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Titolo: [Fwd: 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
Ciao,
luigi
-- 
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Organic chemistry is the chemistry of carbon compounds.
Biochemistry is the study of carbon compounds that crawl.
     --Mike Adams

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In effetti il form in se non richiede un particolare nazionalità per
partecipare , paranoici come sono magari una mail @.it non li desterà
dal torpore, ma si sa l'unione fa la forza... si puo' tentar
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Io una citazione di G'Kar l'ho messa:
Citizen G'Kar: Our thoughts form the universe. They are always
important. 
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