Cabaret" Is "Great To Be Nominated"
The 1972 Best Picture nominee “Cabaret” will be screened as the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Great To Be Nominated” series. The Bob Fosse-directed musical, which takes place in Weimar Republic-era Berlin, will be shown on Monday, July 31, at 7:30 p.m. in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Cast members Michael York and Joel Grey, along with assistant director Wolfgang Glattes, film publicist Vic Heutschy and Fosse assistant Kathryn Doby will participate in a panel discussion following the film.
In “Cabaret,” Liza Minnelli stars as American Sally Bowles, an entertainer at the Kit Kat Club, who is romanced by two men – a rich German baron and a reserved English academic struggling with his sexual identity. The film received a total of 10 Academy Award® nominations and took home the Oscars® for Actor in a Supporting Role (Grey as “The Master of Ceremonies”), Actress (Minnelli), Art Direction (Rolf Zehetbauer, Jurgen Kiebach; Set Decoration: Herbert Strabel), Cinematography (Geoffrey Unsworth), Directing (Fosse), Film Editing (David Bretherton), Music Scoring – Adaptation and original song score (adaptation score by Ralph Burns) and Sound (Robert Knudson, David Hildyard). The film also was nominated for Best Picture (Cy Feuer, producer) and Writing – Screenplay based on material from another medium (Jay Presson Allen).
Oscar-winning live action short “Norman Rockwell’s World…An American Dream” will be screened during the pre-show.
Tickets for “Cabaret” may be purchased at a cost of $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. Tickets may be purchased by mail, in person at the Academy during regular business hours or, depending on availability, on the night of the screening when the doors open at 6:30 p.m. Curtain time for the feature is 7:30 p.m., and pre-show elements will begin at 7 p.m. The Academy is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. For more information, call (310) 247-3600.
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