THE ART DIRECTORS GUILD ANNOUNCES100 YEARS OF PRODUCTION DESIGN

LOS ANGELES, February 14, 2009 --The Council of the Art Directors Guild (ADG), representing2,000 craftspeople variously engaged in the art of designing moving images for film, on occasionof the Guilds 70th anniversary and its 13th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards, todayannounced the following selection entitled 100 YEARS OF PRODUCTION DESIGN theGuilds selection of the 100 feature films that they consider to display among the best productiondesign in theatrical films from 1898 through 2000.

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ADG 100 Years of Production Design(Films Listed Chronologically)

* Denotes an Oscar nomination for Art Direction/Production Design** Denotes an Oscar win for Art Direction/Production Design

1. Man in the Moon (1898)Director: Georges MeliesArt Director: Georges MeliesCapsule: An astronomer intently pores over his books. Suddenly, in a cloud ofsmoke, Satan appears and surprises the astronomer; chaos ensues.

2. Intolerance: Loves Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)Cast: Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, F.A. TurnerDirector: D.W. GriffithArt Director: Walter L. HallCapsule: The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from herhusband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughouthistory.

3. Joan the Woman (1917)Cast: Geraldine Farrar, Raymond Hatton, Hobart BosworthDirector: Cecil B. DeMilleArt Directors: Wilfred Buckland Capsule: A WWI English officer is inspired the night before a dangerous missionby a vision of Joan of Arc, whose story he relives.

4. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)Cast: Werner Kraus, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich FeherDirector: Robert WieneArt Director: Hermann WarmCapsule: In this mystical tale of murder, mystery and mayhem, the secret lies inDr. Caligaris cabinet. But is he a doctor or a dangerous patient?

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5. Nosferatu (1922)Cast: Max Schreck, Gustav V. Wangenheim, Greta SchrderDirector: F.W. MurnauArt Director: Albin GrauCapsule: Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and in thereal estate agents wife. Silent classic based on the story of "Dracula."

6. The Thief of Bagdad (1924)Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Snitz Edwards, Charles BelcherDirector: Raoul WalshArt Director: William Cameron MenziesCapsule: The Caliph of Bagdad will give his daughters hand to the suitor whobrings back the rarest treasure after seven moons. A thief who has fallen in lovewith her, sets off on a magical journey while another suitor, the Prince of theMongols, is not playing by the rules.

7. Metropolis (1927)Cast: Alfred Abel, Gustav Frhlich, Rudolf Klein-RoggeDirector: Fritz LangArt Directors: Otto Hunte, Erich Kettelhut, Karl VollbrechtCapsule: It is the future, and humans are divided into two groups: the thinkers,who make plans (but don't know how anything works), and the workers, whoachieve goals (but don't have the vision).

8. Napoleon (1927)Cast: Albert Dieudonne, Vladimir Roudenko, Edmond Van DaeleDirector: Abel GanceArt Director: Simon FeldmanCapsule: A massive six-hour biopic of Napoleon, tracing his career from hisschooldays, his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution and theTerror, culminating in his triumphant invasion of Italy in 1797

9. Sunrise (1927) *Cast: George OBrien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret LivingstonDirector: F.W. MurnauArt Director: Rochus GlieseCapsule: In this fable-morality silent film masterpiece an "evil" woman bewitchesa farmer and convinces him to murder his neglected wife. After the farmer comesto his senses - just as he is about to kill - the married couple renew their love.

10. King of Jazz (1929) **Cast: Paul Whiteman, John Boles, Laura La PlanteDirector: John Murray AndersonArt Director: Herman RosseCapsule: This revue features the music of Paul Whiteman and his orchestra.

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11. Svengali (1930) *Cast: John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Donald CrispDirector: Archie MayoArt Director: Anton GrotCapsule: Sinister music maestro Svengali can control the actions of womenthrough hypnotism and his telepathic powers. When he meets a beautiful model,Trilby, he becomes infatuated with her, but she falls for young artist, Billee whoalso loves her. All Paris desired her, but Svengali owned her!

12. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)Cast: Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John WrayDirector: Lewis MilestoneArt Directors: Charles D. HallCapsule: A young German soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I.

