FILM SNEAK PEEK ACADEMY READY TO DEMONSTRATE A 'JAZZ' THING.``All That Jazz,'' Bob Fosse's semi-autobiographical musical about a theatrical director's reflections on a life of hard living and flawed relationships, will be shown at 8 tonight at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The screening, part of the Academy Standards series, will be followed by a panel discussion with executive producer Dan Melnick, Oscar-winning costume designer Albert Wolsky Albert Wolsky (1930, Paris, France - ) is an American costume designer. He graduated from the City College of New York and began an early career in the travel industry. and Oscar-winning art directors Philip Rosenberg and Tony Walton Tony Walton (born Anthony John Walton, 24 October, 1934) is an English Oscar, Tony and Emmy-winning set and costume designer. Walton was born in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. . ``All That Jazz'' stars Roy Scheider as Joe Gideon, a chain-smoking, pill-popping, workaholic work·a·hol·ic n. One who has a compulsive and unrelenting need to work. director on the verge On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) is a play written by Eric Overmyer. It makes extensive use of esoteric language and pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to 1955. of collapse. Co-stars include Ann Reinking, Jessica Lange, Leland Palmer, Cliff Gorman and Ben Vereen. In addition to costumes and art direction, it won Academy Awards for music and film editing. The print being shown has just been restored by the Academy Film Archive and 20th Century Fox and includes the original stereo soundtrack. (For some reason, although the musical was mixed in stereo, only eight of the original prints were released that way. All other prints, the home video and laser disc versions have mono sound.) The academy is at 8949 Wilshire Blvd. in Beverly Hills. Tickets are $5 for the general public and $3 for academy members, and may be purchased there during business hours BUSINESS HOURS. The time of the day during which business is transacted. In respect to the time of presentment and demand of bills and notes, business hours generally range through the whole day down to the hours of rest in the evening, except when the paper is payable it a bank or by a or at the door. Information: (310) 247-3600. DIG THIS: The Hollywood Entertainment Museum is showing off some buried treasure: artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. and photos from the long-lost set of Cecil B. DeMille's 1923 epic, ``The Ten Commandments.'' After filming the silent movie, DeMille's production team opted to surreptitiously sur·rep·ti·tious adj. 1. Obtained, done, or made by clandestine or stealthy means. 2. Acting with or marked by stealth. See Synonyms at secret. bury the massive set pieces, including a replica of the Sphinx sphinx (sfĭngks), mythical beast of ancient Egypt, frequently symbolizing the pharaoh as an incarnation of the sun god Ra. The sphinx was represented in sculpture usually in a recumbent position with the head of a man and the body of a lion, , beneath the Guadalupe Dunes in Santa Barbara County to save the expense of transporting the cumbersome structures back to Los Angeles. They were discovered there in 1983, and the excavation continues. ``Hollywood Archaeology: The Ten Commandments Project,'' on display through Nov. 4, marks the first time the items have been seen away from the site near Santa Maria. The exhibit includes pieces of faux Egyptian wall reliefs, production photos, pictures of the dig and studies of the set developed from seismographic seis·mo·graph n. An instrument for automatically detecting and recording the intensity, direction, and duration of a movement of the ground, especially of an earthquake. and radar imaging. The Hollywood Entertainment Museum is at 7021 Hollywood Blvd. Information: (323) 465-7900 or www.hollywoodmuseum.com on the Web. READY TO LAUGH?: Not everyone is ready yet to enjoy broad physical comedy, but for those who are, the Silent Movie Theatre has programmed a weekend of Laurel & Hardy talkies. In the '30s, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy had a way of making Depression-era Americans forgot their troubles for a short time, with Laurel's bumblings resulting in ``another fine mess'' for his long-suffering pal, Hardy. Shows run evenings at 8 through Sunday, with Sunday matinees at 1 and 4 p.m. The Silent Movie Theatre is at 611 N. Fairfax Ave. in Los Angeles. Information: (323) 655-2520 or www.silentmovietheatre.com on the Web. |
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