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Roger Corman to Receive Honorary Oscar
14 November 2009 9:45 AM, PST
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Even Roger Corman admits that his name was unlikely to be associated with an Academy Award. Yet the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided to give Corman an honorary lifetime achievement Oscar, nonetheless. Corman told The Associated Press that he was surprised by the announcement.
I predicted that I would not win because I make low-budget films, and I felt the Academy would not give an award to someone who made low-budget films. I was truly surprised when I got the call.
Corman began his career producing and directing low-budget fare like 1955's Swamp Women and Monsters from the Ocean Floor, Corman quickly found that what he did best was provide opportunities to young director and actors like Martin Scorsese (1972's Boxcar Bertha), Jack Nicholson (1960's Little Shop of Horrors), Robert De Niro (1970's Bloody Mama), Francis Ford Coppola (Dementia 13), and Ron Howard (1977's Grand Theft Auto
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- Ryan Gowland
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Interview: Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton on ‘The Collector,’ ‘Saw VI’
30 July 2009 8:04 PM, PDT
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Chicago – Screenwriters Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton (the upcoming ‘Saw VI’) met each other at the University of Iowa and both are originally from Illinois. Dustan makes his directorial debut with the release of ‘The Collector.’
In anticipation of The Collector, which Dunstan and Melton also wrote, HollywoodChicago.com interviewed the very successful duo about their Midwest roots, Italian horror films and their involvement in the Saw series of films.
Something Wicked This Way Comes: A Scene from ‘The Collector’
Photo credit: Liddell Entertainment
HollywoodChicago.com: The story of ‘The Collector’ was actually one of your earliest ideas as filmmaking partners. What made this film more satisfying to make because it came from such an early idea?
Marcus Dunstan: Patrick is a tremendous writer and I’ve been lucky to work with him. As writers, we’ve handed films over to production teams and watched those films come to life.
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- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
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