel Day-Lewis’s powerful, Oscar®-winning performance as a misanthropic oil man in the early years of the 20th century dominates Paul Thomas Anderson’s unsettling adaptation of Upton Sinclair’s novel Oil!.

“There Will Be Blood” earned a total of eight Academy Award® nominations and won Oscars® for Actor in a Leading Role (Day-Lewis) and Cinematography (Robert Elswit). The film also received nominations for Best Picture (JoAnne Sellar, Anderson and Daniel Lupi, producers), Art Direction (Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson), Directing (Anderson), Film Editing (Dylan Tichenor), Sound Editing (Christopher Scarabosio and Matthew Wood) and Writing – Adapted Screenplay (Anderson).

The Oscar-nominated animated short “I Met the Walrus” will be screened prior to the feature.

“There Will Be Blood” is the final film in the five-year series. Tickets are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. Tickets may be purchased online at www.oscars.org, by mail, in person at the Academy during regular business hours or, depending on availability, on the night of the screening when the doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Curtain time for the feature is 7:30 p.m., and pre-show elements will begin at 7 p.m. The Academy is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. For more information, call (310) 247-3600.

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“Dreamgirls” to Come to Life on Academy Screen

Oscar®-Winner Jennifer Hudson
and Writer-Director Bill Condon in Person

Beverly Hills, CA — “Dreamgirls,” the film that earned the most nominations in 2006 but was not nominated in the Best Picture category, will screen on Monday, August 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater as the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Great To Be Nominated” series. The contemporary renaissance of the movie musical continued with this opulent film version of the Tony Award-winning Broadway hit about the changing fortunes of an all-female singing group. Following the screening, actress Jennifer Hudson, writer-director Bill Condon, producer Laurence Mark, executive producer Patricia Whitcher, co-producer Jonathan King, film editor Virginia Katz, costume designer Sharen Davis, rerecording mixer Michael Minkler, makeup department head Tym Shutchai Buacharern, actress Mariah Wilson and casting director Debra Zane will participate in a discussion about the film.

“Dreamgirls” earned a total of eight Academy Award® nominations and won Oscars® for Actress in a Supporting Role (Hudson) and Sound Mixing (Minkler, Bob Beemer, Willie Burton). The film also received nominations for Actor in a Supporting Role (Eddie Murphy), Art Direction (John Myhre; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh), Costume Design (Davis), Music – Original Song (“Listen,” Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler; Lyric by Anne Preven), Music – Original Song (“Love You I Do,” Music by Krieger; Lyric by Siedah Garrett), Music – Original Song (“Patience,” Music by Krieger; Lyric by Willie Reale).

“Dreamgirls” is the only film in Academy Awards® history to have the most nominations in a given year without a Best Picture nomination being among them. It is being included in the “Great to Be Nominated” series because of this distinction.

The Oscar-nominated animated short “Lifted” will be screened prior to the feature.

Including “Dreamgirls,” there are two films remaining in the series. Tickets are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. Tickets may be purchased online at www.oscars.org, by mail, in person at the Academy during regular business hours or, depending on availability, on the night of the screening when the doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Curtain time for all features is 7:30 p.m., and pre-show elements will begin at 7 p.m. The Academy is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. For more information, call (310) 247-3600.

Academy Foundation Officers Elected

Beverly Hills, CA — Cheryl Boone Isaacs, a Public Relations Branch governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, was re-elected Tuesday night (8/12) as president of the Academy Foundation, the educational and cultural arm of the Academy. This is Isaacs’ second term as president.

In addition, Executives Branch governor Robert Rehme was re-elected vice president, Film Editors Branch governor Donn Cambern was re-elected vice president, Public Relations Branch governor and current Academy President Sid Ganis was elected treasurer, and Executives Branch governor Tom Sherak was elected secretary. Academy Executive Director Bruce Davis remains executive secretary of the Foundation.

It is through the Academy Foundation that the Academy presents myriad public programs each year. These include, among others, the “Gold Standard,” “Great To Be Nominated,” “Oscar’s Docs” and “Contemporary Documentaries” screening series, Academy Tech Council programming, tributes such as the upcoming “Salute to Leslie Caron” and exhibitions like “Ink & Paint: The Art of Hand-Drawn Animation” and “Pulling Back the Drapes: Set Decoration Revealed,” both currently on display at the Academy’s Beverly Hills headquarters.

The Foundation is also responsible for conducting the annual Student Academy Awards and Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competitions, presenting a variety of annual lectures and seminars, including the August 27 George Pal Celebration of Fantasy in Film, and awarding over $1 million each year in financial grants to film scholars, film festivals, and film-related institutions and programs.

The world-renowned Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive also operate under the Academy Foundation banner.

Academy Foundation trustees are elected annually by the Board of Governors. Foundation trustees for 2008–2009 are: Annette Bening (Actors Branch), Jon Bloom (Short Films and Feature Animation Branch), James L. Brooks (Writers), Cambern, Caleb Deschanel (Cinematographers), Ganis, Jim Gianopulos (Executives), Mark Goldblatt (Film Editors), Arthur Hamilton (Music), Isaacs, Kevin O’Connell (Sound), Frank Pierson (Writers), Rehme, Sherak, Bill Taylor (Visual) and Henry Winkler (Actors).

The Academy Foundation was established in 1942 to oversee all educational, preservation and cultural activities of the Academy. Its trustees and officers serve one-year terms.

