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M OT I O N P I CTU R E S O U N D E D I TO R S 99 They Partied Like It Was 1985! BY TERESA MORROW MPSE egular readers of Wavelength in the Los Angeles area are familiar with the many MPSE events that happen every year. From special screenings to Sounding Board panel events to the annual family picnic, the MPSE creates interesting opportunities for those based in California to learn and meet other editors in their local sound community. The MSPE is also an international organization with members in 44 countries around the world. The "MPSE Presents" event series has been expanding over the past few years to bring some of these opportunities to international audiences. As part of the MPSE Presents series, sound editors based in and around Toronto, Canada, were treated this summer to an exclusive screening that proved to be a thrilling moviegoing experience, a great networking evening … and for some attendees of a certain age, a real nostalgia trip. The MPSE, in collaboration with the Vaughn Film Festival (VFF), hosted a screening of the 40th anniversary re-release of Back R L-R: Eric Marks, MPSE VP, Scott Hecker, sound designer, and David Barber, MPSE President. to the Future, followed by an in-person conversation and Q&A with renowned sound designer Scott Hecker, one of the editors on the sound team that made this film an Academy Award winner for Best Sound Effects Editing in 1986. Moviegoers were welcomed into the theatre by VFF volunteers and MSPE Executive Director Tracie Costabile. MPSE President David Barber gave a short welcome speech and VFF founder Antonio Ienco revved up the crowd with a lively introduction to the film, sparing no catchphrases in the process.