13. Merry Widow (1934) **Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett HortonDirector: Ernst LubitschArt Directors: Gabriel ScognamilloSupervising Art Director: Cedric GibbonsCapsule: The small kingdom of Marshovia has a little problem. The maintaxpayer, a wealthy widow has left for Paris. Count Danilo is sent there to stopher from getting married to a stranger, so that the danger of removing the moneyis averted.

14. The Scarlet Empress (1934) *Cast: Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam JaffeDirector: Josef von SternbergArt Director: Hans DreierCapsule: Young Princess Sophia of Germany is taken to Russia to marry thehalf-wit Grand Duke Peter, son of the Empress. The domineering Empress hopesto improve the royal blood line. After the old empress dies, Sophia engineers acoup d'etat with the aid of the military, does away with Peter, and becomesCatherine the Great.

15. Top Hat (1935) *Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett HortonDirector: Mark SandrichArt Director: Carroll ClarkSupervising Art Director: Van Nest PolglaseCapsule: Showman Jerry Travers demonstrates his new dance steps late onenight in his producers London hotel, much to the annoyance of sleeping DaleTremont below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediatelyattracted to each other. But complications arise.

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16. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)Cast: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie HobsonDirector: James WhaleArt Director: Charles D. HallCapsule: Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive, not killed aspreviously believed. Dr. Frankenstein wants to get out of the evil experimentbusiness, but when a mad scientist kidnaps his wife, Dr. Frankenstein agrees tohelp him create a new creature, a woman, to be the companion of the monster.

17. Midsummer Nights Dream (1935)Cast: Ian Hunter, Verree Teasdale, Hobart CavanaughDirector: Max ReinhardtArt Director: Anton GrotCapsule: An adaptation of one of Shakespeares most well known comedies; AMidsummer Nights Dream portrays the whirlwind and confusing romancesbetween several characters.

18. Modern Times (1936)Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry BergmanDirector: Charlie ChaplinArt Director: Charles D. Hall, J. Russell SpencerCapsule: In Chaplins last 'silent' film, filled with sound effects, made wheneveryone else was making talkies, Charlie turns against modern society, themachine age, and progress.

19. The Great Ziegfeld (1936) *Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise RainerDirector: Robert Z. LeonardArt Directors: Eddie ImazuSupervising Art Director: Cedric GibbonsCapsule: At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, sideshow barker Flo Ziegfeld turnsthe tables on his more successful neighbor Billings, and steals his girlfriend toboot. This pattern is repeated throughout their lives, as Ziegfeld makes and losesmany fortunes putting on ever bigger, more spectacular shows.

20. Things to Come (1936)Cast: Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph RichardsonDirector: William Cameron MenziesArt Director: Vincent KordaCapsule: A global war begins in 1940. This war drags out over many decadesuntil most of the people still alive do not even know who started it or why.

21. Lost Horizon (1937) **Cast: Ronald Colman, John Howard, Edward Everett HortonDirector: Frank CapraArt Director: Stephen GoossonCapsule: A plane crash delivers a group of people to the secluded land ofShangri-La -- but is it the miraculous Utopia it appears to be?

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22. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) **Cast: Erroll Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil RathboneDirectors: Michael Curtis, William KeighlyArt Director: Carl Jules WeylCapsule: Sir Robin of Locksley, defender of downtrodden Saxons, runs afoul ofNorman authority and is forced to turn outlaw. With his band of Merry Men, herobs from the rich, gives to the poor and still has time to woo the lovely MaidMarian.

23. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)Cast: Charles Laughton, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas MitchellDirector: William DietereleArt Director: Van Nest PolglaseCapsule: Quasimodo, the deformed bellringer, tries to rescue the gypsy girlEsmeralda, who has been falsely accused of murder.

24. The Wizard of Oz (1939) *Cast: Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie BurkeDirector: Victor FlemingArt Director: William A. Horning, Elmer SheeleySupervising Art Director: Cedric GibbonsCapsule: In this charming film based on the popular L.Frank Baum stories,Dorothy and her dog Toto are caught in a tornado's path and somehow end up inthe land of Oz. Here she meets some memorable friends and foes in her journeyto meet the Wizard of Oz who everyone says can help her return home andpossibly grant her new friends their goals of a brain, heart and courage.