Sid Ganis Re-Elected
President of Academy

Beverly Hills, CA — Sid Ganis was re-elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Tuesday night (8/12) by the organization’s Board of Governors. This will be his fourth consecutive term in the office.

In addition, Robert Rehme, an Executives Branch governor and past Academy president, was re-elected first vice president; Producers Branch governors Kathleen Kennedy and Hawk Koch were elected to vice president posts; Executives Branch governor Tom Sherak was elected treasurer and Public Relations Branch governor Cheryl Boone Isaacs was elected secretary.

“It’s such a privilege to serve as president of this Academy,” said Ganis. “It’s a dynamic time for our organization and our art form. I’m incredibly proud to be part of it.”

These will be the first officer stints for Kennedy and Sherak. Isaacs has previously served one term each as vice president and treasurer, Koch previously served one term as treasurer and Rehme has served in various officer posts, including president, a total of 17 terms.

Ganis founded Out of the Blue…Entertainment, which is housed on the Sony lot, in 1996. Prior to founding Out of the Blue, Ganis held various positions at Sony Pictures, including vice chairman of Columbia Pictures and president of worldwide marketing for Columbia/Tri-Star Motion Picture Companies. Before joining Sony, Ganis served for five years at Paramount Pictures as president of the motion picture group and before that was the studio’s president of worldwide marketing. Previously, Ganis was senior vice president of Lucasfilm, Ltd.

Academy board members serve three-year terms, while officers serve one-year terms, with a maximum of four consecutive terms in any one office.

Academy to Speak International Language with “Babel”

Beverly Hills, CA — The 2006 Best Picture nominee “Babel” will screen on Monday, August 11, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater as the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Great To Be Nominated” series. This powerful, globe-spanning drama from writer Guillermo Arriaga and director Alejandro González Iñárritu comprises four interconnected stories about the difficulties of communication in contemporary life. Following the screening, producer Steve Golin, cast member Aaron Spears, and sound rerecording mixers Chris Minkler and Jon Taylor will participate in a discussion about the film.

“Babel” earned a total of seven Academy Award® nominations and won an Oscar® for Music – Original Score (Gustavo Santaolalla). The film also received nominations for Best Picture (González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik, Golin, producers), Actress in a Supporting Role (Adriana Barraza), Actress in a Supporting Role (Rinko Kikuchi), Directing (González Iñárritu), Film Editing (Stephen Mirrione, Douglas Crise) and Writing – Original Screenplay (Arriaga).

The Oscar-nominated animated short “No Time for Nuts” will be screened prior to the feature.

Including “Babel,” there are three films remaining in the series. Tickets are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. Tickets may be purchased online at www.oscars.org, by mail, in person at the Academy during regular business hours or, depending on availability, on the night of the screening when the doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Curtain time for all features is 7:30 p.m., and pre-show elements will begin at 7 p.m. The Academy is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. For more information, call (310) 247-3600.

Academy Celebrates Shirley Temple’s
80th Birthday with Double Feature

Beverly Hills, CA – In celebration of Shirley Temple’s 80th birthday year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present the premiere of new restorations of both “Wee Willie Winkie” (1937) and “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm” (1938), on Friday, August 22, at 7 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The films are presented as part of the Academy’s Gold Standard screening series.

At age six, with a dozen films already under her belt, Shirley Temple received a Special Award, a miniature Oscar® statuette, “in grateful recognition of her outstanding contribution to screen entertainment during the year 1934.” As an adult, Shirley Temple Black has continued her contributions to society as a diplomat with the State Department, where she has served as ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia and as a delegate to the United Nations.

John Ford directed Temple in “Wee Willie Winkie,” an adaptation of a Rudyard Kipling tale set in Colonial India. While visiting her grandfather, a British army colonel, Temple’s character, nicknamed “Wee Willie Winkie,” finds herself in the midst of hostilities and must use her abundant charm and quick wits to help save the day. The film received an Academy Award® nomination for Art Direction (William Darling, David Hall). The restoration work was done by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, using nitrate elements in its collection, in collaboration with 20th Century Fox.

In “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm,” Temple becomes a radio singing star, unbeknownst to her disapproving aunt. The film was restored from a nitrate fine-grain master in the Fox nitrate collection at the Academy Film Archive.

“Wee Willie Winkie” will begin at 7 p.m. and has a running time of 100 minutes. There will be a 10-minute intermission before the start of “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm” (80 minutes).

Tickets to the double feature are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID, and may be purchased online at www.oscars.org, in person at the Academy box office or by mail. Doors open at 6 p.m. The Samuel Goldwyn Theater is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. All seating is unreserved. For more information, call (310) 247-3600.

Academy to Visit the Fantastic World of George Pal

Beverly Hills, CA – Invading Martians will hit the screen at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “George Pal: Discovering the Fantastic” event on Wednesday, August 27, at 7:30 p.m. in the Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The centennial celebration, hosted by director Joe Dante (“Gremlins”), will feature a panel discussion with several Pal collaborators as well as a screening of two Pal “Puppetoons” and “The War of the Worlds” (1953) in its entirety.

Barbara Eden (Greta Heinrich in “The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm” and Angela Benedict in “7 Faces of Dr. Lao”), Ann Robinson (Sylvia Van Buren in “The War of the Worlds”), Russ Tamblyn (Tom Thumb in “Tom Thumb”) and Alan Young (Woody in “Tom Thumb” and David/James Filby in “The Time Machine”), Bob Baker (Puppetoon animator), Jim Danforth (special effects on “The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm” and “7 Faces of Dr. Lao”) will participate in an onstage discussion following screenings of new prints of “Rhythm in the Ranks” (1941) and “John Henry and the Inky Poo” (1946), which earned Pal two of his seven Oscar® nominations in the Cartoon Short Subject category. The films were restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive in cooperation with the Academy Film Archive.

