Who will be included for the special “In Memoriam” segment for Sunday night’s Oscars 2022 ceremony? For almost all other Academy Awards productions since the 1990s, producers typically select 40-50 people from the various branches. The 2021 segment had close to 100 people in a particularly fast-paced three minutes that was not very well-received since many of them were only on screen for a second or two.
SEECelebrity Deaths 2022: In Memoriam Gallery
Previous Oscar winners from acting categories passing away since last year’s late April ceremony are Olympia Dukakis, William Hurt and Sidney Poitier. Past acting nominees include Ned Beatty, Sally Kellerman and Dean Stockwell.
Almost all of the dozens on the list below were Academy members, previous nominees/winners or both.
Louie Anderson (actor)
Ed Asner (actor)
Ned Beatty (actor)
Marilyn Bergman (composer)
Val Bisoglio (actor)
Robert Blalack (visual effects)
Peter Bogdanovich (director)
David Brenner (editor)
Leslie Bricusse (composer...
SEECelebrity Deaths 2022: In Memoriam Gallery
Previous Oscar winners from acting categories passing away since last year’s late April ceremony are Olympia Dukakis, William Hurt and Sidney Poitier. Past acting nominees include Ned Beatty, Sally Kellerman and Dean Stockwell.
Almost all of the dozens on the list below were Academy members, previous nominees/winners or both.
Louie Anderson (actor)
Ed Asner (actor)
Ned Beatty (actor)
Marilyn Bergman (composer)
Val Bisoglio (actor)
Robert Blalack (visual effects)
Peter Bogdanovich (director)
David Brenner (editor)
Leslie Bricusse (composer...
- 3/24/2022
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Marcia Nasatir was never someone to be ignored, from her days as a young woman in New York publishing in the ’60s through her run as a top Hollywood production executive and her independent producing years. She set a path for many women to follow, and they did. She knew her worth and demanded equal treatment. She died Tuesday at age 95, after moving into the Motion Picture Home.
Even as a young woman, Nasatir was a forceful personality. Critic Joe Morgenstern first met her through their mutual friend Pauline Kael in the mid-1960s, he wrote in an email, “when Marcia was still a literary agent and before she became a studio executive at United Artists and rose to fill the position, with passion and distinction, that prompted her to use ‘firstmogulette’ as her email address. She knew books and loved them, but movies were her greater love, and as...
Even as a young woman, Nasatir was a forceful personality. Critic Joe Morgenstern first met her through their mutual friend Pauline Kael in the mid-1960s, he wrote in an email, “when Marcia was still a literary agent and before she became a studio executive at United Artists and rose to fill the position, with passion and distinction, that prompted her to use ‘firstmogulette’ as her email address. She knew books and loved them, but movies were her greater love, and as...
- 8/4/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Marcia Nasatir was never someone to be ignored, from her days as a young woman in New York publishing in the ’60s through her run as a top Hollywood production executive and her independent producing years. She set a path for many women to follow, and they did. She knew her worth and demanded equal treatment. She died Tuesday at age 95, after moving into the Motion Picture Home.
Even as a young woman, Nasatir was a forceful personality. Critic Joe Morgenstern first met her through their mutual friend Pauline Kael in the mid-1960s, he wrote in an email, “when Marcia was still a literary agent and before she became a studio executive at United Artists and rose to fill the position, with passion and distinction, that prompted her to use ‘firstmogulette’ as her email address. She knew books and loved them, but movies were her greater love, and as...
Even as a young woman, Nasatir was a forceful personality. Critic Joe Morgenstern first met her through their mutual friend Pauline Kael in the mid-1960s, he wrote in an email, “when Marcia was still a literary agent and before she became a studio executive at United Artists and rose to fill the position, with passion and distinction, that prompted her to use ‘firstmogulette’ as her email address. She knew books and loved them, but movies were her greater love, and as...
- 8/4/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Marcia Nasatir, a film executive producer who shattered barriers as Hollywood’s first VP Production, working on back-to-back Best Picture Oscar winners One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Rocky and many other pics, died Tuesday morning at the Motion Picture & Television Fund hospital in Woodland Hills, CA. She was 95.