25. Gone With the Wind (1939) **Cast: Vivian Leigh, Olivia DeHavilland, Clark GableDirector: Victor FlemingProduction Designer: William Cameron MenziesArt Director: Lyle WheelerCapsule: Set against the devastating background of the Civil War, this is theclassic story of the beautiful Scarlett OHara, who has so much, yet loseseverything..

26. The Sea Hawk (1940) *Cast: Erroll Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude RainsDirector: Michael CurtizArt Director: Anton GrotCapsule: Geoffrey Thorpe is a dashing pirate, who plunders Spanish ships forthe good of England. In one such battle, he overtakes a Spanish ship and findsDona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal. He is overwhelmed by her beauty, but shewill have nothing to do with him.

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27. How Green Was My Valley (1940) **Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Maureen OHara, Anna LeeDirector: John FordArt Directors: Nathan JuranSupervising Art Director: Richard DayCapsule: At the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans (hestern, she gentle) raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find abetter life.

28. Citizen Kane (1941) *Cast: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes MoorheadDirector: Orson WellesArt Director: Perry FergusonSupervising Art Director: Van Nest PolglaseCapsule: Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane, " the story of the rise and fall of afascinating newspaper tycoon, is widely considered to be the greatest film ever tocome out of Hollywood.

29. The Children of Paradise (1945)Cast: Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre RenoirDirector: Marcel CarneArt Directors: Leon Barsacq, Raymond GabuttiCapsule: This tragic tale centers around the ill-fated love between Baptiste, atheater mime, and Claire Reine, an actress and otherwise woman-about-town.

30. Great Expectations (1946) **Cast: John Mills, Anthony Wager, Valerie HobsonDirector: David LeanProduction Designer: John BryanCapsule: An adaptation of Dickens masterpiece, Great Expectations follows Pip,a good-natured, gullible young orphan, who lives with a kind blacksmith and hisbossy, abusive wife. Pip encounters the granddaughter of the extremely wealthyMiss Havisham. Assuming she is the benefactor of his education, Pip goes on tobe a lawyer. His expectations, though, do not convey reality.

31. Beauty and the Beast (1946)Cast: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila ParlyDirector: John CocteauArt Director: Christian Brard, Lucien CarrCapsule: The half-human, half beast owner of a strange castle sentences amerchant to death unless he gives up one of his daughters. Belle sacrificesherself for her father and goes to the castle, discovering that the Beast is not sowild and inhuman as it seems.

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32. Black Narcissus (1947) **Cast: Deborah Kerr, Flora Robson, Jean SimmonsDirectors: Michael Powell, Emeric PressbergerProduction Designer: Alfred JungeCapsule: Five young British nuns are invited to move to the former house of anold generals concubines, on a mountain in the Himalayas, to start a school forchildren and girls, and an infirmary for the local dwellers. The lonely and exoticplace awakes in the sisters the innermost desires of the flesh.

33. The Red Shoes (1948) **Cast: Anton Walbrook, Moira Shearer, Marius Goring, Robert HelpmannDirector: Michael Powell, Emeric PressburgerProduction Designer: Hein HeckrothCapsule: Under the authoritarian rule of charismatic ballet impressario BorisLermontov, his proteges realize the full promise of their talents, but at a price:utter devotion to their art and complete loyalty to Lermontov himself.

34. The Heiress (1949) **Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph RichardsonDirector: William WylerProduction Designer: Harry HornerCapsule: A doctor in 19th Century New York is opposed to his daughtersproposed marriage to a handsome, but penniless young man, certain that hersuitor is after her considerable inheritance.

35. The Fountainhead (1949)Cast: Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond MasseyDirector: King VidorArt Director: Edward CarrereCapsule: Idealistic architect Howard Roark is expelled from college because hisdesigns fail to fit with existing architectural thinking. He seems unemployable butlands a job with like-minded Henry Cameron. After Camerons death Roark isdetermined to retain his artistic integrity at all costs.