George Pal’s fantasy films as a producer, director and animator featured a wide range of subjects and styles that cleverly bridged artistic imagination with technical ingenuity despite limited budgets. Pal’s Hollywood career began with Puppetoons – animated shorts that featured stop-motion wooden puppets in fairy tale worlds – and continued with live-action feature films that created indelible images of “futuristic” space flights, invading Martians, journeying through time, and a one-of-a-kind traveling circus. His pioneering efforts in visual effects spectacles inspired the films that are today’s box office blockbusters.

Tickets to “George Pal: Discovering the Fantastic” may be purchased online at www.oscars.org, in person at the Academy box office or by mail. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. All seating is unreserved. The Samuel Goldwyn Theater is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. For more information, call (310) 247-3600.

For more information on George Pal and his films, visit www.oscars.org/events.

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Academy Can’t Quit “Brokeback Mountain”

Beverly Hills, CA — The 2005 Best Picture nominee “Brokeback Mountain” will screen on Monday, August 4, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater as the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Great To Be Nominated” series. E. Annie Proulx’s acclaimed short story about the thwarted love between two young men became a heartbreaking romantic drama under the direction of Oscar® winner Ang Lee. Following the screening, producer and screenwriter Diana Ossana and production designer Judy Becker will participate in a discussion about the film.

“Brokeback Mountain” earned a total of eight Academy Award® nominations and won Oscars® for Directing (Lee), Music – Original Score (Gustavo Santaolalla) and Writing – Adapted Screenplay (Larry McMurtry, Ossana). The film also received nominations for Best Picture (Ossana and James Schamus, producers), Actor in a Leading Role (Heath Ledger), Actor in a Supporting Role (Jake Gyllenhaal), Actress in a Supporting Role (Michelle Williams) and Cinematography (Rodrigo Prieto).

The Oscar-nominated animated shorts “Badgered” and “9” will be screened prior to the feature.

Individual tickets for each of the remaining screenings in part five of “Great to be Nominated” are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with valid ID. Tickets may be purchased online at www.oscars.org, by mail, in person at the Academy during regular business hours or, depending on availability, on the night of the screening when the doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Curtain time for all features is 7:30 p.m., and pre-show elements will begin at 7 p.m. The Academy is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. For more information, call (310) 247-3600.

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Academy to Unspool
Celebrity Home Movies in NYC

New York, NY – Private home movies featuring Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe and other Hollywood luminaries will screen at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Monday Nights with Oscar®” presentation of “Hollywood Home Movies: Treasures from the Academy Film Archive” on Monday, August 11, at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater in New York City. The program will include commentary by family members of Humphrey Bogart, Gary Cooper, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Steve McQueen and Lauren Bacall, who will introduce their famous relatives’ home movies.

The evening will feature rarely seen footage of Alfred Hitchcock playing with his baby daughter, Bogart and Bacall sailing their yawl Santana, and Academy Award®-winning art director (and Oscar statuette designer) Cedric Gibbons and his wife Dolores del Rio entertaining guests, including Cooper and Marlene Dietrich, at a backyard party.

In addition the program will show early home movies of New York Harbor from 1927, a beauty contest parade in Atlantic City from 1935, and Times Square in the mid-1950s.

Since the 1920s people have delighted in using amateur cameras – first 16mm, then 8mm and Super 8mm – to capture ordinary and special moments in their daily lives. Film industry professionals were no exception. Hollywood’s stars recorded their children’s first steps, family vacations, favorite pastimes, and behind-the-scene activities on the sets of such classic films as “On the Waterfront” and “The Misfits.”

“Hollywood Home Movies” is curated by Academy Archivist Lynne Kirste and is presented in conjunction with ongoing 2008 Home Movie Day events around the world.

Tickets for “Hollywood Home Movies” are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. Tickets may be reserved by calling 1-888-778-7575. Depending on availability, tickets may be purchased in person on the night of the screening. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. All seating is unreserved. The Academy Theater is located at 111 East 59th Street in New York City.

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Yippee-Ki-Yay, Moviegoers!
“Die Hard” Comes Back to Life at the Academy

Beverly Hills, CA — Considered by many to be a benchmark in the action genre, “Die Hard” will screen at a special 20th anniversary event on Wednesday, August 14, at 7:30 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Presented by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Science and Technology Council, the evening also will feature an onstage panel discussion with several key members of the film’s sound and visual effects teams, who will highlight the role motion picture science and technology played in shaping the movie. Film historian and author Eric Lichtenfeld will moderate the panel.

“Die Hard” (1988) stars Bruce Willis as John McClane, a New York City cop who flies to Los Angeles on Christmas Eve to reconcile with his estranged wife, Holly (Bonnie Bedelia). When terrorists seize the Nakatomi office tower during his wife’s office party, McClane battles desperately to save Holly and the other hostages.

“Die Hard” received Academy Award® nominations in Film Editing (Frank J. Urioste, John F. Link), Sound (Don Bassman, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Overton, Al Overton), Sound Effects Editing (Stephen H. Flick, Richard Shorr) and Visual Effects (Richard Edlund, Al Dissaro, Brent Boates, Thaine Morris).

