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Doctor Zhivago
Tue, Mar 15 | 7:30pm | DGT Selected by the Production Designers Branch.
John Box and his Oscar-winning production design team built early 20th century Moscow on elaborate sets in Spain as well as created Zhivago’s unforgettable “ice palace” for this David Lean-directed romantic epic, from the novel by Nobel Prize-winner Boris Pasternak, which became a box office smash. Omar Sharif and Julie Christie lead the all-star cast, with Maurice Jarre’s score (featuring the popular “Lara’s Theme”) receiving one of the film’s five Oscars.
DIRECTOR: David Lean.
CAST: Geraldine Chaplin, Julie Christie, Tom Courtenay, Omar Sharif.
1965. 197 min. USA. Color. English. 35mm.
Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
The Graduate
Tue, Mar 22 | 7:30pm | DGT Selected by the Producers Branch.
Producer Lawrence Turman first learned of Charles Webb’s novel The Graduate from a review in The New York Times , and having fallen in love with the book he used his own money to option it for the screen. Mike Nichols received the Directing Oscar; Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, and Katharine Ross were nom- inated for their performances; and the Simon & Garfunkel songs became an inextricable part of the film’s enduring legacy.
DIRECTOR: Mike Nichols.
CAST: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, William Daniels.
1967. 105 min. USA. Color. English. 35mm.
Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive and Sony Pictures Entertainment.
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