Tag: Oscar Buzz

February 16, 2015 /

“I found that the best way to handle filmmakers was to hang medals all over them. If I got them cups and awards they’d kill themselves to produce what I wanted. That’s why the Academy Award was created.” Louis B. Mayer

This week a series of posts about the Academy Awards, but I thought we’d start at the inception, the organizing banquet at the Biltmore on May 11th, 1927.

January 4, 2013 /

LIFE OF PI

Early concept meeting on “Life of Pi” – salary demands of Leo the Lion were not met. The role was re-cast.