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D G A M O N T H L Y
50 years ago the USA was gearing up to celebrate its Bicentennial. As we prepare
for our country's Semiquincentennial, we look back at some of the fi lms made by
DGA members that debuted in that iconic year.
The Films of '76
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CELEBRATING FILM HISTORY
VOLUME CONTROL: Sidney Lumet coaches Peter Finch on how to yell like a
New Yorker on the set of his satirical black comedy drama, Network. The fi lm
earned Lumet the last of his fi ve DGA Award nominations before he would
receive the Guild's Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993.
DATE NIGHT: Martin Scorsese directs Robert De Niro and Cybill Shepherd in Taxi Driver. The fi lm arose from Scorsese's feeling that movies are like dreams
and earned Scorsese the fi rst of his 13 DGA Award nominations.
PHOTOS:
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PICTURES
SWAN SONG: In the fi nal feature of his illustrious career, Alfred Hitchcock directs
Barbara Harris in the black comedy thriller Family Plot. Hitchcock's signature
cameo can be seen 40 minutes into the fi lm. He appears in silhouette through
the glass door of the Registrar of Births and Deaths.
