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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (2 discs) on DVD (1975) Starring: Jack Nicholson , Louise Fletcher , William Redfield Director: Milos Forman In one of the most memorable indictments of mental institutions, and a subtle examination of male anger, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (based on the novel by Ken Kesey) presents a biting, and ultimately tragic, satire. R.P. McMurphy, a misbehaving con who shirks authority, finds himself in an Rate this: (80%)
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FMS: News & Events... George Duning at 100...Score, Song Oscars to Marianelli, Hansard and Irglova...The Timeless Melodies of David Raksin...New Index for "The Cue Sheet" Journal...Rózsa's "Jungle Book" Re-released..."The Rosenthal Package"...Herrmann CD...Dimitri Tiomkin's "World War II Documentary Music"...Film Music 2...FMS Restorations...FMS Publications

Last Updated: February 25, 2008 FMS FEATURE... George Duning at 100 Composer of Picnic, Big Valley remembered on centennial by Jon Burlingame George Duning – the composer of Picnic , From Here to Eternity , The World of Suzie Wong , Bell, Book and Candle and TV's The Big Valley – would have turned 100 this week. As film-music historian Tony Thomas put it in Music for the Movies : "His 40 years in film scoring represent a perfect example of a composer doing an expert job while never calling a great deal of attention to his work.... He was a personification of the old studio-system professional." Duning, who died eight years ago, received five Academy Award nominations, for his original music for No Sad Songs for Me (1950), From Here to Eternity (1953) and Picnic (1955) and for musical adaptation in Jolson Sings Again (1949) and The Eddy Duchin Story (1956). In addition, he received Golden Globe nominations for The World of Suzie Wong (1960, best score) and Cry for Happy (1961, best song). ... Continued >>> FMS FEATURE... Score, Song Oscars to Marianelli, Hansard and Irglova Academy reaffirms music as universal language by Jon Burlingame Dario Marianelli (photo by Matt Petit, © A. M.P.A.S.) Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova (photo by Matt Petit, M.P.A.S.) H OLLYWOOD—This year's Oscars for music went to an international trio: Italian-born, London-based Dario Marianelli and the singer-songwriter duo of Irish-born Glen Hansard and Czech-born Marketa Marianelli accepted the original-score Oscar for Atonement , his second collaboration with director Joe Wright; his 2005 score for Wright's Pride & Prejudice earned Marianelli his first Oscar nomination. "Falling Slowly" from Once , written and performed in the film by Hansard and Irglova, was a crowd-pleasing choice for Best Original Song.
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Sundance Short Film Songbird--Director Interview | Zoom In - News, Events, Training and Community for Creatives

Home В» Sundance Film Festival В» Podcasts Sundance Short Film Songbird--Director Interview Description This week's guest is John Thompson, director of the inventive Sundance short Songbird. He talks with Megan Cunningham about the techniques he used in this weird, original film.
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BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Film director Bergman dies at 89

"His contribution to world cinema across a 60-year career is unsurpassed," he said. "With his lifetime's work he has changed the face of film, but also proved that complex and challenging art can engage a wide audience." Danish director Bille August said Bergman's death was "a real shock to me because he was the last big director left". August, who described Bergman as an "incredible, unusually bright person", won the Palme D'Or at Cannes in 1988 and '92. Bergman wrote the script for one of the winning films, The Best Intentions, basing it on his memories of his parents. "The three big directors for me were Kurosawa, Fellini and Bergman," August said. "The two others had already passed and now Ingmar has also left us. He leaves a big vacuum behind." 'He gave hope' These views were shared by Istvan Szabo, the Oscar-winning Hungarian director who worked with Bergman at the European Film Academy. He told news agency MTI: "The Bergman films are to viewers like the novels of a great novelist, the poems of a great poet or the works of a great drama writer. " Oscar-winning Polish director Andrzej Wajda described Bergman as creating "great art" and said that for film directors, "he gave hope, a belief, that if we wanted to say something about ourselves, the world would notice that". The date of the funeral has not yet been set, but will be attended by a close group of friends and family, it was reported.
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