This screening will premiere a newly struck 35mm print from the Academy Film Archive.

Established in 2003 by the Academy's Board of Governors, the Science and Technology Council provides a forum for the exchange of information, promotes cooperation among diverse technological interests within the industry, sponsors publications, fosters educational activities and preserves the history of science and technology of motion pictures.

Tickets to “Die Hard” are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. Tickets are available for purchase by mail, at the Academy box office, or online at www.oscars.org. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. All seating is unreserved.

The Linwood Dunn Theater is located at 1313 Vine Street in Hollywood. Free parking is available through the entrance on Homewood Avenue (one block north of Fountain Avenue).

For additional information, visit www.oscars.org or call (310) 247-3600.

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Academy To Fly High with “The Aviator”

Beverly Hills, CA — The 2004 Best Picture nominee “The Aviator” will screen on Monday, July 28, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater as the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Great To Be Nominated” series. Director Martin Scorsese brought Howard Hughes’s years as an aviation pioneer and film producer to the screen with this epic re-creation of Hollywood’s Golden Age. Following the screening, cast members Alec Baldwin, Jacob Davich, J.C. Mackenzie and Amy Sloan, production sound mixer Petur Hliddal, special effects supervisor R. Bruce Steinheimer and miniature effects supervisor Matthew Gratzner will participate in a discussion about the film.

“The Aviator” earned a total of 11 Academy Award® nominations and won Oscars® for Actress in a Supporting Role (Cate Blanchett), Art Direction (Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo), Cinematography (Robert Richardson), Costume Design (Sandy Powell) and Film Editing (Thelma Schoonmaker). The film also received nominations for Best Picture (Michael Mann and Graham King, producers), Actor in a Leading Role (Leonardo DiCaprio), Actor in a Supporting Role (Alan Alda), Directing (Martin Scorsese), Sound Mixing (Tom Fleischman, Petur Hliddal) and Writing – Original Screenplay (John Logan).

The Oscar-nominated animated shorts “Lorenzo” and “Guard Dog” will be screened prior to the feature.

Curtain time for all features is 7:30 p.m., and pre-show elements will begin at 7 p.m. The Academy is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. For more information, call (310) 247-3600.

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Sci-Tech Applications for 2008
Academy Awards® Due July 31

Beverly Hills, CA — The submission deadline for the 2008 Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards is Thursday, July 31. A completed online entry form must be submitted to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by 5 p.m. PT.

In late May, the Academy mailed more than 850 “call for entries” letters to individuals and companies around the world specializing in motion picture science and technology.

“The Scientific and Technical Awards Committee casts a wide net when looking for achievements to consider for Academy Award® recognition,” explained Awards Administration Director Rich Miller. “The achievement can be a device or a discovery, a formula or a method, but it must demonstrate a proven record of contributing significant value to the process of making motion pictures.”

The committee, which is composed of film industry engineers, scientists and craftspeople, will evaluate all submissions before making recommendations to the Academy’s Board of Governors for award consideration.

The Academy recognizes scientific and technical achievement on three levels: Technical Achievement Award (a certificate), Scientific and Engineering Award (a plaque) and the Academy Award of Merit (an Oscar® statuette).

The 2008 Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation will be held on Saturday, February 7, 2009, at the Beverly Wilshire hotel in Beverly Hills.

Interested individuals and companies that did not receive the initial mailing may submit applications online at http://scitech.oscars.org.

Further information may be obtained at the Web site or by contacting Miller’s office at (310) 247-3000, ext. 130, or via e-mail at scitech@oscars.org.

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Academy Tunes Up for Animation Weekend
Events and Exhibitions to Take Audiences Behind the Scenes

Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will feature a weekend of public events and exhibitions spotlighting the art and science of animation – “The Sound behind the Image II: Now Hear This!,” “Normand Roger on The Animation Soundtrack” and “Frederic Back: A Life’s Drawings” – beginning on Friday, August 8, and continuing through Sunday, August 10, in Beverly Hills and Hollywood.

On August 8 “Now Hear This!,” presented by the Academy’s Science and Technology Council, will explore sound in animation from its beginning through the current digital age. The program will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

Hosted by Academy Award® nominee Mark Mangini (“Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home,” “Aladdin,” “The Fifth Element”), “Now Hear This!” will include discussions with Oscar®-winning sound editor David E. Stone (“Bram Stoker’s Dracula”) and Disney Imagineering media designer Joe Herrington, who will examine the work of early sound effects masters Treg Brown and Jimmy MacDonald. The presentation will incorporate a live demonstration of many of MacDonald’s actual props.

Foley artist John Roesch will demonstrate foley techniques, and sound designer Randy Thom, a 14-time Oscar nominee and two-time winner (“The Right Stuff,” “The Incredibles”), will explain how new technologies have changed the way sound is created for animated motion pictures today.

The program will also trace the evolution of sound in animation with clips from “Steamboat Willie” (1928), “Clock Cleaners” (1937), “The Reluctant Dragon” (1941), “Zoom and Bored” (1957), “Now Hear This” (1962), “Beauty and the Beast” (1991), “The Polar Express” (2004) and “The Incredibles” (2004).

On August 10 the Academy will present “Normand Roger on The Animation Soundtrack” at 7:30 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Moderated by Academy Award®-nominated composer Michael Giacchino (“Ratatouille”), the program will feature an onstage conversation with Roger, who has composed scores and designed sound effects for more than 300 films, discussing his creative approach to the animation soundtrack. They will be joined by two-time Oscar-winning animator Frederic Back, with whom Roger collaborated on six films.

