New acquisitions to the most important film-related assortment on the planet embrace the Studio Ghibli animation assortment, that includes drawings by Hayao Miyazaki; Quentin Tarantino’s unique handwritten script draft for Pulp Fiction (1994); objects from Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio(2022); costumes worn by Jamie Lee Curtis, Kurt Russell, Meryl Streep, and Joanne Woodward; private collections of Curtis Hanson, Barbara Kopple, Ve Neill, Oliver Stone, and Paul Verhoeven; and extra..
Los Angeles, CA, October 31, 2024—The Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences introduced right this moment the most recent acquisitions to its expansive Academy Assortment—the most important film-related assortment on the planet, comprising greater than 52 million objects. The Academy, by its Academy Basis, is a worldwide chief within the conservation, preservation, and exhibition of film-related objects and supplies.
Latest acquisitions within the Academy Assortment embrace the Studio Ghibli animation assortment, that includes greater than 80 items of unique animation artwork by Hayao Miyazaki and Noboru Yoshida for Ponyo (2008), the studio’s Japanese film posters, and animator’s desk; Quentin Tarantino’s unique handwritten script draft for Pulp Fiction (1994); a screen-used guitar performed by Lou Diamond Phillips as Ritchie Valens in La Bamba (1987); units and puppets from Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022); a number of animator’s maquettes from Pinocchio(1940), Fantasia (1940), and The Lion King (1994); glasses worn by Mink Stole as Connie Marble in Pink Flamingos (1972); further costumes from movies together with True Lies (1994), The Three Faces of Eve(1957), The Home of the Spirits (1993); and extra.
Private collections of Richard Amsel, Curtis Hanson, Nicole Holofcener, Barbara Kopple, Ve Neill, Tom Sternberg, Marlene Stewart, Oliver Stone, and Paul Verhoeven have additionally been added to the Academy Assortment. The Academy’s 70mm movie assortment, one of many largest on the planet and screened completely on the Academy Museum, continues to develop with new prints, together with Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Ryan’s Daughter (1970), and Oppenheimer (2023).
“We’re thrilled to welcome these iconic items into our assortment. Overseen by our expert workforce of researchers, preservationists, and curators, the Academy Assortment performs a pivotal function in shaping the way forward for moviemaking,” mentioned Matt Severson, Govt Vice President, Academy Assortment and Preservation. “We’re grateful to our donors for his or her exceptional items to the Academy and dedication to preserving our movie historical past.”
The Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences has been accumulating and preserving movie and film-related materials since 1927, and its unparalleled assortment accommodates objects reflecting all elements of the moviemaking course of—costumes, images, scripts, posters, manufacturing artwork, sound recordings, books, movie and video belongings, props, cameras, projectors, clippings, make-up and hairstyling instruments, visible results applied sciences, promotional supplies, and extra.
Elements of the Academy’s assortment may be accessed by the general public by:
- Exhibitions, public programming, and movie screenings on the Academy Museum of Movement Photos;
- The Academy’s Margaret Herrick Library reference and analysis assortment;
- The Academy Movie Archive entry middle;
- On-line at Oscars.org
A detailed record of recent assortment objects follows.
COSTUMES
- Assortment of hair pins and combs from The Age of Innocence (1993), hair designed by Alan D’Angerio; Present of Alan D’Angerio
- Glasses worn by Mink Stole as Connie Marble in Pink Flamingos (1972); Present of Mink Stole
- Two ensembles worn by Bette Midler as Rose in The Rose (1979), costume design by Theoni V. Aldredge; Present of Bette Midler
- Tearaway costume worn by Jamie Lee Curtis as Helen Tasker in True Lies (1994), costume design by Marlene Stewart; Present of Jamie Lee Curtis
- Costume worn by Alan Rickman as Choose Turpin in Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Avenue (2007), costume design by Colleen Atwood.
