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HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD?
To The Best of Our Knowledge
from Wisconsin Public Radio
It's been described as the Nobel Prize of motion pictures:
the coveted Academy Award. One billion people around the world watch
the Oscars on TV every year. In this hour of To the Best of Our
Knowledge, the history and politics of the Academy Awards. Is
Oscar a white man's award? Also, Don Lafonataine – he's "The
King of the Movie Trailer Voice-Overs."
SEGMENT 1:
Film critic & scholar Emanuel Levy grew
up on the movies. He tells Jim Fleming that in Israel they had
no television and so his parents would take him to the movies
once or twice a week. His love for movies is obvious in his book
"All About Oscar: the History and Politics of the Academy
Awards. Also, if you've ever seen a movie trailer you've heard
the voice of Don LaFontaine. "The King of the Movie
Trailer Voice-Overs" talks to Steve Paulson. So who else
would we get to do theTrailer
for TTBOOK: the Movie
SEGMENT 2:
Jill Sprecher is an optimist while her sister
Karen Sprecher is a pessimist. Or is it the other way around?
Jill directed "Thirteen Conversations About One Thing"
while Karen wrote the screenplay. They tell Steve Paulson the
movie reflects parts of their lives. Rick Lyman would probably
love to watch, but with someone else. His book "Watching
Movies: The Biggest Names in Cinema Talk about the Films that
Matter Most" tells of time spent with Woody Allen, Sissy
Spacek, Ang Lee and others, watching other peoples' films.
SEGMENT 3:
Alf Clausen is the composer for the long-running
animated television series "The Simpsons." That shows'
well-known penchant for poking fun at everything means Clausen
has been asked to parody some familiar movies. Clausen's work
is featured in a new book called "The Simpsons' Songbook."
Cassette copies are available
at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 03-03-23-A.
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Books:
- Emanuel Levy, All About Oscar: The History
and Politics of the Academy Awards (Continuum)
- Rick Lyman, Watching Movies: The Biggest
Names in Cinema Talk about the Films That Matter Most" by
Rick Lyman (Times Books)
- The Simpsons Songbook (Warner Brothers Publications)
Web Links:
Music:
- -- "Hooray For Hollywood (Cha-Cha)"/Don
Swan & His Orchestra from the CD, Ultra-Lounge, Volume Two:
Mambo Fever" (Capitol)
http://www.ultralounge.com/
-- Music from "Thirteen Conversations About One Thing"/Alex
Wurman
from the DVD, "Thirteen Conversations About One Thing"
(Sony Pictures Classics)
http://www.sonyclassics.com/13conversations/index-withflash.html
-- "The Simpsons Main Title Theme (Extended Version)
from the CD, "The Simpsons/Songs in the Key of Springfield"
(Rhino)
http://www.rhino.com/
-- "The Simpsons End Credits Theme (Big Band Vegas Version)"
from the CD, "The Simpsons/Songs in the Key of Springfield"
(Rhino)
http://www.rhino.com/
Songs from Alf Clausen interview:
-- "See My Vest"
-- "Dr. Zaius"
from the CD, "The Simpsons/Songs in the Key of Springfield"
(Rhino)
http://www.rhino.com/
-- "Cut Every Corner"
-- "A Boozehound Named Barney"
-- "Happy Just The Way We Are"
from the CD, "Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons" (Rhino)
http://www.rhino.com/
Distribution dates:
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