Four Oscar-winning animated short films featuring Roger’s scores and sound design work will be screened – “Every Child” (1979, directed by Eugene Fedorenko), “Crac” (1981, directed by Back), “The Old Man and the Sea” (1999, directed by Alexander Petrov) and “Father and Daughter” (2000, directed by Michael Dudok de Wit).

Also on August 10, the Academy will open a new exhibition, “Frederic Back: A Life’s Drawings” in the lobby of the Linwood Dunn Theater. The exhibition will showcase drawings, illustrations and sketches created by Back using colored pencils on frosted cels as well as spotlight his commitment to environmental issues. In addition to “Crac,” Back won an Academy Award for “The Man Who Planted Trees” (1987).

“A Life’s Drawings” will have special viewing hours on August 10, from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. The exhibition will be open to the public through November 1 on Saturdays from noon to 6 p.m., and whenever Academy public programs are hosted at the Dunn Theater. Admission is free.

“Frederic Back: A Life’s Drawings” is presented with the support of the governments of Quebec and Canada, Societe Radio-Canada, Pixar Animation Studios and SIGGRAPH.

The Academy’s ongoing summer exhibition, “Ink & Paint: The Art of Hand-Drawn Animation,” will be open throughout the weekend. Showcasing more than 125 hand-drawn works encompassing all stages of the filmmaking process, the exhibition presents paintings, drawings, sketches and cels from the 1950s through the 1990s, including examples from such animated favorites as “Alice in Wonderland,” “Lady and the Tramp,” “Sleeping Beauty,” “Gay Purr-ee,” “Pink Panther,” “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” “The Iron Giant” and “The Lion King.”

“Ink & Paint” is presented in the Academy’s Grand Lobby Gallery, located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. The gallery is open Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and weekends, noon to 6 p.m. Those who attend “Now Hear This!” will also be able to see the exhibition following the event. The exhibition will remain on display through Sunday, August 24. Admission is free.

Tickets to “Now Hear This!” are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. Tickets are available for purchase by mail, at the Academy box office, or online at www.oscars.org. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. All seating is unreserved. The Samuel Goldwyn Theater is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. For additional information, visit www.oscars.org or call (310) 247-3600.

Tickets to “Normand Roger on The Animation Soundtrack” are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. Tickets are available for purchase by mail, at the Academy box office, or online at www.oscars.org. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. All seating is unreserved. The Linwood Dunn Theater is located at 1313 Vine Street in Hollywood. Free parking is available through the entrance on Homewood Avenue (one block north of Fountain Avenue).

For additional information, visit www.oscars.org or call (310) 247-3600.

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“Master and Commander” to Set Sail for Academy

Beverly Hills, CA — The 2003 Best Picture nominee “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World” will screen on Monday, July 21, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater as the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Great To Be Nominated” series. Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Peter Weir combined two of Patrick O’Brian’s popular seafaring novels into one story for this spectacular, old-fashioned adventure film set during the Napoleonic Wars. Following the screening, production designer William Sandell, set decorator Robert Gould, second unit director David Ellis, sound designer Richard King, sound rerecording mixers D.M. Hemphill and Paul Massey, production sound mixer Arthur Rochester and hairstylist Barbara Lorenz will participate in a discussion about the film.

“Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World” earned a total of 10 Academy Award® nominations and won Oscars® for Cinematography (Russell Boyd) and Sound Editing (King). The film also received nominations for Best Picture (Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., Weir and Duncan Henderson, producers), Art Direction (Sandell; Set Decoration: Gould), Costume Design (Wendy Stites), Directing (Weir), Film Editing (Lee Smith), Makeup (Edouard Henriques III, Yolanda Toussieng), Sound Mixing (Massey, Hemphill, Rochester), Visual Effects (Dan Sudick, Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness, Robert Stromberg).

The Oscar-nominated animated shorts “Destino” and “Nibbles” will be screened prior to the feature.

Individual tickets are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. Tickets may be purchased online at www.oscars.org, by mail, in person at the Academy during regular business hours or, depending on availability, on the night of the screening when the doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Curtain time for all features is 7:30 p.m., and pre-show elements will begin at 7 p.m. The Academy is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. For more information, call (310) 247-3600.

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“Gangs of New York”
to Rumble at the Academy

Beverly Hills, CA — The 2002 Best Picture nominee “Gangs of New York” will screen on Monday, July 14, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater as the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Great To Be Nominated” series. Director Martin Scorsese fulfilled his decades-long dream of bringing an often-ignored slice of New York history to the screen with his epic about gang rivalries in 19th century Manhattan.

“Gangs of New York” earned 10 Academy Award® nominations: Best Picture (Alberto Grimaldi and Harvey Weinstein, producers), Actor in a Leading Role (Daniel Day-Lewis), Art Direction (Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo), Cinematography (Michael Ballhaus), Costume Design (Sandy Powell), Directing (Martin Scorsese), Film Editing (Thelma Schoonmaker), Music – Original Song (“The Hands That Built America,” Music and Lyric by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen), Sound (Tom Fleischman, Eugene Gearty, Ivan Sharrock) and Writing – Original Screenplay (Jay Cocks, Steve Zaillian, Kenneth Lonergan; story by Cocks).

The Oscar-nominated animated short “Das Rad” will be screened prior to the feature.

