AWN Oscar® Tour Travelogue: Interviews

Peter and the Wolf Director Suzie Templeton Answers The Six Questions

OscarTourEditor — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:44:13 -0800

I banned them from talking about it as I was getting so nervous and then I checked the Oscar website in the afternoon and there we were! And then the phones all started ringing and Rosto gave me some flowers and champagne and whisked me off to dinner!

I Met the Walrus’ Josh Raskin & Jerry Levitan Answer The Six Questions

OscarTourEditor — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:30:57 -0800

George Clooney squeezed my arm a few times at the nominee luncheon. Then he asked me where the bar was. That was pretty exciting.

Even Pigeons Go To Heaven Director Sam Tourneux Answers The Six Questions

OscarTourEditor — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:20:31 -0800

Someone called me when I had friends over for dinner. It was someone who speaks English. I needed time to switch my brain in the English mode, but I understood: “…academy… motion picture…. Congratulations!!!” So I answered, “Yes ?! Thank you!” But I didn’t really understand what it was all about.

Peter and the Wolf Producer Hugh Welchman Answers The Six Questions

OscarTourEditor — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:30:40 -0800

I was approached by a conductor, Mark Stephenson (who went on to be our Music Director on the film, and conducted the world premiere at the Royal Albert Hall) who had heard about the awards that I had picked up at film school, and he asked me if I had ever thought about doing films with live music.

Madame Tutli-Putli Producer Marcy Page Answers The Six Questions

OscarTourEditor — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:55:27 -0800

The studio was crammed with interesting bits of artistry that clearly pulled in influences from a broad base of culture — art, theatre and film. Amidst the puppets, props, collage assemblages, posters and paraphernalia, I remember one sign that they had up on the wall, that said something like, “an impossible task, a tight budget and a crazy deadline are the mothers of invention”. No doubt, a little spirit catcher for stray producers.

Lion King’s Allers Talks About 1st Oscar Nod for Matchgirl

OscarTourEditor — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:01:54 -0800

Allers, who wasn’t even awake when the nominations were announced, doesn’t seem like the kind of guy who makes films to win awards, however, I still wanted to find out what the Oscar experience has been like for him as well as his feelings about making Matchgirl and his other work.

2007 Nominee Don Hahn Talks About Oscars

OscarTourEditor — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:07:47 -0800

As a precursor to the tour, I had a chance to talk with Little Matchgirl producer Don Hahn about what the Oscar experience has been like thus far. He’s not an Oscar newbie by any stretch, having been nominated for producing Beauty and the Beast and the animated short Lorenzo. He was also behind mega-hits such as The Lion King and Who Framed Roger Rabbit.