Academy Awards

...the last five decades, making entertaining, low-budget horror films, comedies and dramas often in less than two weeks, he also gave such Oscar-winning and nominated directors as Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, James Cameron, Ron Howard,...

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...Scorsese. Academy Award nominations never did catch up with Kovacs, whose early credits included "Easy Rider," "Five Easy Pieces" and "Paper Moon" and whose later hit movies included "Ghostbusters" and "My Best Friend's Wedding." He died two...

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...has come into his charge. The charming father-daughter act by Ryan and Tatum O'Neal (who won an Oscar) is enhanced by Madeline Kahn's hilarious turn as a colorful floozy they meet on their journey (5 p.m. TCM). O Brother, Where Art...

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The festival will also feature a special presentation of Stanley Kubrick's landmark film 2001: A Space Odyssey, including a discussion with Oscar-winning visual effects artist Douglas Trumbull, who was responsible for contributing to Kubrick's...

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..."The Last Picture Show" and "High Anxiety." Cloris Leachman, whose film work ranges from classic comic roles in Mel Brooks' movies to an Oscar-winning dramatic turn in Peter Bogdanovich's "The Last Picture Show" (not to mention TV stints on...

In this article: Cloris Leachman, Port Townsend Film Festival, Mel Brooks, High Anxiety, The Last Picture Show, Turner Classic Movies, Debra Winger, Elliott Gould, and Patricia Neal

...Seeger will compete with "Bring Me Home." * Movie director Peter Bogdanovich, the Oscar-nominated director and co-writer of "The Last Picture Show," is making a splash in the music world. He was nominated in the longform music video...

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...on shoestring budgets, and nearly all made money. Corman also introduced the world to many talented young filmmakers, including future Oscar-winning directors Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Peter Bogdanovich, Jonathan...

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...but stayed for only two months. Brennan received excellent reviews as brothel madam "Billie" in George Roy Hill's Oscar-winning 1973 film The Sting as the confidante of con man Henry Gondorf (Paul Newman). Although her name was not often...

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...criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanour. But Bogdanovich - who directed her in her Oscar winning turn in Paper Moon is adamant she will bounce back. He tells People.com, "She said she was clean and happy to be doing...

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