Academy Trailers Shipped to Movie Theaters Nationwide

Beverly Hills, CA - Movie goers nationwide will be treated to a special one-minute trailer 
during the month of March promoting the 74th Academy Awards Presentation on March 24.  
Some 14,000 prints of the trailer have been shipped to movie theaters nationwide.

Film fans will be reminded of some of 2001's most memorable achievements as they watch the 
15 assembled clips representing nominees in the Leading Actor, Leading Actress and Best 
Picture categories.

Graphic designer and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Arnold Schwartzman has produced the 
trailer, his sixth. Schwartzman, who received an Oscar for "Genocide," 1981's Best Documentary 
Feature, is chairman of the Academy's Documentary Awards Executive Committee. This 
year Schwartzman worked from designs created by Kyle Cooper of Imaginary Forces which will 
be repeated in the graphic design of the 74th Academy Awards Telecast.

Eastman Kodak donated the film stock and Deluxe Laboratories provided processing services for 
the trailer's production.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2001 will be presented on Sunday, March 
24, 2002, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & HighlandŽ and televised live by the ABC 
Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. (PST).  A half-hour arrival segment will precede 
the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m. 

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