No cause of death was reported.
Nasatir was working as a lit agent in the mid-1970s when she joined United Artists as a story editor. She was named VP West Coast Development, working with SVP Production Mike Medavoy. Along with Best Picture winners Rocky and Cuckoo’s Nest, UA also produced such classics of the era as Brian De Palma’s Carrie and Robert Redford’s Three Days of the Condor.
After serving in executive positions with Carson Films and 20th Century Fox, Nasatir relocated to New York in 1983. After executive producing The Big Chill, she formed Marcia Nasatir Productions...
No cause of death was reported.
Nasatir was working as a lit agent in the mid-1970s when she joined United Artists as a story editor. She was named VP West Coast Development, working with SVP Production Mike Medavoy. Along with Best Picture winners Rocky and Cuckoo’s Nest, UA also produced such classics of the era as Brian De Palma’s Carrie and Robert Redford’s Three Days of the Condor.
After serving in executive positions with Carson Films and 20th Century Fox, Nasatir relocated to New York in 1983. After executive producing The Big Chill, she formed Marcia Nasatir Productions...
- 8/3/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Marcia Nasatir, a trailblazing female executive and producer who elbowed her way into a male-dominated Hollywood, shattering conventions and an important glass ceiling in the process, died on Tuesday morning. She was 95.
In a career of firsts, Nasatir worked for United Artists, Orion Pictures and Carson Productions, while producing the likes of “The Big Chill” and “Vertical Limit.” In 1974, she became the first female vice president of production at a major Hollywood studio when she was tapped for the job at U.A. It was a heady time to be at the studio, which had developed a reputation for backing edgy, filmmaker-friendly fare. In her post, Nasatir helped develop such movie classics as “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Carrie,” “Apocalypse Now” and “Rocky.”
“It was called ‘having a career’ back then, not ‘going to work,'” Nasatir said in a 2018 interview with the San Antonio Current. “I was fortunate.
In a career of firsts, Nasatir worked for United Artists, Orion Pictures and Carson Productions, while producing the likes of “The Big Chill” and “Vertical Limit.” In 1974, she became the first female vice president of production at a major Hollywood studio when she was tapped for the job at U.A. It was a heady time to be at the studio, which had developed a reputation for backing edgy, filmmaker-friendly fare. In her post, Nasatir helped develop such movie classics as “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Carrie,” “Apocalypse Now” and “Rocky.”
“It was called ‘having a career’ back then, not ‘going to work,'” Nasatir said in a 2018 interview with the San Antonio Current. “I was fortunate.
- 8/3/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Marcia Nasatir, the pathbreaking studio executive and producer, died on Tuesday at the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s Country House and Hospital, according to an individual with knowledge. Nasatir was 95.
Nasatir broke the glass ceiling and became the first female vice president of production at United Artists in the 1970s. She worked on box office hits like “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Rocky,” “Coming Home,” “Three Days of the Condor,” “Carrie” and “F.I.S.T.” She also worked at Orion Pictures and Johnny Carson’s production company before branching out as an independent producer.
In 1974, Nasatir was a literary agent with an impressive client roster that included top screenwriters like William Goldman, Robert Towne, Lorenzo Semple Jr. and director Sydney Pollack. Nasatir then got a call from Mike Medavoy, then the senior VP of production at United Artists, who offered Nasatir a story editor job. She agreed to take the job...
Nasatir broke the glass ceiling and became the first female vice president of production at United Artists in the 1970s. She worked on box office hits like “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Rocky,” “Coming Home,” “Three Days of the Condor,” “Carrie” and “F.I.S.T.” She also worked at Orion Pictures and Johnny Carson’s production company before branching out as an independent producer.
In 1974, Nasatir was a literary agent with an impressive client roster that included top screenwriters like William Goldman, Robert Towne, Lorenzo Semple Jr. and director Sydney Pollack. Nasatir then got a call from Mike Medavoy, then the senior VP of production at United Artists, who offered Nasatir a story editor job. She agreed to take the job...