36. Little Women (1949) **Cast: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret OBrienDirector: Mervyn LeRoyArt Directors: Paul GroesseSupervising Art Director: Cedric GibbonsCapsule: Louisa May Alcott's autobiographical account of her life with her threesisters in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the civil war, the sisters: Jo, Meg,Amy and Beth are at home with their mother - a very outspoken woman for hertime.

37. Sunset Blvd. (1950) **Cast: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Eric von StroheimDirector: Billy WilderArt Directors: John MeehanSupervising Art Director: Hans DreierCapsule: The story, set in '50s Hollywood, focuses on Norma Desmond, a silent-screen goddess whose pathetic belief in her own indestructibility has turned herinto a demented recluse.

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38. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) **Cast: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim HunterDirector: Elia KazanArt Director: Richard DayCapsule: Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans andis tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.

39. An American in Paris (1951) **Cast: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar LevantDirector: Vincente MinelliArt Directors: Preston AmesSupervising Art Director: Cedric GibbonsCapsule: Jerry Mulligan, a struggling American painter in Paris, is "discovered"by an influential heiress with an interest in more than Jerry's art. Jerry in turn fallsfor Lise, a young French girl already engaged to a cabaret singer.

40. Rashomon (1952) *Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki MoriDirector: Akira KurosawaProduction Designer: So MatsuyamaCapsule: In 12th century Japan, a samurai and his wife are attacked by thenotorious bandit Tajomaru, and the samurai ends up dead. Tajomaru is capturedshortly afterward and is put on trial, but his story and the wife's are so completelydifferent that a psychic is brought in to allow the murdered man to give his owntestimony.

41. Moulin Rouge (1952) **Cast: Jose Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Suzanne FlonDirector: John HustonArt Director: Paul SheriffCapsule: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec frequently visits the Moulin Rouge, wherehe drinks and draws sketches of the dancers and singers. The son of a count,Henri's legs were badly deformed by a childhood fall, and his personal life isoften unhappy as a result.

42. The Bad and the Beautiful (1953) **Cast: Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter PidgeonDirector: Vincente MinelliArt Directors: Edward CarfagnoSupervising Art Director: Cedric GibbonsCapsule: The film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywoodproducer (Kirk Douglas), as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances,including a writer (Dick Powell), a star (Lana Turner) and a director (BarrySullivan).

43. Julius Caesar (1953) **Cast: Marlon Brando, James Mason, John GielgudDirector: Joseph L. MankiewiczArt Directors: Edward CarfagnoSupervising Art Directors: Cedric GibbonsCapsule: Brutus, Cassius, and other high-ranking Romans murder Caesar,because they believe his ambition will lead to tyranny. The people of Rome areon their side until Antony, Caesar's right-hand man, makes a moving speech.

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44. On the Waterfront (1954) **Cast: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. CobbDirector: Elia KazanArt Director: Richard DayCapsule: Terry Malloy dreams about being a prize fighter, while running errandsfor the corrupt boss of the dockers union. Terry witnesses a murder and latermeets the dead man's sister and feels responsible for his death. She introduceshim to Father Barry, who tries to force him to provide information that will smashthe dock racketeers.

45. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) **Cast: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul LukasDirector: Richard FleischerArt Director: Harper GoffSupervising Art Director: John MeehanCapsule: The oceans are no longer safe; many ships have been lost. Sailorshave returned to port with stories of a vicious narwhal that sinks their ships. Anaturalist, his assistant, and a professional whaler join a US expedition thatattempts to unravel the mystery.

46. The Night of the Hunter (1955)Cast: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian GishDirector: Charles LaughtonArt Director: Hilyard M. BrownCapsule: A religious fanatic marries a gullible widow whose young children arereluctant to tell him where their real daddy hid $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.

47. Giant (1956) *Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, Rock HudsonDirector: George StevensProduction Designer: Boris LevinCapsule: Texan rancher Bick Benedict visits a Maryland farm to buy a prizehorse. He meets and falls in love with the owner's daughter Leslie, they aremarried immediately and return to his ranch. The story of their family and itsrivalry with cowboy and (later oil tycoon) Jett Rink unfolds across twogenerations.

