| April 1, 2008 |
The Academy of Motion Picture Art and Sciences is currently exhibiting “Freeze Frame: 5 Decades of Photographs by Douglas Kirkland.” The show includes 125 photographs of such classic and current screen stars as Audrey Hepburn, Paul Newman, and Meryl Streep as well as such behind-the-camera luminaries as Ingmar Bergman and Oliver Stone.
Kirkland, an acclaimed Hollywood photographer, represents a literal “who’s who” of the film world of the last half-century. He has worked on the sets of more than 100 motion pictures – from period dramas to musicals – that include such Best Picture Oscar® winners as “Out of Africa” and “Titanic.”
Other film personalities depicted in “Freeze Frame” include, from the 1960s – Judy Garland, Akira Kurosawa, and Peter Sellers; from the 1970s – Donald Sutherland, Jeanne Moreau, Jack Nicholson and Francis Ford Coppola; from the 1980s – Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Susan Sarandon, and Kevin Kline; from the 1990s – Kate Winslet, Shirley MacLaine, Sidney Poitier and Arnold Schwarzenegger; and from the 2000s – Baz Luhrmann, Ewan McGregor, Gene Hackman and Owen Wilson.
WHEN: 10am-5pm Tues-Fri, 12noon-6pm Sat-Sun
ADMISSION: Free
WHERE: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
ADDRESS: 8949 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211
PHONE: (310) 247-3000
WEBSITE: www.oscars.org
ADDITIONAL INFO: The exhibit closes April 20
