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Academy Of Motion Pictures Museum, Los Angeles, March 20th 2023

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Academy of Motion Pictures Museum, Los Angeles
Academy of Motion Pictures Museum, Los Angeles
Academy of Motion Pictures Museum, Los Angeles, 1st floor, main lobby
Academy of Motion Pictures Museum, Los Angeles, 1st floor, main lobby
Wish I could've stayed to see "Lawrence of Arabia" in the Museum theater...
Academy of Motion Pictures, downstairs, below main lobby (restrooms, rest area)
Donor wall, on the floor below the main lobby; names include the family of Alfred Hitchcock, Steve Martin, Chris Pine, and MANY others...
Academy of Motion Pictures, main lobby: the theme was "Regeneration, Black Cinema, 1898-1971"...
Academy of Motion Pictures Museum, "Stories of Cinema" room...
Academy of Motion Pictures Museum, "Stories of Cinema" room...
Stories of Cinema Room, celebrating a wide variety of movies...
Costumes, jewelry, etc. from John Singleton's "Boyz in the Hood" (1991)
Photos taken during production of 1991's "Boyz in the Hood", directed by John Singleton...
Celebrating John Singleton's 1991 L.A. gang drama, "Boyz in the Hood"
Photos taken during the production of 1991's "Boyz in the Hood"...
A Mexican "offrenda" (offering, gift) to the dead, for Dia de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead).
Exhibit for Warner Bros wartime romance classic, "Casablanca" (1941)
The globe used in the opening of "Casablanca" (1941)
The globe, as it appeared, in the movie "Casablanca" (1941)
The entrance to "Rick's"; the Moroccan nightclub (a Warner Bros. set) owned by American expat Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart).
The piano 'played' by Dooley Wilson ("Sam") in "Casablanca" (1941)
"Play it again, Sam." Sam's (Dooley Wilson) piano from "Casablanca" (1941)
Another piano played by actor Dooley Wilson ("Sam") in "Casablanca" (1941)
The exhibit for 1941's "Casablanca," starring Humphrey Bogart ("Rick") and Ingrid Bergman ("Elsa")
Interesting factoid on actor (and drummer) Dooley Wilson, who played "Sam" in "Casablanca" (1941)
An interesting factoid about the piano used in "Casablanca" (1941)
The screenplay for "Casablanca" was based on an unproduced stage play "Everybody Comes to Rick's"...
Costumes and videos from various Academy Awards ceremonies over the last 95 years...
Costumes and videos from various Academy Awards ceremonies over the last 95 years...
Costumes and videos from various Academy Awards ceremonies over the last 95 years...
Costumes and videos from various Academy Awards ceremonies over the last 95 years...
A rotunda of Oscars on display...
The Oscar won for the visual effects of 1977's "Star Wars"; John Dykstra, Robert Blalock, John Stears and Grant McCune.
Oscar won for "The Life and Times of Harvey Milk" (1984); Richard Epstein and Richard Schmeichen
Clark Gable's Oscar for "It Happened One Night" (1934), next to an as-yet-empty display for Hattie McDaniel "Gone With the Wind" (1939)
Mockup of an Oscars ceremony stage
The music and scene of the 1960s' counterculture, including Jim Morrison of "The Doors," as chronicled in documentaries...
The music and scene of the 1960s' counterculture, including Jim Morrison of "The Doors," as chronicled in documentaries...
The Kaypro 2X and actual floppy discs used by screenwriter Scott Alexander ("Problem Child," "Ed Wood," and "The People vs. Larry Flynt")
The typewriter used by screenwriter Joseph Stefano for Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 masterpiece, "Psycho"; Stefano was also a writer/producer on "The Outer Limits" (1963-1964)
Storyboards, production notes, and script pages for Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" (1963)
Storyboards, production notes, and script pages for Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" (1963)
A standing Moviola editing machine used for "The Godfather" Parts 1 and 2 (1972/1974)
Actual camera used by cinematographer Gordon Willis for the first two "Godfather" movies...
The study/office of Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) from "The Godfather", including many authentic pieces used in the film, including the desk, chairs and other props...
The study/office of Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) from "The Godfather", including many authentic pieces used in the film, including the desk, chairs and other props...
The study/office of Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) from "The Godfather", including many authentic pieces used in the film, including the desk, chairs and other props...
The study/office of Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) from "The Godfather", including many authentic pieces used in the film, including the desk, chairs and other props...
Jules and I come to ask 'a favor'; The study/office of Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) from "The Godfather", including many authentic pieces used in the film, including the desk, chairs and other props...
Life casts, dental appliances and makeup used by the late makeup legend Dick Smith ("The Exorcist") in "The Godfather" (1972)
Life casts, dental appliances and makeup used by the late makeup legend Dick Smith ("The Exorcist") in "The Godfather" (1972)
Life cast made of actor Marlon Brando, for his makeup appliances in "The Godfather" (1972)
Marlon Brando's dental piece used to give him Don Corleone's famous jowls in "The Godfather" (1972)
Life cast made of actor Al Pacino ("Michael Corleone") for "The Godfather" Parts 1 and 2...
The taxidermied horse head used only for REHEARSALS in "The Godfather"...
The taxidermied horse head used only for REHEARSALS in "The Godfather"...
