WPA Acquires New Celebrity Footage!
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Bob Hope w/ Janis Paige
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Just in time for the Oscars®, the WPA Film Library announces newly
acquired, exclusive celebrity footage! Shot primarily on 16mm film for documentaries about Martin Scorsese, Oliver Stone and Jessica Lange, the new collection includes behind-the-scenes material and conversations with numerous Hollywood players. Many interviewees reflect on their own careers, in addition to talking about these three individuals. Some highlights: · Production work on the films “JFK,” “Goodfellas” and “Cape Fear.” · Actors including Kevin Bacon, John Candy, Kevin Costner, Robert DeNiro, Charles Grodin, Barbara Hershey, Tommy Lee Jones, Harvey Keitel, Gary Oldman, Joe Pesci, Charlie Sheen, Sam Shepard. · Directors George Lucas, Michael Moore, Sydney Pollack, and Steven Spielberg. · Other film industry players: Writer/director Paul Schrader, editor Thelma Schoonmaker, movie critic/screenwriter Jay Cocks, screenwriter Mardik Martin, cinematographers Michael Ballhaus and Barry Sonnenfeld, producers Roger Corman and Irwin Winkler. · Interviews with former mobster Henry Hill, whose life is portrayed in “Goodfellas;” Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic, who inspired “Born on the Fourth of July;” and family and personal acquaintances of Scorsese and Stone. · Lange, Scorsese and Stone themselves, on the set and in interviews. This footage is only available through WPA! Newly Unearthed
Archival Hollywood Gems |
