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GONNA FLY NOW: John G. Avildsen directs Sylvester Stallone in the sports drama Rocky.
The fi lm became a pop-cultural phenomenon with Avildsen winning both the DGA
Award and the Oscar for his direction, and the fi lm taking home the Best Picture prize
at the Academy Awards.
EVERGREEN: Director Frank Pierson (right) and star Barbra Streisand look
over the preparations for a scene in the musical drama A Star Is Born.
This remake updates the story from the world of Hollywood fi lmmaking
to the music business and the soundtrack's love theme "Evergreen"
won the Best Original Song Oscar at the Academy Awards.
STATION BREAK: DGA Past President Arthur Hiller (center) preps actors Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor for a scene in the comedic thriller Silver Streak. In his
DGA Visual History interview Hiller recalled, "The studio didn't want us to do the [iconic train] crash in Silver Streak because it was gonna cost $250,000,
which was a lot of money. They said, 'Why not just end without it?' I said, 'If we were doing a romance, yes, we could do it. But if you're doing an adventure
yarn, you better give the audience something at the end. It doesn't have to be a train crash, but it has to be something.'"
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