48. The King and I (1957) **Cast: Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Rita MorenoDirector: Walter LangArt Directors: John De Cuir Sr.Supervising Art Director: Lyle R. WheelerCapsule: Anna arrives in Bangkok, where she has contracted to teach English tothe children of the royal household. She adores the children and, after atempestuous start, eventually falls in love with the king, but her British upbringinginhibits her from joining his harem.

49. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)Cast: William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Alec GuinnessDirector: David LeanArt Director: Donald M. AshtonCapsule: After settling his differences with a Japanese POW camp commander,a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men's construction of a railwaybridge for their captors - while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it.

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50. Gigi (1958) **Cast: Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis JourdanDirector: Vincente MinelliProduction Designer: Cecil BeatonArt Director: E. Preston Ames, William A. HorningCapsule: Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and ayouthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship, but it may not stayplatonic for long.

51. Ben-Hur (1959) **Cast: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya HarareetDirector: William WylerArt Directors: Edward Carfagno, William A. HorningCapsule: When a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Romanfriend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.

52. North by Northwest (1959) *Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James MasonDirector: Alfred HitchcockProduction Designer: Robert BoyleCapsule: A middle-aged Madison Avenue advertising executive is mistaken for agovernment agent by a gang of spies. He gets involved in a series ofmisadventures and is pursued across the States by both the spies and thegovernment while being helped by a beautiful blonde.

53. The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) **Cast: Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut, Shelley WintersDirector: George StevensArt Directors: George W. DavisSupervising Art Director: Lyle R. WheelerCapsule: Harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and theirfriends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.

54. The Apartment (1960) **Cast: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurrayDirector: Billy WilderArt Director: Alexander TraunerCapsule: Bud Baxter is a struggling clerk in a huge New York insurancecompany. He's discovered a quick way to climb the corporate ladder - by lendingout his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Baxteroften has to deal with the aftermath of their visits and one night he's left with amajor problem to solve.

55. The Hustler (1961) **Cast: Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper LaurieDirector: Robert RossenProduction Designer: Harry HornerCapsule: An up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a singlehigh-stakes match. Now broke and without his long-time manager, the up-andcomer faces an uphill battle to regain his confidence and his game.

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56. West Side Story (1961) **Cast: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ TamblynDirector: Jerome RobbinsProduction Designer: Boris LevenCapsule: West Side Story is the award-winning adaptation of the classicromantic tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. The musical follows two youngsters fromrival NYC gangs who fall in love.

57. To Kill A Mockingbird (1962) **Cast: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank OvertonDirector: Robert MulliganArt Directors: Henry Bumstead, Alexander GolitzenCapsule: Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a blackman against an undeserved rape charge, and his kids against prejudice.

58. Lawrence of Arabia (1963) **Cast: Peter O Toole, Alec Guiness, Anthony QuinnDirector: David LeanProduction Designer: John BoxCapsule: Epic tale of a flamboyant and controversial British military figure andhis conflicted loyalties during wartime service.

59. Cleopatra (1963) **Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex HarrisonDirector: Joseph L. MankiewiczProduction Designer: John DeCuir Sr.Capsule: The story of Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt who wants to stabilize herpower by using the tensions in the Roman Empire.

60. Dr. Strangelove (1964)Cast: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling HaydenDirector: Stanley KubrickProduction Designer: Ken AdamCapsule: An insane general wants to start a nuclear holocaust that a war roomof politicians and generals frantically try to stop.

61. Mary Poppins (1964) *Cast: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David TomlinsonDirector: Robert StevensonArt Directors: William H. TunkeSupervising Art Director: Carroll ClarkCapsule: The movie combines a diverting story, songs, color and sequences oflive action blended with the movements of animated figures as Mary Poppins, amagic nanny, comes to work for a cold banker's unhappy family.

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62. My Fair Lady (1965) **Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley HollowayDirector: George CukorProduction Designer: Gene Allen, Cecil BeatonCapsule: A misogynistic and snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wagerthat he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.