- Pair of gloves worn by Joanne Woodward to the thirtieth Academy Awards® in 1958
Costume worn by Joanne Woodward as Eve Black in The Three Faces of Eve (1957), costume design by Renie
Two clothes worn by Meryl Streep as Clara in The Home of the Spirits (1993), costume design by Barbara Baum
Costume worn by Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken in John Carpenter’s Escape from L.A.(1996), costume design by Robin Michel Bush.
PRODUCTION OBJECTS
- Animator’s desk used at Studio Ghibli; Present of Studio Ghibli Inc.
- Carved mermaid figurine from The Lighthouse(2019), manufacturing design by Craig Lathrop; Present of Cameo Wooden
- Inexperienced Concord Stratotone guitar from La Bamba (1987); Present of Lou Diamond Phillips
- Mild Jungle Wild Animal Leases signal; Present of Ralph D. Helfer and Tana Helfer Herbert
- Two units and 6 puppets from Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022), manufacturing design by Curt Enderle and Man Davis, character design by Man Davis; Present of Netflix
- Character reference maquettes from Ghostbusters II (1989): Slimer, Nunzio Scoleri, and Tony Scoleri
- A number of animator’s maquettes from Pinocchio (1940): Figaro, Gideon, Geppetto, Lampwick, and Coachman; character design by Walt Disney Animation Studios Artist
- Head of Pinocchio maquette from Pinocchio (1940), character design by Milt Kahl; Present of Bryan Jossart
- A number of animator’s maquettes from Fantasia (1940): Madame Upanova, Bacchus and Jacchus; character design by Walt Disney Animation Studios Artist
- Animator’s maquette from The Lion King(1994): Scar; character design by Andreas Deja.
TECHNOLOGY
ARRI IIC 35mm digicam owned by Murray Lerner, used to movie Oscar®-nominated movie Competition (1967)
AWARDS
PATSY (Image Animal High Star of the Yr) award for Zamba in The Lion (1962); Present of Ralph D. Helfer and Tana Helfer Herbert.
GRAPHIC
- Studio Ghibli animation assortment: Greater than 80 items of unique animation artwork, together with drawings rendered by Hayao Miyazaki and conceptual drawings by Noboru Yoshida for Ponyo (2008) and the studio’s Japanese film posters; Present of Studio Ghibli Inc.
- Kalina Ivanov papers: Six storyboards by Academy Manufacturing Design Department governor Kalina Ivanov for Greatest Image Oscar winner The Silence of the Lambs (1991); Present of Kalina Ivanov
- Richard Amsel papers: Drawings, work, and posters documenting the work of business illustrator Richard Amsel, together with his preliminary paintings for the 1981 launch of Raiders of the Misplaced Ark in addition to a variation for the movie’s 1982 re-release; Present of Dorian Hannaway
- Marlene Stewart papers: Costume design drawings, manufacturing data, and images from costume designer Marlene Stewart, together with supplies from To Wong Foo, Thanks for All the things, Julie Newmar (1995), The Saint(1997), Ali (2001), The Vacation (2006), and Night time on the Museum movies; Present of Marlene Stewart
- Manufacturing paintings from storyboard artist John Coven, together with a mixture of analog drawings and digital recordsdata for X-Males (2000), The Muppets(2011), Captain America: Civil Warfare (2016), and The Lion King (2019); Present of John Coven
- 4 dozen manufacturing design drawings for titles together with The Phantom of the Opera(1925), The Circus (1928), Metropolis Lights (1931), The Invisible Man (1933), and The Girl from Shanghai (1947)
- Twelve unique James Bond sketch artwork boards by John McLusky, initially printed within the Day by day Categorical newspaper between 1958 and 1968; Present of Sean and Graham McLusky
- Mike and Jeanne Glad animation assortment: Poster for The Mad Physician (1933), one in all three recognized copies for this title, added to the gathering; Present of Mike and Jeanne Glad
- Edward Mapp Assortment: Poster for Paul Robeson (1959) added to the gathering; Present of the property of Edward Mapp
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
- Unique handwritten script draft for Pulp Fiction(1994) from filmmaker Quentin Tarantino