Passes for part five of “Great To Be Nominated” are $30 for the general public and $25 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. Including “Gangs of New York,” there are seven films remaining in the series. A $5 discount is available for those who wish to renew their passes from parts one, two, three or four of the series. Individual tickets are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. Passes and tickets may be purchased online at www.oscars.org, by mail, in person at the Academy during regular business hours or, depending on availability, on the night of the screening when the doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Curtain time for all features is 7:30 p.m., and pre-show elements will begin at 7 p.m. The Academy is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. For more information, call (310) 247-3600.

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Veterans Carry AMPAS Board Elections

Beverly Hills, CA –– Eight incumbents have been reelected to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors, along with six other filmmakers who will return to the Board after a time away. The sole first-time governor elected is Annette Bening, representing the Actors Branch. All will serve three-year terms.

Returning to the Board after a hiatus are Jeffrey Kurland, Art Directors; Martha Coolidge, Directors; Arthur Hamilton, Music; Don Hall, Sound; and Phil Robinson, Writers.

Incumbent governors reelected to another term are Owen Roizman, Cinematographers; Michael Apted, Documentary; Robert Rehme, Executives; Donn Cambern, Film Editors; Kathleen Kennedy, Producers; Sid Ganis, Public Relations; John Lasseter, Short Films and Feature Animation; and Craig Barron, Visual Effects.

Hall’s return to the Board fills a seat left vacant when J. Paul Huntsman died earlier this year.

Fourteen of the Academy’s 15 branches are each represented by three governors, who may serve up to three consecutive three-year terms. Terms are staggered so that each branch elects or reelects one governor each year. The Makeup Branch is represented by a single governor, currently Leonard Engelman, whose seat was not part of this election cycle.

Governors who were not up for reelection and who continue on the Board are Ed Begley, Jr. and Henry Winkler, Actors Branch; Rosemary Brandenburg and Jeannine Oppewall, Art Directors; Caleb Deschanel and Vilmos Zsigmond, Cinematographers; Curtis Hanson and Paul Mazursky, Directors; Rob Epstein and Richard Pearce, Documentary; Jim Gianopulos and Tom Sherak, Executives; Dede Allen and Mark Goldblatt, Film Editors; Bruce Broughton and Charles Fox, Music; Mark Johnson and Hawk Koch, Producers; Cheryl Boone Isaacs and Marvin Levy, Public Relations; Carl Bell and Jon Bloom, Short Films and Feature Animation; Curt Behlmer and Kevin O’Connell, Sound; Richard Edlund and Bill Taylor, Visual Effects; and James L. Brooks and Frank Pierson, Writers.

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world’s preeminent movie-related organization, with a membership of more than 6,000 of the most accomplished men and women working in cinema. In addition to the annual Academy Awards® – in which the members vote to select the nominees and winners – the Academy presents a diverse year-round slate of public programs, exhibitions and events; provides financial support to a wide range of other movie-related organizations and endeavors; acts as a neutral advocate in the advancement of motion picture technology; and, through its Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, collects, preserves, restores and provides access to movies and items related to their history. Through these and other activities the Academy serves students, historians, the entertainment industry and people everywhere who love movies.

Academy’s Tech Council Selects
Students for 2008 Internship Program

Beverly Hills, CA — The Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has selected three students to participate in a summer internship program designed to provide real-world experience to students interested in careers in motion picture computer graphics and animation technology.

Pixar Animation Studios, Rhythm & Hues Studios and Sony Pictures Imageworks will each provide an eight-week internship that gives students hands-on opportunities in animation, production management, software programming and visual effects. The Tech Council will provide a stipend of $4,000 to each student. The internship program is in its second year.

The 2008 Science and Technology Council summer interns are:

Tony Fan, New York University – Rhythm & Hues Studios
Tiffany Houghton, Otis College of Art and Design – Pixar Animation Studios
Liron Topaz, Ringling College of Art and Design – Sony Pictures Imageworks

"Our mission is to cultivate the next generation of motion picture technologists and researchers. The interns are placed into the center of three companies that exemplify the high standards of artistic and scientific excellence that the Academy seeks to foster in tomorrow's talent," said Barry Weiss, the Tech Council’s internship program chair.

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world’s preeminent movie-related organization, with a membership of more than 6,000 of the most accomplished men and women working in cinema. In addition to the annual Academy Awards® – in which the members vote to select the nominees and winners – the Academy presents a diverse year-round slate of public programs, exhibitions and events; provides financial support to a wide range of other movie-related organizations and endeavors; acts as a neutral advocate in the advancement of motion picture technology; and, through its Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, collects, preserves, restores and provides access to movies and items related to their history. Through these and other activities the Academy serves students, historians, the entertainment industry and people everywhere who love movies.

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Academy Finds “Fame” in NYC

New York, NY – “Fame,” the 1980 musical that tackles issues of self-esteem, sexuality, drugs, friendship and stardom, will screen in New York City as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Monday Nights with Oscar®” series on Monday, July 21, at 7 p.m. at the Directors Guild of America Theatre. A post-screening onstage discussion will feature two-time Academy Award®-winning composer Michael Gore.

Directed by Alan Parker from a screenplay by Christopher Gore, “Fame” follows a group of talented students at a New York performing arts high school from freshman year through graduation.

The film introduced to audiences a new generation of young performers including Irene Cara, Paul McCrane, Boyd Gaines, Meg Tilly, the late Gene Anthony Ray and future fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi.

