... second Academy Award. It also garnered Sandy Dennis a Best Supporting Actress Oscar, a win for HaskellWexler's gorgeous cinematography (he was the last to win for a category that doesn't exist anymore -- best Black and White cinematography). On top of those accolades, the movie was nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor (Richard Burton), Best Supporting Actor (George Segal), Best...
... second Academy Award. It also garnered Sandy Dennis a Best Supporting Actress Oscar, a win for HaskellWexler's gorgeous cinematography (he was the last to win for a category that doesn't exist anymore -- best Black and White cinematography). On top of those accolades, the movie was nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor (Richard Burton), Best Supporting Actor (George Segal), Best...
... Angel Baby 's striking black and white cinematography, most of it shot in the Deep South, was by HaskellWexler. Eventually, Wendkos found his niche in television. He directed several episodes of the '60s right wing TV series, The Invaders (in which aliens were equated with Communists). Of far more interest were a series of made-for-TV movies he directed (he was a pioneer of the form),...
... thing he did for only two of the men he focuses on are still with us — Boyle and cinematographer HaskellWexler. Raim’s approach is to stage reunions of these “old farts,” as they like to call themselves, so they can reminisce. Boyle re-visits Paramount Studios with his pals Henry Bumstead (”To Kill a Mockingbird,” “The Sting”) and Albert Nozaki (”The War of the Worlds,” “The Commandments”)....
About a week ago, Cecil Adams The Straight Dope Chicago tackled why so few movies were filmed in Chicago during the reign of Richard J. Daley in the 60's and 70's. Adams cited the then Chicago mayor's antipathy to how productions such as the popular The Untouchables television series reinforced Al Capone gangster stereotypes. Still a few films slipped by, most prominently HaskellWexler's...
