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The “Great To Be Nominated” series, featuring the picture from each Academy year that received the most nominations without winning the Best Picture Award, concludes its third installment with four titles in August. Each evening will also include animated and live action short subjects, original advertising trailers, outtakes, newsreels and other surprises to offer up a snapshot of that particular year. The very best prints available will be screened at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater, one of the finest screening facilities in the world. ALL OF THE FOLLOWING SCREENINGS ARE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TO INCLUDE PANEL DISCUSSIONS; PARTICIPANTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. |
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Monday, August 7, at 7:30 p.m. |
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 121 mins. William Peter Blatty’s bestselling novel about demonic possession became one of the most shocking and unforgettable horror films of all time under the direction of William Friedkin. The film received ten nominations, including Best Picture, Actor in a Supporting Role (Jason Miller), Actress (Ellen Burstyn), Actress in a Supporting Role (Linda Blair), Art Direction (Bill Malley and Jerry Wunderlich), Cinematography (Owen Roizman), Directing (Friedkin), and Film Editing (Jordan Leondopoulos, Bud Smith, Evan Lottman and Norman Gay) and won Oscars for Sound (Robert Knudson and Chris Newman) and Writing – Screenplay based on material from another medium (William Peter Blatty). The film will be preceded by animated short nominee Pulcinella and live action short nominee The Bolero, which features Zubin Mehta conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. Cinematographer Owen Roizman, editor Bud Smith, actress Linda Blair and others to be announced will participate in a panel discussion. |
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Monday, August 14, at 7:30 p.m. |
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 131 mins. Robert Towne’s Oscar-winning original mystery screenplay, an homage to classic detective fiction that incorporated elements of Los Angeles history, became one of the most critically acclaimed Hollywood films of the last few decades under the direction of Roman Polanski. The film received eleven nominations, including Best Picture, Actor (Jack Nicholson), Actress (Faye Dunaway), Art Direction (Richard Sylbert, W. Stewart Campbell; Set Decoration: Ruby Levitt), Cinematography (John A. Alonzo), Costume Design (Anthea Sylbert), Directing (Polanski), Film Editing (Sam O’Steen), Music – Original dramatic score (Jerry Goldsmith), and Sound (Bud Grenzbach, Larry Jost) and won the Oscar for Writing – Original screenplay (Towne). The film will be preceded by animated short nominee Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too and live action short nominee The Concert. Screenwriter Robert Towne, art director W. Stewart Campbell, casting director Mike Fenton, assistant director Hawk Koch and cast members Burt Young, Bruce Glover and James Hong will participate in a panel discussion. |
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Monday, August 21, at 7:30 p.m. |
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 184 mins. Ryan O’Neal played the title role in Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of the William Makepeace Thackeray novel, whose Oscar-winning production design, cinematography and costumes helped make it one of the most visually gorgeous films of the decade. The film received seven nominations, including Best Picture, Directing (Kubrick), and Writing – Screenplay adapted from other material (Kubrick) and won for Art Direction (Ken Adam, Roy Walker; Set Decoration: Vernon Dixon), Cinematography (John Alcott), Costume Design (Ulla-Britt Soderlund, Milena Canonero) and Music – Adaptation score (Leonard Rosenman). The film will be preceded by animated short nominee Sisyphus. Ryan O’Neal (schedule permitting) will participate in an onstage discussion. |
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Monday, August 28, at 7:30 p.m. |
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 121 mins. Paddy Chayevsky’s Oscar-winning screenplay, a scathing satire of television, proved to be an uncannily accurate portent of the medium’s future. Sidney Lumet directed a remarkable cast, including Peter Finch in his Oscar-winning final performance. The film received ten nominations, including Best Picture, Actor in a Leading Role (William Holden), Actor in a Supporting Role (Ned Beatty), Cinematography (Owen Roizman), Directing (Lumet), and Film Editing (Alan Heim) and won Oscars for Actor in a Leading Role (Finch), Actress in a Leading Role (Faye Dunaway), Actress in a Supporting Role (Beatrice Straight) and Writing – Screenplay written directly for the screen (Chayefsky). The film will be preceded by animated short nominee The Street by Caroline Leaf and Guy Glover, and live action short Number One by Dyan Cannon and Vince Cannon. Producer Howard Gottfried, editor Alan Heim, cinematographer Owen Roizman, production designer Philip Rosenberg and others will participate in a panel discussion. |
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