63. Dr. Zhivago (1965) **Cast: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine ChaplinDirector: David LeanProduction Designer: John BoxCapsule: Life of a Russian doctor/poet who, although married, falls for a politicalactivist's wife and experiences hardships during the Bolshevik Revolution.

64. Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966) **Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George SegalDirector: Mike NicholsProduction Designer: Richard SylbertCapsule: A bitter aging couple, with the help of alcohol, use a young couple tofuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other.

65. Fantastic Voyage (1966) **Cast: Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O'BrienDirector: Richard FleischerProduction Designer: Dale Hennesy, Jack Martin Smith Capsule: A diplomat is nearly assassinated. In order to save him, a submarine isshrunken to microscopic size and injected into his blood stream with a smallcrew. Problems arise almost as soon as they enter the bloodstream.

66. You Only Live Twice (1967)Cast: Sean ConneryDirector: Lewis GilbertProduction Designer: Ken AdamCapsule: Agent 007 and the Japanese secret service ninja force must find andstop the true culprit of a series of spacejackings before nuclear war is provoked.

67. Planet of The Apes (1967)Cast: Charlton Heston, Roddy MacDowall, Kim HunterDirector: Franklin SchaffnerArt Director: William Creber,Supervising Art Director: Jack Martin SmithCapsule: An astronaut crew crash lands on a planet in the distant future whereintelligent talking apes are the dominant species, and humans are the oppressedand enslaved.

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68. Oliver (1968) **Cast: Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, Oliver ReedDirector: Carol ReedProduction Designer: John BoxCapsule: Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale of an orphan whoruns away from the orphanage and hooks up with a group of boys trained to bepickpockets.

69. 2001 A Space Odyssey (1968) *Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William SylvesterDirector: Stanley KubrickProduction Designers: Tony Masters, Ernest Archer, Harry LangeCapsule: 2001 is a story of evolution. A race begins between computers (HAL)and man (Bowman) to achieve the next step in evolution, whatever that may be.

70. A Lion in Winter (1969)Cast: Peter O Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony HopkinsDirector: Anthony HarveyArt Director: Peter MurtonCapsule: 1183 AD: King Henry II's three sons all want to inherit the throne, buthe won't commit to a choice. They and his wife variously plot to force him.

71. Fiddler On The Roof (1971) *Cast: Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard FreyDirector: Norman JewisonProduction Designer: Robert BoyleCapsule: Film version of the stage musical, based on the stories of SholomAleichem. Tevye the Milkman is a Jewish peasant in pre-Revolutionary Russia,coping with the day-to-day problems of 'shtetl' life, his Jewish traditions, hisfamily (wife and daughters), and state-sanctioned pogroms.

72. A Clockwork Orange (1971)Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael BatesDirector: Stanley KubrickProduction Designer: John BarryCapsule: In future Britain, charismatic delinquent Alex DeLarge is jailed and latervolunteers for an experimental aversion therapy developed by the government inan effort to solve society's crime problem...but not all goes to plan.

73. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)Cast: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Rene AuberjonoisDirector: Robert AltmanProduction Designer: Leon EricksenCapsule: Set in winter in the Old West. Charismatic but dumb John McCabearrives in town to set up a whorehouse/tavern with the shrewd Mrs. Miller, aprofessional madam. When a major corporation wants to buy out the town,McCabe refuses, and his decision has major repercussions for him, Mrs. Miller,and the town.

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74. The Conformist (1971)Cast: Jean Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone MoschinDirector: Bernardo BertolucciProduction Designer: Ferdinando ScarfiottiCapsule: A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroadto arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.

75. Cabaret (1972) **Cast: Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Joel GreyDirector: Bob FosseProduction Designer: Rolf ZehetbauerCapsule: A female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic-era Berlinromances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.

76. The Sting (1973) **Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert ShawDirector: George Roy HillProduction Designer: Henry BumsteadCapsule: In 1930s Chicago, a young con man seeking revenge for his murderedpartner teams up with a master of the big con to win a fortune from a criminalbanker.

