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RIP: Reel Important People -- January 14, 2007
Filed under: Obits »
Yvonne De Carlo (1922-2007) - Read Jennifer's tribute to the Ten Commandments actress here.- Laurence Heath (1928-2007) - Writer and producer who co-wrote the screenplay for Triumph of the Spirit in addition to writing teleplays and multiple episodes of Mission: Impossible and Murder, She Wrote. He died January 9, in Los Angeles. (LA Times - no link)
- "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow (1934-2007) - Visual effects artist, stop-motion animator and model-maker who worked on The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Gremlins, Holes, Army of Darkness and The Right Stuff. He also played steel guitar for The Flying Burrito Brothers and appeared as a member of the band in the documentary Gimme Shelter. He died of complications from Alzheimer's disease January 6, in Petaluma, California. (Variety)
- Steve Krantz (c.1923-2007) - Producer of the Ralph Bakshi films Fritz the Cat, Heavy Traffic and The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat, as well as Cooley High, Which Way is Up? and Jennifer, for which he wrote the story. He died from complications from pneumonia January 4, in Los Angeles. (Variety)
RIP: Producer Carlo Ponti (1912-2007)
Filed under: Drama », Foreign Language », Obits », Cinematical Indie »
Oscar season is upon us and with it comes the discussion of film legends who never won an Academy Award. While on this topic, it is important to acknowledge how many great producers are ignored by Oscar due to the fact that foreign films are rarely nominated for Best Picture. Carlo Ponti was such a great producer, and with his death today, he misses the opportunity of ever receiving an Academy Award, even a lifetime achievement honor.Ponti is not well known, but he should be. Aside from the fact that he discovered Sophia Loren, whose film career he jump-started and who he married (twice -- kind of), he also produced films for many of the masters of cinema, including Antonioni (Blow Up; Zabriskie Point; The Passenger), Fellini (La Strada), de Sica (basically any of his starring Loren), Demy (Lola), Godard (A Woman is a Woman; The Riflemen; Contempt), Polanski (What?), Melville (Le Doulos; The Forgiven Sinner), Forman (The Fireman's Ball), Varda (Cléo from 5 to 7) and Lean (Doctor Zhivago). Some of his films were nominated for the foreign language Oscar, and a couple won the award, but Ponti was only nominated once, for Zhivago, in the Best Picture category (which is oftentimes considered the Best Producer category). Of course, he did get to help his wife win an Oscar, at least -- for de Sica's Two Women.
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