- Barbara Kopple papers: Images, historic movie posters, press opinions, archival paperwork and manufacturing recordsdata from documentarian Barbara Kopple’s practically 50-year profession, which started along with her Oscar-winning documentary function Harlan County U.S.A. (1976). Kopple additionally acquired an Oscar for American Dream(1990); Present of Barbara Kopple
- Oliver Stone papers: Manufacturing data, scripts, correspondence, and images from filmmaker Oliver Stone, together with supplies from Platoon (1986), The Doorways (1991), Pure Born Killers (1994), and Nixon (1995); Present of Oliver Stone
- Paul Verhoeven papers: Manufacturing data, scripts, storyboards, and images from filmmaker Paul Verhoeven, together with supplies from Showgirls (1995), Starship Troopers(1997), and Hole Man (2000); Present of Paul Verhoeven
- Nicole Holofcener papers: Manufacturing data and scripts from filmmaker Nicole Holofcener, together with supplies from Sufficient Stated (2013) and You Harm My Emotions (2023); Present of Nicole Holofcener
- Curtis Hanson papers: Manufacturing data, scripts, and images from filmmaker Curtis Hanson, together with supplies from L.A. Confidential (1997), Marvel Boys (2000), and 8 Mile (2002); Present of Deuce Three Productions
- Ve Neill papers: Manufacturing data, scripts, and images from make-up artist Ve Neill, together with supplies from The Wonderful Spider-Man movies, The Starvation Video games movies, and the Pirates of the Caribbean movies; Present of Ve Neill
- Tom Sternberg papers: Manufacturing data, scripts, and correspondence from producer Tom Sternberg, together with supplies from The Proficient Mr. Ripley (1999), Below the Tuscan Solar (2003), and Sleuth (2007), in addition to materials associated to Zoetrope Studios and the discharge of Apocalypse Now Redux (2001); Present of Violetta Sternberg
FILM AND VIDEO ELEMENTS
- Barbara Kopple Assortment: Movie parts, videotapes, and digital recordsdata from Barbara Kopple’s movies, together with Harlan County U.S.A. (1976) and American Dream (1990); Present of Barbara Kopple
- Prints of Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Ryan’s Daughter (1970), and Oppenheimer (2023) had been added to the Academy Movie Archive’s 70mm movie assortment, one of many largest on the planet and screened completely on the Academy Museum
- Rodgers and Hammerstein Assortment: Unique digicam negatives and audio parts of Rodgers and Hammerstein 70mm classics Oklahoma! (1955) and South Pacific (1958)
- Digital scan of the unique 35mm unfavourable of James Moll’s Oscar-winning documentary function The Final Days (1998); Present of James Moll, Allentown Productions
- Paul Verhoeven Assortment: Manufacturing video, together with casting, rehearsal, and choreography tapes, for a number of of Paul Verhoeven’s movies, together with Fundamental Intuition (1992), Showgirls (1995), and Starship Troopers (1998); Present of Paul Verhoeven
- A reel of Tremendous 8mm movie shot within the early Nineteen Seventies, that includes footage of the MGM backlot earlier than it was torn down; Present of Mike Malone, a former park ranger at Paramount Ranch
- DVD-Rs that includes footage of Jurassic Park(1993) senior animator Randal Dutra and colleagues performing the groundbreaking pc animation seize finished with the digital dinosaur armatures for the movie; Present of Randal Dutra
- A number of reels of dwelling films associated to the profession of producer Adolph Zukor; Present of Jim Zukor
PHOTO CREDITS:
Studio Ghibli animation assortment – Drawing by Noboru Yoshida for Ponyo (2008): Picture courtesy of the Margaret Herrick Library
Puppets from Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022): ©Academy Museum Basis, Picture by: Owen Kolasinski
Inexperienced Concord Stratotone guitar from La Bamba (1987): ©Academy Museum Basis, Picture by: Randy Shropshire
Marlene Stewart papers – Costume design collage by Marlene Stewart for To Wong Foo, Thanks for All the things, Julie Newmar (1995): Picture courtesy of the Margaret Herrick Library
