TRIBUTE TO JESSICA LANGE

Monday, October 27, 1997	7:30pm
LAEMMLE MONICA THEATRE

Jessica Lange with her unlimited range and bold, courageous portrayals of strong, independent women has received six Academy Award nominations; COUNTRY, SWEET DREAMS, FRANCES and MUSIC BOX. She was presented with a Best Actress Oscar and a Golden Globe for BLUE SKY and Best Supporting Actress for TOOTSIE. Lange was raised and went to college in Minnesota, she later moved to New York where she worked as a model and studied acting. Her modeling led her to be cast in her first film KING KONG. Two years later she was Bob Fosse's Angel of Death in ALL THAT JAZZ. She received critical accclaim in Bob Rafelson's steamy remake of THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE opposite Jack Nicholson. Following the release of FRANCES and TOOTSIE she became the first actor in 25 years to be nominated for two Oscars in the same year. Ms. Lange has continued her career with well chosen projects and a successful run on Broadway as Blanche Dubois (her favorite role) in Tennessee William's A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE with Alec Baldwin later made into a Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie. She is a mother of three and lives with long term companion Sam Shepard. AFI Fest is proud to honor her cinematic accomplishments with a live on-stage tribute hosted by film historian Leonard Maltin that will include film excerpts and a candid interview with one of Hollywood's most versitile and strongest leading ladies. Host Bio Best known as resident film buff on Entertainment Tonight and author of Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide, Mr. Maltin has established himself as one of the country's leading film writers and historians. He has authored books such as: THE GREAT AMERICAN BROADCAST, OF MICE AND MAGIC: A HISTORY OF AMERICAN ANIMATED CARTOONS, THE GREAT MOVIE COMEDIANS, THE DISNEY FILMS AND THE ART OF THE CINEMATOGRAPHER. He was President of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association in 1995 & 1996. In 1997 he was named to the National Film Preservation Board, to help select 25 films annually to join the Library of Congresss' National Film Registry. His daily syndicated radio program Leonard Maltin on Video is heard throughout the United States and Canada CREDITS: Feature Films: King Kong 1976; All That Jazz 1979; How to Beat the High Cost of Living 1980; The Postman Always Rings Twice 1981; Frances, Tootsie 1982; Country (co-prod.) 1984; Sweet Dreams 1985; Crimes of the Heart 1986; Everybody's All American, Far North 1988; Music Box 1989; Men Don't Leave 1990; Cape Fear 1991; Night and the City, 1992, Blue Sky 1994; Losing Isaiah, Rob Roy 1995; A Thousand Acres 1997. Films coming up: Cousin Bette (Winter 98), Bloodline (Spring 98) Television: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1984; Vivian Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond (special: host 1990); Jessica Lange: It's Only Make-Believe (special) 1991; O Pioneers! (movie) 1992; A Century of Women (special)1994; Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire 1996. Stage: Angel on My Shoulder 1980; A Streetcar named Desire 1992

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