ASC Awards for Outstanding Achievement

[Tim Tyler]

UCLA Film and Television Archive and the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) present

 

ASC AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

 

Friday, January 14 and Friday, January 21

 

Founded in 1918 with the lofty goal of advancing the art of cinematography, the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) today continues to recognize and inspire excellence in the art and technology of image-making with its prestigious annual awards. The Lifetime Achievement Award winners constitute a veritable pantheon of cinematographic greats of the last 80 years, from the first cinematographer to be so recognized, George Folsey, ASC (MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS, 1944), to last year?s honoree, Michael Chapman, ASC (RAGING BULL, 1980), who were/are as much luminaries behind the camera as the stars they lit and photographed.

 

In the run-up to the 19th annual ASC awards on February 20, the Archive is pleased to partner with the ASC to present a two-film showcase of career highlights of 2005 honorees: Fred Koenekamp, ASC, recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award, and Richard Moore, ASC recipient of the Presidents Award. Koenekamp first made his mark in television with the 1960?s Cold War-era secret agent series THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E, and earned an Oscar in 1974 (shared with Joe Biroc, ASC) for THE TOWERING INFERNO. Moore is a co-founder of Panavision and also an Oscar winner (with Robert Gottschalk and Douglas Shearer) for innovations in developing a 65mm camera. Question-and-answer sessions with the ASC?s newest honorees will follow the screening of their films.

 

*IN-PERSON: Fred Koenekamp, ASC and Richard Moore, ASC

 

 

 

 

Friday, January 14

7:30 pm

PATTON

(1970) Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner

 

Combining a riveting performance by George C. Scott with spectacular visual imagery, PATTON presents the portrait of a complicated man few people understood, following the WWII general from northern Africa to the invasion of Germany. The public persona of General George S. Patton, Jr. is one fraught with controversy: Patton?s storied career as a brilliant strategist is complicated by his reputation as a heartless warrior blind to the human cost of combat. Scripted by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North, PATTON does not attempt to reaffirm the myth of ?Old Blood and Guts,? but rather presents the tangled relationship between military genius and personal failings. To capture Patton?s larger-than-life image and accomplishments, Schaffner and cinematographer Fred Koenekamp filmed in 70mm widescreen at 71 locations in six different countries. The awe-inspiring results earned Koenekamp an Academy Award nomination. He considers PATTON the highlight of his illustrious career.

 

Twentieth Century Fox. Producer: Frank McCarthy. Screenwriters: Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North. Based on Patton: Ordeal and Triumph by Ladislas Farago, and A Soldier?s Story by Omar N. Bradley. Cinematographer: Fred Koenekamp, ASC. Editor: Hugh S. Fowler. With: George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates, Stephen Young. 70mm, 170 min.

 

*IN-PERSON: Fred Koenekamp, ASC

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, January 21

7:30 pm

WINNING

(1969) Directed by James Goldstone

 

Paul Newman stars in this gripping drama about the competitive trials and domestic tribulations of a race car champion. A real-life racing buff and

experienced driver, Newman convincingly portrays the rugged protagonist torn between the grueling pro tour and love interest Joanne Woodward, a divorcee raising teenage son Richard Thomas. Highly regarded for its hyperkinetic depiction of the macho track milieu, WINNING boasts superb ?you-are-there?-style cinematography by Richard Moore, ASC who specially designed and constructed a remote control system for operating a camera affixed to Newman?s car. Moore fondly recalls his innovative shooting method on the film: ?We would chase Paul?s car around the track with the ARRI [camera] mounted on his car and the control module sitting in my lap and make interesting shots. It was great fun.?

 

Universal. Producer: John Foreman. Screenwriter: Howard Rodman. Cinematographer: Richard Moore. Editor: Edward A. Biery. With: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Robert Wagner, Richard Thomas. 35mm, 123 min.

 

*IN-PERSON: Richard Moore, ASC

 

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Both programs screen at the James Bridges Theater in Melnitz Hall, located on the northeast corner of the UCLA Westwood campus, near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Hilgard Avenue.

 

Advance tickets for all films screening at UCLA are available for $8 at www.cinema.ucla.edu.

 

Tickets are also available at the theater one hour before showtime: $7 general admission; $5 ASC members, students, seniors and UCLA Alumni Association members with ID.

 

Parking is available adjacent to the James Bridges Theater in Lot 3 for $7; there is free parking on Loring Ave. after 6:00 p.m. on weekdays and all day on weekends.

 

INFO: www.cinema.ucla.edu / 310.206.FILM.