Quentin Tarantino and unique handwritten script draft for Pulp Fiction (1994): Picture by: Emma McIntyre/Getty for Academy Museum of Movement Photos
MABOUT THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES
The Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences is dwelling to a worldwide membership of greater than 10,500 of probably the most achieved movie trade artists and leaders. The Academy acknowledges and celebrates all facets of the humanities and sciences of moviemaking by famend awards for cinematic achievement, together with the Oscars®. With the most important film-related assortment on the planet, the Academy is a frontrunner within the fields of conservation, preservation and exhibition of film-related objects and supplies. By way of its Academy Museum of Movement Photos, the Academy presents highly effective exhibitions, screenings and applications about cinema’s previous, current, and future. The Academy additionally conjures up younger artists and creates alternatives for underrepresented communities to interact with the movie world. Throughout all initiatives, the Academy connects world audiences – its members, the movie trade, and movie followers – by their shared ardour for making and watching movies.
ABOUT THE ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES
The Academy Museum is the most important museum on the planet dedicated to the humanities, sciences, and artists of moviemaking. The museum advances the understanding, celebration, and preservation of cinema by inclusive and accessible exhibitions, screenings, applications, initiatives, and collections. Designed by Pritzker Prize–profitable architect Renzo Piano, the museum’s campus accommodates the restored and revitalized historic Saban Constructing—previously often known as the Might Firm constructing (1939)—and a hovering spherical addition. Collectively, these buildings comprise 50,000 sq. toes of exhibition areas, two state-of-the-art theaters, the Shirley Temple Schooling Studio, and delightful public areas which can be free and open to the general public. These embrace: The Walt Disney Firm Piazza and the Sidney Poitier Grand Foyer, which homes the Spielberg Household Gallery, Academy Museum Retailer, and Fanny’s restaurant and café. The Academy Museum is open six days every week from 10am to 6pm.
ABOUT THE MARGARET HERRICK LIBRARY
The Margaret Herrick Library assortment accommodates an unlimited vary of movement image manufacturing and history-related supplies, together with works on paper and nonetheless pictures protecting the historical past of movement footage in america and worldwide, encompassing images, scripts, posters, manufacturing artwork, and books. The library accommodates particular collections of movie icons corresponding to Kathryn Bigelow, Anne V. Coates, William Friedkin, Katharine Hepburn, Alfred Hitchcock, Eiko Ishioka, Hattie McDaniel, Gregory Nava, Gregory Peck and Vilmos Zsigmond. These particular collections comprise manufacturing recordsdata, private correspondence, clippings, contracts, manuscripts, scrapbooks, storyboards and extra. The library’s accumulating divisions work collaboratively to accumulate, protect, digitize and exhibit the broad vary of supplies entrusted to their care by generations of filmmakers and collectors.
ABOUT THE ACADEMY FILM ARCHIVE
Established in 1991 and devoted to the preservation, restoration, documentation, exhibition and examine of movement footage, the Academy Movie Archive is dwelling to one of the crucial various and intensive movement image collections on the planet, together with the non-public collections of such filmmakers as Tacita Dean, Cecil B. DeMille, Jesse B’Franklin and Carl Franklin, Barbara Hammer, Alfred Hitchcock, James Wong Howe, Jim Jarmusch, Ellen Kuras, Nina Menkes, Gregory Nava, Satyajit Ray, Penelope Spheeris, George Stevens, Gus Van Sant and Fred Zinnemann. The Academy Movie Archive holds all of the Academy Award-winning movies within the Greatest Image class, all of the Oscar-winning documentaries, many Oscar-nominated movies in different classes, and extra.
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