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Skriven 2007-01-07 22:13:44 av Amy Guskin (13290.babylon5)
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Ärende: Andreas Katsulas and the Oscar 2007 memorial reel
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present the Oscar awards 
on February 25. At every Oscar awards ceremony, they show a short film of 
selected people in the industry who have passed on since the last Oscars. 
This reel isn't just for big-name stars: they often highlight the careers of 
lesser-known character actors, as well as technical people (like makeup 
professionals, cameramen, etc.).

I wrote to the Academy last year asking if Andreas was going to be included 
in the memorial reel, and learned that the cutoff date for inclusion in the 
reel is Feb. 1st each calendar year.  Andreas passed on Feb. 13th, and so he 
wasn't eligible for last year's reel, but he _is_ eligible for this year's.

A lot of people wrote to the Academy last year before we knew about that 
cutoff date.  I'm planning on writing again, and I hope some of you will take 
the time to do so as well.  It's important that they know that he's someone 
worthy of being honored therein.

You can write to the Academy through this form on their website:

http://www.oscars.org/contact/general.html

My suggestion is that you do not emphasize his role as G'Kar, as that is 
connected to a television show, and the Oscar ceremony honors film. Instead, 
remind them that Andreas was well known for playing many cinematic bad guys, 
like the one-armed man from "The Fugitive," but also in "Executive Decision," 
"Someone to Watch Over Me," "The Sicilian," etc. etc. You can find a list of 
his film credits here:

http://imdb.com/name/nm0441537/

Remember, stress the film roles. Particularly the big ones, the classic 
and/or blockbuster films, which I've listed above.  It's extremely important 
to mention "The Fugitive," because that's the one that always makes it into 
peoples' lists of best films of the genre/decade/era etc.

You might say something like "Andreas Katsulas was a great character actor 
who often played the bad guy, and who brought wonderful subtlety and a 
complex humanity to all of his roles. I have fond memories of him playing the 
one-armed man in "The Fugitive," but also of seeing him show up in numerous 
other great films like "Executive Decision" and "The Sicilian." I hope you're 
going to include him in the memorial film at this year's Oscar ceremony - 
he's a real loss to the film and television community."  It would also help 
if everyone used a similar subject line on the form, something like "2007 
memorial reel -- Andreas Katsulas," so that if someone is even glancing at 
the submissions without reading them, the message will be clear.

I think it would be a really nice tribute to Andreas to see his face up there 
on the screen on the Academy's biggest night, being broadcast to millions of 
homes, and to know that the biggest stars in Hollywood today - and those 
watching them - are remembering him.

Amy
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