CAS Quarterly

C A S Q U A R T E R L Y I S U M M E R 2 0 2 1 17 nominated Cinema Audio Samaritans. She finished by saying that tonight is a celebration for all of us. As the show continued, actors shared more sound-related stories. Actor Greer Grammer related how when she was working on the TV show Awkward, the whole crew would gather around the sound cart and be jamming and having fun between takes. Michael O'Neill talked about working on Ghost Story, where Jim Alexander was responsible for the sound. He also spoke of Jim's father Gerald, who was one of the first sound mixers. Rodrigo Santoro shared that while working on the movie 300, he had to shave his whole body. His mom called and told him to not shave his eyebrows because they would not grow back the same. After the call, the sound supervisor came to him and told him to follow his mom's advice. Songwriter extraordinaire Diane Warren, who stated that she is in love with sound, also took a moment to congratulate all of the nominees. Production mixer and Board member Amanda Beggs introduced the Career Achievement Award winner William B. Kaplan CAS. She related working with Bill while shooting a long single take where the actors were in a semi, then had to get out and walk through a war zone. She drove a golf cart behind the semi and then parked and trailed Bill, carrying the antenna for the radio mics as he captured the action. And of course, they got fabulous sound. Bill's longtime sound tech Thomas Giordano and directors Bob Zemeckis and John Landis all gave glowing accounts of Bill Kaplan. John Landis even celebrated him as an actor in a couple of small roles in his movies—all while poking fun at the honoree. Bill graciously accepted the award and said that filmmaking has always been a family endeavor. If you missed it, read about Bill's incredible life in his featured interview from the Spring 2021 CAS Quarterly (available online). He said that after 155 features and 51 years, the set is his home, and the crew is his family. They've always been there, and they've never let him down. Board member Sherry Klein announced the Student Recognition Award. She thanked the sponsors who had donated products to the gift bags each finalist received. Sherry also thanked iZotope and Lectrosonics for donating the cash prizes that the finalists received. Former CAS Career Achievement recipient Randy Thom provided a very humorous intro to this year's Filmmaker Award recipient, George Clooney. Randy stated that it was easy to remember George's name since that's the name of his boss, called George "devastatingly handsome," and stated that George pays attention to everything. Actor Richard Kind also contributed to George's intro, stating that the CAS is a generation too late! Rosemary Clooney, Jose Ferrer (who is George's uncle), and his dad Nick Clooney, all had great voices and never received an award from an audio society. Finally, producer Grant Heslov had good words to say about George, including how he writes in the sound on scripts. He also joked about favorite "mixers" being tonic water and soda water. George was very gracious in his acceptance and acknowledged how sound is such an important part of a movie. He related working with Ed Tyce, a sound man on Three Kings. The cinematographer was ticked off because they had to do another take for sound and Ed said to him, "On a plane, you get the picture for free but have to pay for the headsets." He noted that the Willie Burton CAS introducing the Outstanding Product – Production category

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