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Normand Roger on the Animation Soundtrack
August 10 at the Linwood Dunn Theater
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For this special presentation, renowned composer Normand Roger will discuss his creative approach to the animation soundtrack in an onstage conversation with the evening's host composer Michael Giacchino, and special guest, animator Frédéric Back.  |
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Hollywood Home Movies - NY
August 11 at the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International |
| The private side of some larger-than-life Hollywood stars will be on view as the Academy Film Archive opens its vaults to share home movie footage of luminaries from Cary Grant and Clark Gable to Ginger Rogers and Marilyn Monroe. |
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WEE WILLIE WINKIE and REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM
August 22 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater
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| In celebration of Shirley Temple’s 80th birthday year, the Academy will premiere newly restored prints of two of her classic films, WEE WILLIE WINKIE and REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM. |
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Ink & Paint: The Art of Hand-Drawn Animation
Through August 24 in the Academy's Grand Lobby Gallery |
| This exhibition highlights the work of artists who created the characters, storyboards, color keys, backgrounds, layouts, cels and thousands of other process artworks that went into such animated classics as 101 DALMATIANS, WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT and THE IRON GIANT. |
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George Pal: Discovering the Fantastic
August 27 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater
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The Academy celebrates the centennial of producer, director and animator George Pal. The evening will feature new prints of the “Puppetoons” RHYTHM IN THE RANKS and JOHN HENRY AND THE INKY POO, and will conclude with a screening of the George Pal production THE WAR OF THE WORLDS. |
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Frédéric Back: A Life's Drawings
August 10 through November 1 in the foyer of the Linwood Dunn Theater |
| This exhibition showcases drawings, concept sketches, notebook sketches and illustrations by gifted animator Frédéric Back, who received Oscars® for the animated short films CRAC and THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES. |
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DIE HARD
August 14 at the Linwood Dunn Theater
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As part of its “Prime Tech” screening series, the Academy’s Science and Technology Council presents a 20th anniversary screening of DIE HARD, hosted by film historian and author Eric Lichtenfeld, with an onstage panel discussion. |
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Pulling Back the Drapes: Set Decoration Revealed
Through August 24 in the Academy's Fourth Floor Gallery |
| “Pulling Back the Drapes” showcases the work of set decorators with re-created sets from INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL, FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL, IRON MAN, GET SMART, THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES and more. |
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Great To Be Nominated
Monday evenings, through August 25 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater
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| The “Great To Be Nominated” series continues its fifth and final season with screenings of films from 1993 to 2007 that received the most nominations without winning the Best Picture award. |
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