- 8/3/2021
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Marcia Nasatir, the groundbreaking studio executive who shattered Hollywood’s glass ceiling in the 1970s and helped develop such notable films as Rocky, Coming Home and The Big Chill, died Tuesday. She was 95.
Nasatir, who worked for United Artists, Orion Pictures and Johnny Carson’s production company and as an independent producer, died at the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s Country House and Hospital, a source told The Hollywood Reporter.
In 1974, Nasatir was a literary agent representing the likes of screenwriters William Goldman, Robert Towne and Lorenzo Semple Jr. and director Sydney Pollack when she was asked by United Artists senior vp production Mike Medavoy to join the studio as a ...
Nasatir, who worked for United Artists, Orion Pictures and Johnny Carson’s production company and as an independent producer, died at the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s Country House and Hospital, a source told The Hollywood Reporter.
In 1974, Nasatir was a literary agent representing the likes of screenwriters William Goldman, Robert Towne and Lorenzo Semple Jr. and director Sydney Pollack when she was asked by United Artists senior vp production Mike Medavoy to join the studio as a ...
Marcia Nasatir, the groundbreaking studio executive who shattered Hollywood’s glass ceiling in the 1970s and helped develop such notable films as Rocky, Coming Home and The Big Chill, died Tuesday. She was 95.
Nasatir, who worked for United Artists, Orion Pictures and Johnny Carson’s production company and as an independent producer, died at the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s Country House and Hospital, a source told The Hollywood Reporter.
In 1974, Nasatir was a literary agent representing the likes of screenwriters William Goldman, Robert Towne and Lorenzo Semple Jr. and director Sydney Pollack when she was asked by United Artists senior vp production Mike Medavoy to join the studio as a ...
Nasatir, who worked for United Artists, Orion Pictures and Johnny Carson’s production company and as an independent producer, died at the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s Country House and Hospital, a source told The Hollywood Reporter.
In 1974, Nasatir was a literary agent representing the likes of screenwriters William Goldman, Robert Towne and Lorenzo Semple Jr. and director Sydney Pollack when she was asked by United Artists senior vp production Mike Medavoy to join the studio as a ...
On Wednesday, June 13th, Women In Film, Los Angeles (Wif) celebrated outstanding women in the entertainment industry with the 2018 Crystal + Lucy Awards presented by sponsors Max Mara, Lancôme and Lexus.
Ellen Pompeo Speaks Onstage
Credit/Copyright: Getty Images for Women In Film
The evening, themed “Ignited,” raised funds and awareness for Women In Film, La and its many educational and philanthropic programs, and its advocacy for gender parity for women throughout the industry.
The 2018 Crystal + Lucy Award honorees included the following: Brie Larson with The Crystal Award for Excellence in Film presented to her by actress and friend Jessie Ennis; Channing Dungey with The Lucy Award for Excellence in Television presented to her by actress Ellen Pompeo; Alexandra Shipp with the Women In Film Max Mara Face of the Future Award presented to her by actress Regina Hall and Max Mara Vice President Us Retail and Global Brand Ambassador Maria...
Ellen Pompeo Speaks Onstage
Credit/Copyright: Getty Images for Women In Film
The evening, themed “Ignited,” raised funds and awareness for Women In Film, La and its many educational and philanthropic programs, and its advocacy for gender parity for women throughout the industry.
The 2018 Crystal + Lucy Award honorees included the following: Brie Larson with The Crystal Award for Excellence in Film presented to her by actress and friend Jessie Ennis; Channing Dungey with The Lucy Award for Excellence in Television presented to her by actress Ellen Pompeo; Alexandra Shipp with the Women In Film Max Mara Face of the Future Award presented to her by actress Regina Hall and Max Mara Vice President Us Retail and Global Brand Ambassador Maria...
- 6/15/2018
- Look to the Stars
Barbara Tarbuck, the busy actress who played Lady Jane Jacks on General Hospital for more than a decade and recently appeared on American Horror Story, has died. She was 74.
Tarbuck died Monday at her home in Los Angeles of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, her daughter, Jennifer Lane Connolly, told The Hollywood Reporter. Connolly is a producer on the recent documentary A Classy Broad, about the pioneering Hollywood producer Marcia Nasatir.