77. The Godfather Part 2 (1974) **Cast: Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane KeatonDirector: Francis Ford CoppolaProduction Designer: Dean TavoularisCapsule: The continuing saga of the Corleone crime family tells the story of ayoung Vito Corleone growing up in Sicily and in 1910s New York; and followsMichael Corleone in the 1950s as he attempts to expand the family business intoLas Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

78. Chinatown (1974) *Cast: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John HustonDirector: Roman PolanskiProduction Designer: Richard SylbertCapsule: A private detective is hired by a woman who suspects her prominenthusband of having an affair. In the ensuing scandal, it seems he was hired by animpersonator and not the real wife who is found dead. He is plunged into acomplex web of deceit involving murder, incest and municipal corruption allrelated to the city's water supply.

79. Barry Lyndon (1975) **Cast: Ryan ONeal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick MageeDirector: Stanley KubrickProduction Designer: Ken AdamCapsule: In the Eighteenth Century, an Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widowand assumes her dead husband's position in 18th Century aristocracy.

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80. All the Presidents Men (1976) **Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack WardenDirector: Alan J. PakulaProduction Designer: George JenkinsCapsule: In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter BobWoodward covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic PartyNational headquarters. Along with his partner Carl Bernstein, they find the trailleading higher and higher in the Republican Party; and eventually into the WhiteHouse itself.

81. Star Wars (1977) **Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie FisherDirector: George LucasProduction Designer: John BarryCapsule: Luke Skywalker leaves his home planet, teams up with other rebels,and tries to save Princess Leia from the evil clutches of Darth Vader.

82. Alien (1979) *Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica CartwrightDirector: Ridley ScottProduction Designer: Michael SeymourCapsule: A mining ship, investigating a suspected SOS, lands on a distantplanet. The crew discovers some strange creatures and investigates.

83. Apocalypse Now (1979) *Cast: Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert DuvallDirector: Francis Ford CoppolaProduction Designer: Dean TavoularisCapsule: During the on-going Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on adangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade Green Beret whohas set himself up as a God among a local tribe.

84. Tess (1980) **Cast: Nattasja Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh LawsonDirector: Roman PolanskiProduction Designer: Pierre GuffroyCapsule: A young strong-willed peasant girl becomes the affection of two men,in the end tragically falling into the arms of one.

85. Heavens Gate (1980) *Cast: Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, Isabelle HuppertDirector: Michael CiminoProduction Designer: Tambi LarsenCapsule: In 1890s Wyoming, Sheriff James Averill attempts to protect immigrantfarmers from wealthy cattle interests.

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86. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) **Cast: Harrison Ford, Karen AllenDirector: Steven SpeilbergProduction Designer: Norman ReynoldsCapsule: Indiana Jones hears from a museum curator about a biblical artifactcalled The Ark of the Covenant, which can hold the key to human existence.Jones has to venture to distant places to find this artifact. However, he will haveto fight his enemy and a band of Nazis in order to reach it.

87. Reds (1981) *Cast: Warren Beatty, Diane KeatonDirector: Warren BeattyProduction Designer: Richard SylbertCapsule: A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communistrevolution in Russia and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the UnitedStates.

88. Blade Runner (1982) *Cast: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean YoungDirector: Ridley ScottProduction Designer: Lawrence G. PaullCapsule: In Los Angeles, 2019, Deckard is a Blade Runner, a cop whospecializes in terminating replicants. Originally in retirement, he is forced to re-enter the force when six replicants escape from an offworld colony to Earth.

89. Fanny and Alexander (1982) **Cast: Bertil Guve, Pernilla AllwinDirector: Ingmar BergmanArt Director: Anna AspCapsule: The title characters are children in an exuberant and colorfulhousehold in a Swedish town early in the twentieth century. After their fathersearly death, their mother marries a bishop and moves the children to his austereand forbidding chancery where the children are immediately miserable.

90. Amadeus (1984) **Cast: F. Murray Abraham, Tom HulceDirector: Milos FormanProduction Designer: Patrizia Von BrandensteinCapsule: The incredible story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashbackmode by Antonio Salieri - now confined to an insane asylum.

91. Brazil (1985) *Cast: Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine HelmondDirector: Terry GilliamProduction Designer: Norman GarwoodCapsule: A bureaucrat in a retro-future world tries to correct an administrativeerror and himself becomes an enemy of the state.

