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Director Arthur Penn is dead, the day after his eighty-eighth birthday. He had three Oscar nominations as Best Director, for The Miracle Worker, Bonnie & Clyde and Alice's Restaurant. He won a Tony Award for the original stage production of "The Miracle Worker", which became his ticket to Hollywood. Eight actors earned Oscar nominations for their performances in his films: Patty Duke and Anne Bancroft (The Miracle Worker), Estelle Parsons, Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman and Michael J. Pollard (all from Bonnie & Clyde), and Chief Dan George (Little Big Man). Duke, Bancroft and Parsons were winners.
I got to see him in person, at the Virginia Film Festival (maybe 1998?), where in addition to a evening Q&A about his entire career was also on hand for screenings of Mickey One and Night Moves.
R.I.P., Arthur
I got to see him in person, at the Virginia Film Festival (maybe 1998?), where in addition to a evening Q&A about his entire career was also on hand for screenings of Mickey One and Night Moves.
R.I.P., Arthur
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"Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream it takes over as the number one hormone. It bosses the enzymes, directs the pineal gland, plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to Film is more Film." - Frank Capra
"Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream it takes over as the number one hormone. It bosses the enzymes, directs the pineal gland, plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to Film is more Film." - Frank Capra
Last edited by Holden Pike; 09-29-10 at 03:31 PM.
The Miracle Worker and Bonnie & Clyde are in my top 100... I also love Alice's Restaurant and, to a degree, Little Big Man... 