Tarbuck portrayed Ingo Rademacher's (Jax Jacks) mother on ABC's General Hospital from 1996 until 2010, and on Ryan Murphy's FX series American Horror Story: Asylum, she was Jessica Lange's compassionate Mother...
Tarbuck died Monday at her home in Los Angeles of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, her daughter, Jennifer Lane Connolly, told The Hollywood Reporter. Connolly is a producer on the recent documentary A Classy Broad, about the pioneering Hollywood producer Marcia Nasatir.
Tarbuck portrayed Ingo Rademacher's (Jax Jacks) mother on ABC's General Hospital from 1996 until 2010, and on Ryan Murphy's FX series American Horror Story: Asylum, she was Jessica Lange's compassionate Mother...
- 12/28/2016
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On Thursday night, the shortlist of nine contenders for best foreign-language film will emerge from a set of strict and sinuous Academy rules. The behind-the-scenes process of getting there is the most pretzel-twisted and labyrinthine of any Oscar category, which is why so many argue that going back to something simpler — and digital — might be best.
In Los Angeles only, Academy screenings of 85 countries’ official submissions began in mid-October with Iran’s “The Salesman;” since then, foreign film czar and Academy Governor Mark Johnson told me, about 300 Los Angeles members from all Academy branches have watched movies from Albania to Vietnam. However, not every member’s vote may be counted. Each member is assigned to one of four groups; each group is assigned a set of films. Depending on their group, a member must view and rate the right number of films (at least 13-15), depending on the group, for...
In Los Angeles only, Academy screenings of 85 countries’ official submissions began in mid-October with Iran’s “The Salesman;” since then, foreign film czar and Academy Governor Mark Johnson told me, about 300 Los Angeles members from all Academy branches have watched movies from Albania to Vietnam. However, not every member’s vote may be counted. Each member is assigned to one of four groups; each group is assigned a set of films. Depending on their group, a member must view and rate the right number of films (at least 13-15), depending on the group, for...
- 12/14/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
On Thursday night, the shortlist of nine contenders for best foreign-language film will emerge from a set of strict and sinuous Academy rules. The behind-the-scene process of getting there is the most pretzel-twisted and labyrinthine of any Oscar category, which is why so many argue that going back to something simpler — and digital — might be best.
In Los Angeles only, Academy screenings of 85 countries’ official submissions began in mid-October with Iran’s “The Salesman;” since then, foreign film czar and Academy Governor Mark Johnson told me, about 300 Los Angeles members from all Academy branches have watched movies from Albania to Vietnam. However, not every member’s vote may be counted. Each member is assigned to one of four groups; each group is assigned a set of films. Depending on their group, a member must view and rate the right number of films (at least 13-15), depending on the group, for...
In Los Angeles only, Academy screenings of 85 countries’ official submissions began in mid-October with Iran’s “The Salesman;” since then, foreign film czar and Academy Governor Mark Johnson told me, about 300 Los Angeles members from all Academy branches have watched movies from Albania to Vietnam. However, not every member’s vote may be counted. Each member is assigned to one of four groups; each group is assigned a set of films. Depending on their group, a member must view and rate the right number of films (at least 13-15), depending on the group, for...
- 12/14/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
“The Birth of a Nation” premiered to cheers and a standing ovation at the Sundance Film Festival and was bought for a record $17.5 million by Fox Searchlight. After two years of #OscarSoWhite, Nate Parker’s drama was a light of hope for an optimistic, diverse awards season. All of that is now in doubt now that Parker’s 1999 sexual assault allegations have resurfaced; even though he was acquitted, the news has so far tarnished the film.
The filmmaker and “Birth of a Nation” co-writer Jean Celestin were accused of raping a woman while they attended Penn State in 1999. In 2001, both were brought to trial on charges of rape and sexual assault, with Parker cleared of all charges and Celestin found guilty, though the conviction was overturned. Adding another layer of controversy, Parker (and the media) learned last week that the accuser had committed suicide in 2012.