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92. Ran (1985) *Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akida TeraoDirector: Akira KurosawaProduction Designers: Shinobu Muraki, Yoshiro MurakiCapsule: An elderly lord abdicates to his three sons, and the two corrupt onesturn against him.

93. Out of Africa (1985) **Cast: Meryl Streep, Robert RedfordDirector: Sydney PollackProduction Designer: Stephen GrimesCapsule: In 20th Century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation ownerhas a passionate but ultimately doomed love affair with a free-sprited big-gamehunter.

94. The Last Emperor (1987) **Cast: Joan Chen, Peter OTooleDirector: Bernardo BertolucciProduction Designer: Fernando ScarfiottiCapsule: A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from hislofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half abillion people; through his abdication to his decline into a dissolute lifestyle asjust another peasant worker in the People's Republic.

95. Dangerous Liaisons (1988) **Cast: Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle PfeifferDirector: Stephen FrearsProduction Designer: Stuart CraigCapsule: Rich and bored aristocrats in Rococo France play high-stakes gamesof passion and betrayal.

96. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989) *Cast: John Neville, Eric IdleDirector: Terry GilliamProduction Designer: Dante FerrettiCapsule: An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantasticalexperiences with his band of misfits.

97. Bugsy (1991) **Cast: Warren Beatty, Annette BenningDirector: Barry LevinsonProduction Designer: Dennis GassnerCapsule: New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip toLos Angeles. In L.A. the life, the movies, and most of all strong-willed Virginia Hilldetain him while his family waits back home.

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98. LA Confidential (1997) *Cast: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Kim BasingerDirector: Curtis HansonProduction Designer: Jeannine OppewallCapsule: A shooting at an all night diner is investigated by three LA policemen intheir own unique ways.

99. Sleepy Hollow (1999) **Cast: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda RichardsonDirector: Tim BurtonProduction Designer: Rick HeinrichsCapsule: The classic story of "The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow" is brought to lifeby the gothic filmmaker Tim Burton. For Ichabod Crane to win the heart ofKatrina Van Tassel he will have to brave the nearby woods and the notoriousHeadless Horseman.

100. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) **Cast: Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang ZiyiDirector: Ang LeeProduction Designer: Tim YipCapsule: The disappearance of a magical jade sword spurs a breathtaking questfor the missing treasure. The identity of an assassin is gradually unveiled asanother poignant tale of love begins to ravel against the backdrop of WesternChina's magnificent landscape.

Production Desigers/Art Directors With Two Or More Films in ADGs 100 Years ofProduction Design

Ken Adam (4) Lawrence of Arabia (1963) Dr. Strangelove (1964) You only live Twice (1967) Barry Lyndon (1975)

John Box (3) Lawrence of Arabia (1963) Dr. Zhivago (1965) Oliver (1968)

Edward Carfagno (3) The Bad and the Beautiful (1953) Julius Caesar (1953) Ben Hur (1959)

Richard Day (3) How Green was my Valley (1940) A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) On the Waterfront (1954)

Anton Grot (3) Svengali (1930) Midsummer Nights Dream (1935)

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The Seahawk (1940)

Richard Sylbert (3) Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966) Chinatown (1974) Reds (1981)

Lyle Wheeler (2) Gone With the Wind (1939) Diary of Anne Frank (1959)

John Barry (2) A Clockwork Orange (1971) Star Wars (1971)

Cecil Beaton (2) Gigi (1958) My Fair Lady (1965)

Robert Boyle (2) North by Northwest (1959) Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

Henry Bumstead (2) To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) The Sting (1973)

Hans Dreier (2) The Scarlet Empress (1934) Sunset Blvd. (1950)

Boris Levin (2) Giant (1956) Westside Story (1961)

John Meehan (2) Sunset Blvd. (1950) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

Van Nest Polglase (2) Top Hat (1935) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

Ferdinando Scarfiotti (2) The Conformist (1971) The Last Emperor (1987)

Dean Tavoularis (2) The Godfather Part II (1974) Apocalypse Now (1979)

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