The sign for the Italian restaurant where Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) kills rival mobster Solozzo, and corrupt policeman McCluskey, in "The Godfather" (1941)
Props and fake newspapers used in 1972's "The Godfather," including "Genco Olive Oil," the front company for the Corleone crime family.
Costumes used in "The Godfather Part 2", including costumes worn by Kathleen Beller (the actress), Robert DeNiro (young "Vito Corleone"), Al Pacino ("Michael Corleone") and Diane Keaton ("Kay Adams-Corleone")
Costumes used in "The Godfather Part 2", including costumes worn by Kathleen Beller (the actress), Robert DeNiro (young "Vito Corleone"), Al Pacino ("Michael Corleone") and Diane Keaton ("Kay Adams-Corleone")
Costumes used in "The Godfather Part 2", including costumes worn by Robert DeNiro (young "Vito Corleone") and Morgana King ("Mama Corleone")
Costumes used in "The Godfather Part 2", including costumes worn by Kathleen Baller and Robert DeNiro (young "Vito Corleone")
Screenwriters Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola's deconstruction of Puzo's own bestseller novel "The Godfather"...
On-set production photos from "The Godfather," including Sonny's assassination at the toll booth and Michael's murder of Solozzo and McCluskey...
Costume from "Mirror Mirror", a luxe 2012 adaptation of "Snow White"...
Period piece costumes from "Badlands" (1973), "Dick Tracy" (1990) and others
Actor David Bowie's Goblin King costume from 1986's "Labyrinth"...
Period costumes from "Badlands" (1973), "Dick Tracy" (1990) and "A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night" (2014); a movie about a female Iranian vampire/skateboarder...
Life cast molds for Clark Gable, Grace Kelly, Jack Nicholson (bottom row), Don Cheadle and Mel Brooks (top)...
Actor Robin Williams' life cast for "Mrs. Doubtfire" (1993)
Robin Williams life cast for "Mrs Doubtfire," "Uma Thurman's life cast for "Batman and Robin" (1997), wigs for Michael Keaton's "Beetlejuice" (1988) and Kathy Baker ("Edward Scissorhands"-1990)
Wigs for Michael Keaton's "Beetlejuice" (1988) and Kathy Baker ("Edward Scissorhands"-1990)
African American experience in film: "Malcolm X," (1992), "Selma" (2014) and "I Am Not Your Negro" (2016)
Movies tackling important social issues and injustices...
Films chronicling what became the "MeToo" movement, including "The Untouchable" (1987), "The Assistant" (2019), "Bombshell" (2019) and "The Invisible War" (2012)
2nd floor: the movies of director Pedro Almodóvar ("Volver," "The Skin I'm In," "Bad Education," "Talk to Her")
The movies of director Pedro Almodóvar ("Volver," "The Skin I'm In," "Bad Education," "Talk to Her")
The movies of director Pedro Almodóvar ("Volver," "The Skin I'm In," "Bad Education," "Talk to Her")
The movies of director Pedro Almodóvar ("Volver," "The Skin I'm In," "Bad Education," "Talk to Her")
The Animation exhibit of the Museum, on the 2nd floor...
A beautifully detailed miniature house used for Laika Studios' stop-motion fantasy "Kubo and the Two Strings" (2016)
A beautifully detailed miniature house used for Laika Studios' stop-motion fantasy "Kubo and the Two Strings" (2016)
The "Kubo" stop-motion puppet used for Laika Studios' stop-motion fantasy "Kubo and the Two Strings" (2016)
Various interchangeable character expressions used for the stop motion maquettes in "Kubo and the Two Strings" (2016)
A Jiminy Cricket study maquette made for "Pinocchio" (1940)
Figures created for the Laika stop-motion film "Missing Link" (2019)
The Bigfoot ("Mr. Link") from Laika Studio's 2019 stop-motion adventure comedy "Missing Link"
The various expressions used in the stop-motion puppets of "Jack Skellington" for 1993's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (my favorite holiday movie)
Maquette figures from "The Little Mermaid" (1989) and "Corpse Bride" (2005)
Maquette figures for "SpiderMan: Into the Spider-Verse" (2018)
The 2017 Dia de los Muertos fantasy "Coco" playing on one of the museum TVs...
The actual work desk of animator Frank Thomas, 1912-2004 ("Robin Hood," "The Rescuers," "Iron Giant")...
The actual work desk of animator Frank Thomas, 1912-2004 ("Robin Hood," "The Rescuers," "Iron Giant")...
Jules, trying posing at the desk of animator Frank Thomas, 1912-2004 ("Robin Hood," "The Rescuers," "Iron Giant")...
Willis O'Brien ("The Lost World," "King Kong," "Mighty Joe Young")
Willis O'Brien's "Mighty Joe Young" (1949)
The legendary Ray Harryhausen, 1920-2013 ("Jason and the Argonauts," "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers" "One Million Years B.C."); I had the pleasure of meeting Harryhausen in 2005.
The legendary Ray Harryhausen's sketch for the stop-motion "Talos" statue in "Jason and the Argonauts" (1963)
An early Phil Tippet stop-motion study for "Jurassic Park" made in 1992, before CGI and practical models were untimely used in the pioneering FX film.
Zoe Saldana's motion-capture rig worn for "Avatar" (2009), various study maquettes for the T-1000 in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991) and a stop-motion T-Rex study model for "Jurassic Park" (1993) before that approach was abandoned in favor of CGI
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