“Fame” won Academy Awards® for Music – Original Score (Michael Gore) and Music – Original Song (“Fame,” Music by Michael Gore; Lyric by Dean Pitchford). The film also was nominated for Film Editing (Gerry Hambling), Music – Original Song (“Out Here On My Own,” Music by Michael Gore; Lyric by Lesley Gore), Sound (Michael J. Kohut, Aaron Rochin, Jay M. Harding, Chris Newman) and Writing – Screenplay written directly for the screen (Christopher Gore).

“Fame” spawned a successful television series, a reality show and an Off-Broadway musical.

This screening will feature a new print from the Academy Film Archive.

Tickets for “Fame” in NYC are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. Tickets may be reserved by calling 1-888-778-7575. Depending on availability, tickets may be purchased in person on the night of the screening. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. All seating is unreserved. The DGA Theatre is located at 110 West 57th Street in New York City.

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About the Academy

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world’s preeminent movie-related organization, with a membership of more than 6,000 of the most accomplished men and women working in cinema. In addition to the annual Academy Awards® – in which the members vote to select the nominees and winners – the Academy presents a diverse year-round slate of public programs, exhibitions and events; provides financial support to a wide range of other movie-related organizations and endeavors; acts as a neutral advocate in the advancement of motion picture technology; and, through its Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, collects, preserves, restores and provides access to movies and items related to their history. Through these and other activities the Academy serves students, historians, the entertainment industry and people everywhere who love movies.

Academy to Visit “Modern Times”
with “Techno Chaplin”

Beverly Hills, CA — A screening of a digitally restored 35mm print of Charlie Chaplin’s “Modern Times” (1936) and an examination of rare behind-the-scenes photographs that reveal the techniques used in creating the film’s special effects will be featured in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Techno Chaplin” program hosted by visual effects supervisor Craig Barron and silent film author John Bengtson on Thursday, July 24, at 8 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood.

Presented by the Academy’s Science and Technology Council, the program will examine Chaplin’s significant use of technical effects such as matte shots, process shots, miniatures and rear projection to complement real-life industrial settings. The presentation also will include a multimedia tour of 1930s Los Angeles, offering a visual journey of the city that served as a backdrop in Chaplin’s work.

Written, produced and directed by Chaplin, “Modern Times” marks the final appearance of the Little Tramp and arguably the culmination of the silent film era. In the film, Chaplin portrays a factory worker struggling to adapt to life in a burgeoning industrial world.

Barron is a veteran of Industrial Light & Magic and currently heads the Marin-based effects company Matte World Digital. He also serves on the Academy’s Board of Governors (Visual Effects Branch).

Bengston, a lawyer and film historian, is the author of Silent Traces: Discovering Early Hollywood through the Films of Charlie Chaplin and its Buster Keaton counterpart, Silent Echoes.

Tickets to “Techno Chaplin” are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. Tickets are available for purchase by mail, at the Academy box office, or online at www.oscars.org. Doors open at 7 p.m. All seating is unreserved.

The Linwood Dunn Theater is located at 1313 Vine Street in Hollywood. Free parking is available through the entrance on Homewood Avenue (one block north of Fountain Avenue).

For additional information, visit www.oscars.org or call (310) 247-3600.

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Academy Settles Lawsuit with RAI

Beverly Hills, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has amicably resolved a trademark lawsuit against the Italian television broadcaster RAI (Radiotelevisione Italiana). The lawsuit, which was filed in 2005 in the United States District Court in Los Angeles, concerned RAI’s broadcast of several Italian language “Oscar” award programs. Among the titles at issue were “Oscar del Vino” (Wine Oscars), “Oscar della Moda” (Fashion Oscars), “Oscar TV” (TV Oscars) and “Oscar del Teatro” (Theater Oscars).

Terms of the settlement were read into the Court record last Friday but were not publicly disclosed. However, Academy attorney David Quinto confirmed that the Academy continues to maintain the exclusive right to use the name “Oscar” for awards shows and that the name has not become generic in Italian or any other language. The case settled after the Academy submitted evidence showing that the “Oscar” trademark is strong with Italian speakers. The evidence included a consumer survey that determined RAI viewers would likely be confused by RAI’s use of the Academy’s trademark. Additionally, there was undisputed evidence that Italian dictionaries first and foremost define “Oscar” as the award given by the Academy.

Despite the settlement, other Academy lawsuits against RAI are still underway in Germany and Switzerland, as well as in Austria where a court issued a preliminary injunction against RAI’s use of the “Oscar” mark.

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96 Countries to Receive Entry Forms for
2008 Foreign Language Film Oscar®

Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences mailed Foreign Language Film award entry forms to 96 countries, facilitating their submissions for the 81st Academy Awards®.

To qualify for the 2008 Awards, a film must be released in the submitting country between October 1, 2007, and September 30, 2008, and be publicly screened in 35mm or 70mm film or in a qualifying digital cinema format for at least seven consecutive days in a commercial motion picture theater.

The dialogue track must be predominantly in a language or languages other than English. Accurate English subtitles are required.

Entry forms and film prints must be received at the Academy by Wednesday, October 1, 2008. Only one picture will be accepted from each country.

In 2007 the Austrian film “The Counterfeiters” won the Oscar over a field of nominated films from Israel, Kazakhstan, Poland and Russia.

Countries that have not received entry packets but are interested in submitting a film for consideration should contact Awards Coordinator Torene Svitil at (310) 247-3000, ext. 116, or via e-mail at tsvitil@oscars.org.