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The filmmaker and “Birth of a Nation” co-writer Jean Celestin were accused of raping a woman while they attended Penn State in 1999. In 2001, both were brought to trial on charges of rape and sexual assault, with Parker cleared of all charges and Celestin found guilty, though the conviction was overturned. Adding another layer of controversy, Parker (and the media) learned last week that the accuser had committed suicide in 2012.
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- 8/24/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
In 1975, while employed at United Artists as the first female vp production at that or any other studio, literary agent-turned-studio executive Marcia Nasatir read an unusual story at the request of UA production chief Mike Medavoy, who was seeking an interesting sci-fi project.
"George Lucas was one of Mike's early clients when Mike was an agent at [ICM precursor] Cma," recalls Nasatir, now 89 and still developing indie projects. "Lucas submitted The Star Wars to Fox, and they initially turned it down, so George offered it to Mike. Mike gave it to me, I read it,...
"George Lucas was one of Mike's early clients when Mike was an agent at [ICM precursor] Cma," recalls Nasatir, now 89 and still developing indie projects. "Lucas submitted The Star Wars to Fox, and they initially turned it down, so George offered it to Mike. Mike gave it to me, I read it,...
- 12/9/2015
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
In 1975, while employed at United Artists as the first female vp production at that or any other studio, literary agent-turned-studio executive Marcia Nasatir read an unusual story at the request of UA production chief Mike Medavoy, who was seeking an interesting sci-fi project.
"George Lucas was one of Mike's early clients when Mike was an agent at [ICM precursor] Cma," recalls Nasatir, now 89 and still developing indie projects. "Lucas submitted The Star Wars to Fox, and they initially turned it down, so George offered it to Mike. Mike gave it to me, I read it,...
"George Lucas was one of Mike's early clients when Mike was an agent at [ICM precursor] Cma," recalls Nasatir, now 89 and still developing indie projects. "Lucas submitted The Star Wars to Fox, and they initially turned it down, so George offered it to Mike. Mike gave it to me, I read it,...
- 12/9/2015
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bill Cosby and his accusers, Hollywood ageism, third-act Woody Allen, actresses' voices of the past versus the present and the recently announced Emmy nominations are among the plethora of topics addressed on the jam-packed sixth episode of "The Geezer and The Kid," The Hollywood Reporter's monthly podcast about Hollywood and awards that is co-hosted by Marcia Nasatir ("The Geezer"), the first woman to serve as a VP of production at a Hollywood studio and a longtime member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and me ("The Kid"), THR's awards analyst. Each installment also
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- 7/31/2015
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Producers Marcia Nasatir and Bonnie Arnold suggest rapid pace of change at voting body could undermine requirement for high standard of professional achievement
Two high-profile members of the Us Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have said the body which organises the Oscars must take great care not to sacrifice standards in its ongoing efforts to improve diversity.
Marcia Nasatir, formerly the first female vice president of production at studio United Artists, and Oscar-nominated DreamWorks Animation producer Bonnie Arnold, signalled concern at the rapid pace of moves to improve the number of ethnic minority, female and younger members. Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs last month oversaw the induction of 322 new “invitees”, the largest in the body’s history.
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Two high-profile members of the Us Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have said the body which organises the Oscars must take great care not to sacrifice standards in its ongoing efforts to improve diversity.
Marcia Nasatir, formerly the first female vice president of production at studio United Artists, and Oscar-nominated DreamWorks Animation producer Bonnie Arnold, signalled concern at the rapid pace of moves to improve the number of ethnic minority, female and younger members. Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs last month oversaw the induction of 322 new “invitees”, the largest in the body’s history.
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- 7/8/2015
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Numerous troubling events of the past month have forced Hollywood — and indeed all of America — to acknowledge that gender and racial discrimination are still very present in our society, even in the second decade of the 21st century, and to consider what can be done to combat it. To discuss all of this and more, I was joined for the fourth episode of "The Geezer and The Kid" podcast by my regular co-host Marcia Nasatir, the first woman to serve as a vice president of production at a Hollywood studio (she worked at United Artists in the
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- 5/20/2015
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
By Scott Feinberg
The Hollywood Reporter
In addition to attracting considerable interest and controversy, The Hollywood Reporter‘s “Brutally Honest Oscar Ballot” series has also made it patently clear that the public wants to know more about how Academy members think, act and approach their most sacred duty: filling out their Oscar ballots. To that end, I am pleased to announce the creation of a new monthly podcast — entitled “The Geezer and The Kid” — that will feature frank discussions between me and one of the Academy members who I like and respect most, the pioneering film executive Marcia Nasatir, who has also been a member of the Academy’s executive branch for 40 years.
