September 15, 2000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:  John Pavlik - (310) 247-3000

Beverly Hills, CA - Eighteen scientific or technical achievements were selected Wednesday (9/13) by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Scientific and Technical Awards Committee to be further considered for Academy Awards^® in the upcoming 73rd annual competition, Committee Chair Richard Edlund announced today.

"These achievements are announced in advance so that those with claims of prior invention or with similar technology can advise us of their situation so that we can review whether they should also be included in our consideration," Edlund said. Deadline for such notification is 5 p.m., Friday, September 29.

The methods or devices selected by the committee for further consideration, and the individuals or companies submitting them, are:

• 35-3/435 Remote Aqua Cam; Hydroflex, Inc.
• Akai DD8 Plus Random Access Digital Audio Dubber; AKAI Digital
• C-50 Camera Motor and Electronics; Lynx Robotics
• Camera Data Capture; David Stump
• Deluxe Multi Roller Film Transport System; Deluxe Laboratories
• Fan Descender; Stunts, Inc.
• JBL ScreenArray Cinema Loudspeakers, Models 4632 & 3632; JBL Professional
• Kodak Vision 800T Color Negative Film / 5289; Eastman Kodak Company
• LAD - Laboratory Aim Density; Eastman Kodak Company
• Life Guard 100, 200 and 400 Ground Fault Current Interrupters; SMS/PGS
• Loud Trailers, Measurement Technique, Equipment Design and Control Program Implementation; Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
• Millennium XL Camera System; Panavision, Inc.
• Paraform Software for 3D Digital Form Developer; Paraform
• Projection Lens Series for Cinema and Studio Purposes; ISCO-OPTIC
• Roscolite Day/Night Backdrop; Rosco Laboratories, Inc.
• Softsun^TM; L. P. Associates, Inc.
• Video Assist (Instant Replay); Jim Songer
• Virtual Cinematography; Graphic Research/USC

Demonstration of selected achievements will be conducted on Tuesday, October 24, in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Awards Adminis-tration Director Richard Miller said the committee will meet on December 6 to vote award recommendations to the Academy's Board of Governors, which will make the final decisions. The Scientific and Technical Awards will be presented at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Saturday, March 3, 2001.

For more information call the Academy at 310-247-3000 ext. 129; fax 310-859-9619; or email scitech@oscars.org.