Again . The main evidence for Walt's racial insensitivity ... is "Song of the South," his 1946 combination of live action and animation based on the Southern folk tales of Joel Chandler Harris, known as Uncle Remus, which, though set in the Reconstruction era, makes the black former slaves seem dependent upon and excessively grateful to their former owners. From any modern racial perspective,...
It's a timeless classic, a moving and emotional story about the Old South transformed during the Civil War. 1939's Gone with the Wind still holds the record (when adjusted for inflation) of being the biggest box office hit of all time, and with good reason. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Margaret Mitchell, David O. Selznick's adaptation of Gone with the Wind is well known by now, focusing...
Since Gone with the Wind ’s release in 1939, David O. Selznick’s adaptation has become one of the most hailed and loved feature films of all time. Adjusted for inflation, it remains today the number one box office champion with a total gross of $1,450,680,400. It deservedly won 10 Academy Awards and continues to be included in Top 10 lists with many catch phrases entering the public lexicon...
1946 - Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Shown at The FeckenOdeon on 28th November, 2009 In the hands of many another director, “Notorious” would have been merely a film noir - a cruel story of a courageous, patriotic young woman turned inside out by manipulative and unscrupulous men, one of whom uses her love for him to force her into extreme danger. But with Hitchcock it becomes something deeper:...
Keep up to date with all the latest from the entertainment world with the MD News Desk : Hands Off the Merchandise : - Meet the Barbie "Ladies of the 80's" : Debbie Harry , Cyndi Lauper and Joan Jett (available this December from EntertainmentEarth.com .) And the List Goes On : - The 50 Most Powerful People on Broadway includes such out theater vets as Nathan Lane , Cameron Mackintosh , Joe...
TOY STORY creator JOHN LASSETER is to be honoured with the David O. Selznick Achievement Award at the 2010 Producers Guild of America prizegiving.The revered animator will...
Pixar/Disney's John L. picks up an award that has never gone to an animation person before. The Producers Guild of America will honor Disney/Pixar animation whiz John Lasseter with its 2010 David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Motion Pictures at the 21st annual PGA Awards ceremony on Jan. 24 at the Hollywood Palladium. Lasseter, who holds the title of chief creative officer at Walt Disney and Pixar...
PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA TO HONOR JOHN LASSETER WITH 2010 DAVID O. SELZNICK ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN MOTION PICTURES LOS ANGELES (October 21, 2009) - The Producers Guild of America (PGA), a national non-profit trade group committed to protecting the rights and credits of producers in film, television and new media, announced today that John Lasseter, Chief Creative Officer, Walt Disney and Pixar Animation...
Film News: Filmmaker to recieve Selznick Achievement Award -- The Producers Guild of America has tapped John Lasseter to receive its David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Motion Pictures. The kudo will be presented to Lasseter on Jan. 24 at the PGA awards show at the Hollywood Palladium.
Alfred Hitchcok's The Lady Vanishes The best of early Hitchcock starring Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave The film was named "Best Picture of 1938" by the New York Times,[5] and Alfred Hitchcock received the 1939 New York Film Critics Circle Award for "Best Director". Camp, precious, winning and absurd. The Lady Vanishes was one of Hitchock's last films to be made in the U.K....
Modern Heat author Heidi Rice revisits the biggest movie romance of all time, David O Selznick's gargantuan version of Margaret Mitchell's best-selling American Civil War story which boasts Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh at the peak of their powers . The ultimate Hollywood blockbuster and still as larger-than-life today as it was on its release 70 years ago. The bum-number to end all bum-numbers, Gone...
Rhett Butler and his darling Scarlett O’Hara Paramount Summer Film Series: Gone With the Wind Saturday, September 5th Paramount Theater ( 713 Congress Avenue ) 7:30pm : $8 Regular Admission; $7 Online Advance Admission [ info ] | [ tickets ] In a summer dominated by films about robots, super heroes, and teenage wizards, doesn’t a classic movie sound nice? Sort of a palate cleanser for...
So, a big hello to Cappuccino Culture , the Spectator's new culture blog where I see Pete has reposted the list he helped compile for The Spectator's 50 Essential Films supplement. Just for good measure, Pete's added another 35 films that would be contenders for his own personal list. Brother Hoskin is a much greater cinephile than I am, but his inclusion of Eyes Wide Shut as a candidate for his own...