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Features start at 7:30 p.m. with shorts starting at 7 p.m.
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The “Great To Be Nominated: Part Two” series, featuring the picture from each Academy year which received the most nominations without winning the Best Picture Award, continues throughout the spring and summer. Each evening includes animated and live action short subjects, original advertising trailers, out-takes, newsreels and other surprises to recreate an evening at the movies of that particular year. The very best prints available are screened at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater, one of the finest screening facilities in the world. |
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Monday, June 6, 2005, at 7:30 p.m.
(1947) David Lean's film of the classic novel is widely considered to be one of the finest Dickens adaptations ever put on film, with ravishing black-and-white cinematography and art direction, and a stellar cast including John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Martita Hunt, a 16-year-old Jean Simmons, and Alec Guinness (whose stage production inspired Lean to film the book) in his first major film role. The film received five nominations including Best Motion Picture, Directing (Lean), Writing - Screenplay (Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Ronald Neame) and won for Art Direction - Black and White (John Bryan, Wilfred Shingleton) and Cinematography - Black and White (Guy Green). The feature will be preceded by cartoon nominee Tubby the Tuba (a George Pal Puppetoon) and live-action short subject nominees Moon Rockets (a Popular Science short) and Now You See It. |
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Monday, June 13, 2005, at 7:30 p.m.
(1948) Presented in a brand new print, this Broadway play about a mistreated deaf girl living on a Canadian island became a box-office smash under Jean Negulesco’s direction, with Jane Wyman giving the (Oscar-winning) performance of her life as Belinda, supported by Lew Ayres, Charles Bickford and Agnes Moorhead. The film received twelve nominations including Best Picture, Actor (Ayres), Actor in a Supporting Role (Bickford), Actress in a Supporting Role (Moorhead), Art Direction – Black & White (Robert Haas and William Wallace), Cinematography – Black & White (Ted McCord), Directing (Negulesco), Film Editing (David Weisbart), Music – Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture (Max Steiner), Sound Recording (Warner Bros. Sound Dept. – Nathan O. Levinson, Sound Director) and Writing – Screenplay (Irmgard Von Cube and Allen Vincent) and won for Best Actress (Wyman). The feature will be preceded by cartoon nominee Mouse Wreckers, live-action short subject nominee You Can't Win, featuring Pete Smith, and live-action short subject winner Seal Island from Walt Disney Productions. |
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Monday, June 20, 2005, at 7:30 p.m.
(1949) William Wyler’s acclaimed film of the Broadway play based on Henry James’ novel Washington Square, about a lonely young woman, her domineering father and her handsome but questionable suitor, earned Olivia de Havilland her second Best Actress Oscar, provided Montgomery Clift with a star-making role, and cast Ralph Richardson in his first American film. The film received eight nominations including Best Picture, Actor in a Supporting Role (Richardson), Cinematography – Black & White (Leo Tover), Directing (Wyler) and won for Actress (de Havilland), Art Direction – Black & White (Harry Horner, John Meehan and Emile Kuri), Costume Design – Black & White (Edith Head and Gile Steele) and Music – Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture (Aaron Copland). The film will be preceded by cartoon nominee The Magic Flute from UPA, Live-Action Short Nominee Water Trix by Pete Smith and Live-Action Winner Van Gogh. |
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Monday, June 27, 2005, at 7:30 p.m.
(1950) This definitive black comedy about the dark side of classic Hollywood gave silent star Gloria Swanson a one-of-a-kind “comeback” role, pairing her with William Holden in what many consider to be filmmaker Billy Wilder’s masterpiece. The film received eleven nominations including Best Picture, Actor (Holden), Actor in a Supporting Role (Erich von Stroheim), Actress (Swanson), Actress in a Supporting Role (Nancy Olson), Cinematography – Black & White (John F. Seitz), Directing (Wilder), Film Editing (Arthur Schmidt and Doane Harrison) and won for Art Direction – Black & White (Hans Dreier, John Meehan, Sam Comer and Ray Moyer), Music – Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture (Franz Waxman) and Writing – Story and Screenplay (Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and D.M. Marshman, Jr). The film will be preceded by cartoon nominee Trouble Indemnity with Mr. Magoo, Live-Action nominee Wrong Way Butch by Pete Smith and Live-Action winner In Beaver Valley from Walt Disney Productions. |
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And coming in July (after a break for the 4th)… |
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Monday, July 12, 2005, at 7:30 p.m.
(1951) Tennessee Williams’ groundbreaking play became one of the screen’s most intense dramas, with Elia Kazan directing Oscar-winning performances from Vivien Leigh, Karl Malden and Kim Hunter, and starring Marlon Brando in a performance credited with changing the face of screen acting. The new Director’s Cut version of the film will be presented, featuring restored scenes censored from teh original release. The film received twelve nominations including Best Picture, Actor (Brando), Cinematography – Black & White (Harry Stradling), Costume Design – Black & White (Lucinda Ballard), Directing (Kazan), Music – Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture (Alex North), Sound Recording (Warner Bros. Sound Dept. – Nathan Levinson, Sound Director) and Writing – Screenplay (Williams) and won for Actor in a Supporting Role (Malden), Actress (Leigh), Actress in a Supporting Role (Hunter) and Art Direction – Black & White (Richard Day and George James Hopkins). The film will be preceded by cartoon nominee Rooty Toot Toot from UPA and Live-Action winner Nature's Half Acre from Walt Disney Productions. |
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"GREAT TO BE NOMINATED: PART TWO" will continue with the following films. Previous titles in the "Great To Be Nominated" Monday night series: April May |
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