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The Hollywood Reporter
In addition to attracting considerable interest and controversy, The Hollywood Reporter‘s “Brutally Honest Oscar Ballot” series has also made it patently clear that the public wants to know more about how Academy members think, act and approach their most sacred duty: filling out their Oscar ballots. To that end, I am pleased to announce the creation of a new monthly podcast — entitled “The Geezer and The Kid” — that will feature frank discussions between me and one of the Academy members who I like and respect most, the pioneering film executive Marcia Nasatir, who has also been a member of the Academy’s executive branch for 40 years.
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- 2/22/2015
- by Anjelica Oswald
- Scott Feinberg
In addition to attracting considerable interest and controversy, The Hollywood Reporter's "Brutally Honest Oscar Ballot" series has also made it patently clear that the public wants to know more about how Academy members think, act and approach their most sacred duty: filling out their Oscar ballots. To that end, I am pleased to announce the creation of a new monthly podcast — entitled "The Geezer and The Kid" — that will feature frank discussions between me and one of the Academy members who I like and respect most, the pioneering film executive Marcia Nasatir, who has also been a member
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- 2/22/2015
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As "American Hustle" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" come on strong at the end of the year, don't count out "Gravity" in the Oscar race. That's a movie that most people have already seen and liked. At the Warner Bros. holiday fete hosted by Sue Kroll at Lucques last week, packed with Academy members, most of them hadn't yet seen the late entries or such small films as "All is Lost." Frontrunner director Alfonso and his son and co-writer Jonas Cuaron, cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki and the woman who gives her heart to the movie, Sandra Bullock, turned on the charm for over two hours with the likes of actor veterans Diane Baker and Jon Voight, writer Wesley Strick, producers Joe Medjuck, David Linde, Albert Berger, Michael Peyser, and Marcia Nasatir and directors Kimberly Peirce and Edgar Wright, who is finally ready to tackle Marvel's Ant Man, "one inch at a time.
- 12/23/2013
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Here’s a reason for some of us to feel old. Could it really be 30 years ago since The Big Chill, the saga of yuppies reconnecting, pouring out angst and bed hopping to Motown songs? The Toronto Film Festival will bring back the cast and crew of a film that debuted at the festival in 1983. It will happen September 5. Wonder if the returning stars will include Kevin Costner, who played the friend who committed suicide, and who was famously cut out of the movie by director Lawrence Kasdan (who made it up to Costner in Silverado, The Bodyguard and Wyatt Earp). Here’s the official word: Toronto — The guests of honour at this party, unlike the one thrown in the film, will definitely be in attendance. Thirty years after its world premiere at the 1983 Toronto International Film Festival®, The Big Chill—and members of its cast and crew—is back.
- 7/25/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Thirty years after its world premiere at the 1983 Toronto International Film Festival, "The Big Chill" is back. On the opening night of Tiff's 38th edition, the festival is hosting a special anniversary screening of Lawrence Kasdan's classic film. Much like the reunion that conspired in the film, the screening is bringing together members of the cast and crew for an extended Q&A, though we can't say whether they'll be left dancing to The Temptations this time. Moderated by Variety's film critic Scott Foundas, the Q&A will feature actors Glenn Close, Tom Berenger, Meg Tilly, Mary Kay Place and JoBeth Williams; director/writer Lawrence Kasdan; screenwriter Barbara Benedek; executive producer Marcia Nasatir; and producers Meg Kasdan and Michael Shamberg. Following its opening night screening thirty years ago, "The Big Chill" won the coveted People's Choice Award and went on to be nominated for three Academy Awards: best film,...
- 7/25/2013
- by Julia Selinger
- Indiewire
This is one party where the guests of honour will definitely be in attendance -- unlike the party invitees in "The Big Chill."
