Jay 37,353 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 From the main page;Academy Award winning composer John Williams will receive the annual “Ken Burns Lifetime Achievement Award” from documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and Old Sturbridge Village following a dinner in his honor Aug. 15More info:http://www.masslive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/07/composer_john_williams_to_be_h.htmlThis is only an hour from my house!And I'm on vacation that week! Ludwig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig 1,120 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Cool. Has he been given any other lifetime achievement awards before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,495 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 The Kennedy Honors is sort of a lifetime award, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig 1,120 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 I wonder if the Oscars won't do something similar in the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 who's Ken Burns? Aneurin Barnard's cousin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Documentary filmmaker, inventor of the burns effect on photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,654 Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Documentary filmmaker, inventor of the burns effect on photos And I hear he says "excellent" a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Documentary filmmaker, inventor of the burns effect on photosAnd I hear he says "excellent" a lot.You are obviously mixing him with the more famous Montgomery Burns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieC 13 Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 This is cool news.When I watched Lincoln the very beginning of the film with its black and white still photos of moments from the American Civil War immediately evoked Ken Burns' documentary films and certainly JW's music for the film conjured a similar musical sensibility as the musical pieces that KB applied to his Civil War series of films. JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricard 2,245 Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 The event takes place this thursday. Anyone planning to attend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricard 2,245 Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 First report of the event:http://www.telegram.com/article/20130815/NEWS/308159470/1116 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,008 Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 I wonder if the Oscars won't do something similar in the near future.Wouldn't count on it. They usually give those to people who never won.It's a pity-Oscar you see. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 First report of the event:http://www.telegram.com/article/20130815/NEWS/308159470/1116LOL the Schildlers List anecdote again.It would make a good drinking game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Congratulations to the Maestro for this award! First report of the event:http://www.telegram.com/article/20130815/NEWS/308159470/1116LOL the Schildlers List anecdote again.It would make a good drinking game.So you would gather together to read/watch/listen Williams' interviews and every time he says the Schindler's List anecdote you have to take a drink? It might take a while before it became what most people consider "fun". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Well I did another Schildlers List drinking game one. take a swig of Vodka every time a jew got shot in the head.Felt sooo bad the day after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 154 Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Well I'm glad JW came out of the Mayflower safe & sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Well I'm glad JW came out of the Mayflower safe & sound."It's back to England for you!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 154 Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Well I'm glad JW came out of the Mayflower safe & sound."It's back to England for you!""I wish I could, but I can't let a certain gold smith rule and take over the New World!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 The way his response was worded it didn't sound too entusiastic about Episode VII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Well, if he did not have some enthusiasm about it, why would he have taken on the job? He had no contractual obligation too, and he certainly doesn't need the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 He was coerced into taking the job!I was just having a bit of fun with his response which is rather oddly worded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,353 Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 Oh man I feel so stupid. I was home Thursday and completely forgot to go to this! That's what I get for not putting it on my Google calendar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricard 2,245 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 You should have checked the main page as soon as you got home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,353 Posted August 19, 2013 Author Share Posted August 19, 2013 I have no one to blame but myself. The fact that Marcy sprained her ankle on our hiking trip and has been on crutches since has made things crazy around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Well, what's the worst there can happen. They amputate and she needs a wooden leg?It will only make your life seem more like monkey island! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Previous winners of the Ken Burns Lifetime Achievement Award were actress Laura Linney, author Doris Kearns Goodwin, actor Sam Waterston and journalist and author Tom Brokaw.Ken Burns is racist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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