Wednesday, August 25, 2010

THIS WAS A GREAT MAN, A MAN OF VISION AND GUTS. AND THERE ISN'T EVEN A PLAQUE, OR A SIGNPOST OR A STATUE OF HIM IN THAT TOWN: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that in November, it will present Francis Ford Coppola with the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award and give honorary Oscars to British film historian and preservationist Kevin Brownlow, French new wave director Jean-Luc Godard and veteran actor Eli Wallach.