Thirty years after its world premiere at the 1983 Toronto Film Festival, "The Big Chill" is returning to the city where it first screened, and members of its cast and crew will be coming along with it.
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of "The Big Chill," Tiff is hosting a reunion of its own for the cast and crew. Multiple cast members will be in attendance at the film's anniversary screening: Glenn Close, Tom Berenger, Meg Tilly, Mary Kay Place and JoBeth Williams have confirmed their appearances.
In addition, director/writer Lawrence Kasdan, screenwriter Barbara Benedek, executive producer Marcia Nasatir, and producers Meg Kasdan and Michael Shamberg will also be there. The screening of a newly restored 4K version of the film will be followed by an extended...
Thirty years after its world premiere at the 1983 Toronto Film Festival, "The Big Chill" is returning to the city where it first screened, and members of its cast and crew will be coming along with it.
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of "The Big Chill," Tiff is hosting a reunion of its own for the cast and crew. Multiple cast members will be in attendance at the film's anniversary screening: Glenn Close, Tom Berenger, Meg Tilly, Mary Kay Place and JoBeth Williams have confirmed their appearances.
In addition, director/writer Lawrence Kasdan, screenwriter Barbara Benedek, executive producer Marcia Nasatir, and producers Meg Kasdan and Michael Shamberg will also be there. The screening of a newly restored 4K version of the film will be followed by an extended...
- 7/25/2013
- by Chris Jancelewicz
- Moviefone
Hunky young men delivered the Women in Film trophies Wednesday night. As past winners of Crystal Awards filed onto the stage to celebrate the organization's 40th birthday--from actresses Cloris Leachman, Diahann Carroll and Sharon Stone to producers Gale Anne Hurd and Marcia Nasatir, Universal co-chairman Donna Langley and director Martha Coolidge--studio pioneer Sherry Lansing spoke on video to her colleagues and asked them to take a minute to celebrate their achievements, accumulated power and progress, even though "I know we still have a long way to go," she said. "I know you will go back to work tomorrow, fighting hard until there is true equality for women in the film industry. So congrats to you and bravo." Of course the stats on women's participation in Hollywood hiring are dismal: 9% of the top 250 movies last year were directed by women; 28% of speaking parts in 2012's hit films were women. "That's nuts,...
- 6/13/2013
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Video reviewers Reel Geezers, the self-described "dynamic octogenarian duo," are back on YouTube after a hiatus. What brought them back? "Yeah they didn't die!!!" wrote one commenter. And Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master." Cranky screenwriter Lorenzo Semple Jr., after some "rest and refreshment," and feisty producer Marcia Nasatir bring a veteran perspective to the movies. Their "The Master" debate is both spirited and charming. They talk about Scientology, Philip Seymour Hoffman's "superb" acting and ask what the point of the movie is. Lorenzo says that he might have rather spent the time in the bar. See for yourself below. And check out the Reel Geezers' back catalogue, from "The Dark Knight," "Into the Wild" and "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" to "He's Just Not That Into You." ...
- 10/1/2012
- by Anne Thompson and Maggie Lange
- Thompson on Hollywood
Every once in a while smart people get together to do good. In this case, the Women In Film Foundation was sitting on countless hours of some 40 Legacy Series video interviews with industry achievers--including Debbie Allen, Martha Coolidge, Eva Marie Saint, Fay Kanin, Evelyn Keyes, Marcia Nasatir, Margaret O'Brien, Anna Hamilton Phelan, Meta Wilde, Joan Tewkesbury, Fay Wray, Jane Wyatt and Laura Ziskin--that needed editing. After talking to Wif's Ilene Kahn Power and Linda Feferman about the series, Barbara Boyle, UCLA's Chair of the UCLA Department of Film, Television and Digital Media, figured out a clever way to kill two birds with one stone. She allocated some funding for first-round Legacy Series interviewee, legendary film editor Anne V. Coates (Lawrence of Arabia), to guest lecture ...