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Academy Ventures to Middle Earth
For “The Lord of the Rings”

Beverly Hills, CA — 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.

“The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” earned a total of 13 Academy Award® nominations and won Oscars® for Cinematography (Andrew Lesnie), Makeup (Peter Owen, Richard Taylor), Music – Original Score (Howard Shore) and Visual Effects (Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Taylor, Mark Stetson). The film also received nominations for Best Picture (Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Osborne, producers), Actor in a Supporting Role (Ian McKellen), Art Direction (Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah), Costume Design (Ngila Dickson, Taylor), Directing (Jackson), Film Editing (John Gilbert), Music – Original Song (“May It Be,” Music and Lyric by Enya, Nicky Ryan and Roma Ryan), Sound (Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Gethin Creagh, Hammond Peek) and Writing – Screenplay based on material previously produced or published (Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Jackson).

The Oscar-nominated animated short “Strange Invaders” will be screened prior to the feature.

Passes for part five of “Great To Be Nominated” are $30 for the general public and $25 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. Including “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,” there are eight films remaining in the series. A $5 discount is available for those who wish to renew their passes from parts one, two, three or four of the series. Individual tickets are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. Passes and tickets may be purchased online at www.oscars.org, by mail, in person at the Academy during regular business hours or, depending on availability, on the night of the screening when the doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Curtain time for all features is 7:30 p.m., and pre-show elements will begin at 7 p.m. The Academy is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. For more information, call (310) 247-3600.

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Rules Approved for
81st Academy Awards®

Beverly Hills, CA –– 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.

Also, in addition to the annual screening event at which members of the Music Branch view clips featuring the eligible songs as they appear in the films and vote, DVDs of those same clips will be made available to branch members who are unable to attend the screening; ballots will accompany the DVDs and must be returned by mail.

Music Branch members who have one or more songs in contention for nominations do not vote in that phase of the balloting. They remain eligible to vote on the final ballot to select the winner.

The only other category with a notable change is the Foreign Language Film Award and as was the case in 2006, the alteration is a procedural one rather than one in the rules per se. For the 81st Academy Awards, the two-phase process by which the nominees are selected will remain intact. However, the Phase I committee – which is open to any voting member who views a minimum number of the eligible films – will now vote to determine only six of the nine films that will ultimately go to the Phase II committee. The other three titles will be determined by those members of the 20-member Foreign Language Film Award Executive Committee who have qualified to vote in the category. The executive committee’s selections will be made after the Phase I voting has been tallied.

Complete rules for all categories can be viewed online at www.oscars.org/rules.

Rules are reviewed annually by individual branch and category committees. The Awards Rules Committee then reviews all proposed changes before presenting its recommendations to the Academy’s Board of Governors for approval.

Academy Award® nominations in all categories will be announced on January 22, 2009. The 81st Academy Awards presentation will be telecast live by the ABC Television Network on Sunday, February 22, 2009.

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Academy Awakens Newly Restored “Sleeping Beauty”

Beverly Hills, CA – As part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Gold Standard screening series, the classic animated film “Sleeping Beauty” will be presented on Friday, July 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Hosted by film historian Leonard Maltin, the evening will feature the premiere screening of a newly restored digital version of the 1959 film by Walt Disney Studios. Following the screening, a team from Walt Disney Animation Studios including Dave Bossert, creative director of special projects; animator Andreas Deja; Theo Gluck, director of library restoration and preservation; and Terry Porter, sound department chief and head rerecording mixer will participate in a panel discussion about the film, which earned an Academy Award® nomination for Music – Scoring of a musical picture (George Bruns).

Walt Disney envisioned “Sleeping Beauty” as his masterwork, and his nearly decade-long effort to bring the 17th century fairy tale to the screen at the then-shocking cost of $6 million resulted in an exquisitely detailed animated fantasy. With the enchanting fairies Flora, Fauna and Merryweather, the beautiful Princess Aurora, her valiant Prince Phillip, and the evil witch Maleficent all modeled on extensive footage of live actors, the human characters are remarkably lifelike, and Eyvind Earle’s visual and color stylings realize Disney’s conception of the film as a “moving illustration.”

This new digital restoration of “Sleeping Beauty” comes from 4K scans of the camera original successive exposure Technirama negative. The 7.1 audio remix was created from the Disney Studio’s 35mm mag elements, including the original 3-track stereo music masters, which were recorded in Berlin in 1958.

Original artwork from “Sleeping Beauty” is showcased in “Ink & Paint: The Art of Hand-Drawn Animation,” a new exhibition that explores the creative process of pre-computer animation, now on display in the Academy’s Grand Lobby Gallery. Encompassing all stages of the filmmaking process – from storyboards and color keys to layouts and cels – the exhibition showcases artwork from the 1950s through the 1990s, including the work of Eyvind Earle. The exhibition will be open for viewing following the screening.

Tickets to “Sleeping Beauty” are $5 for the general public and may be purchased online at www.oscars.org, in person at the Academy box office or by mail. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The Samuel Goldwyn Theater is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. All seating is unreserved. For more information, call (310) 247-3600.

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Japanese Magic Lantern Show
to Light Up Academy Theater

Beverly Hills, CA — Celebrating the centuries-old Japanese magic lantern tradition of Utsushi-e – a blend of moving images, light, color, music, storytelling and traditional art – the Minwa-za Company of Tokyo will make its American premiere performance on Wednesday, July 2, at 8 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. The program, presented by the Science a