- 10/11/2010
- Thompson on Hollywood
As IndieWIRE builds up its critics pages (CriticWIRE), two veteran critics are joining the Iw Blog Network: Reel Geezers Marcia Nasatir and Lorenzo Semple, Jr. On Sunday, Reel Geezers started posting video reviews again via their new IndieWIRE blog and SnagFilms video player. Their review archives, which were a big hit on YouTube, are being added as well. Their two latest reviews are The Men Who Stare at Goats and Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire. If the Geezers represent the Academy (they are both voting members), Precious could be the one to beat.
- 11/25/2009
- Thompson on Hollywood
As IndieWIRE builds up its critics pages (CriticWIRE), two veteran critics are joining the Iw Blog Network: Reel Geezers Marcia Nasatir and Lorenzo Semple, Jr. On Sunday, Reel Geezers started posting video reviews again via their new IndieWIRE blog and SnagFilms video player. Their review archives, which were a big hit on YouTube, are being added as well. Their two latest reviews are The Men Who Stare at Goats and Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire. If the Geezers represent the Academy (they are both voting members), Precious could be the one to beat.
- 11/25/2009
- Thompson on Hollywood
Earlier this month we told you that "Arrested Development" creator Mitch Hurwitz was scripting an absolutely for-reals, big-screen Arrested Development movie, and that he would direct it himself. Speaking at a writing panel this weekend at the Austin Film Festival (where he appeared alongside Steven Zaillian and Ad executive producer Ron Howard), Hurwitz dropped a few more hints about what exactly we might be seeing plot-wise, and it sounds like somebody in the Bluth family (or heck, maybe all of 'em) will be heading to prison.
Honestly, it's hard to tell what Hurwitz meant when he briefly gave in to moderating producer Marcia Nasatir's prodding at the "Art of Storytelling" panel in Austin. According to Austin 360, "Hurwitz relented to Nasatir, and said that there would be a heavy jail presence and then made jokes about the inclusion of Tarp money, a nod to the inability of a film to...
Honestly, it's hard to tell what Hurwitz meant when he briefly gave in to moderating producer Marcia Nasatir's prodding at the "Art of Storytelling" panel in Austin. According to Austin 360, "Hurwitz relented to Nasatir, and said that there would be a heavy jail presence and then made jokes about the inclusion of Tarp money, a nod to the inability of a film to...
- 10/26/2009
- by Jen Yamato
- Cinematical
Marcia Nasatir and Lorenzo Semple Jr. are a pair of movie reviewers operating as the Reel Geezers giving their opinion on film from the octogenarian perspective. They have been around since 2008 and Jeff Wells at Hollywood Elsewhere and Kris Tapley at In Contention feature their video reviews a lot, but their opinions were never really so exciting that I felt they were worth sharing. However, with their review of Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino, like Tapley, I felt this was one worth offering up for a look. Lorenzo liked the film calling it "enjoyable" and says it is "best looked upon as a comedy for most of it" even though he's "not sure if Clint looks upon it himself that way." Marcia then offers up her take and says: The theory that [Clint Eastwood] is a terrific director of actors -- I think he was just interested in playing his part and...
- 1/15/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Sam Shepard is attached to star in Descending From Heaven: The Strange and Extraordinary Tale of Claude Eatherly, A-Bomb Pilot for director Sandy Smolan and producer Marcia Nasatir. The $10 million period biopic will recount the story of the pilot who flew the reconnaissance B-29 that gave the OK to drop the bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. Shepard will play the pilot's father, who eventually had to commit his son to a veteran's psychiatric hospital. "It's one of the great untold stories," said Smolan, who first read about Eatherly 18 years ago. "He was one of the top pilots in the Air Corps, an all-American Texas hero. It's a dark comedic tale about the bomb and personal responsibility."...
- 10/18/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Women In Film Foundation has selected five women who will be interviewed on film this month at Panavision in Woodland Hills as inductees into the WIFF Legacy Series. They are director/choreographer/actor Debbie Allen, composer Marilyn Bergman, actor Piper Laurie, producer Marcia Nasatir and screenwriter Gloria Goldsmith. The Legacy Series documents the personal and creative worlds of accomplished women in Hollywood.
- 10/15/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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