Movies:
FOREVER HOLLYWOOD
(Egyptian Theatre, 1999)

FOREVER HOLLYWOOD

SYNOPSIS

No other town has a story like Hollywood, and FOREVER HOLLYWOOD tells it in a way that no film ever has before. Featuring two dozen major stars and directors who give their unique perspectives on the history of the movies and the entertainment capital that created them, this American Cinematheque production vividly demonstrates that, while motion pictures and the industry may have changed enormously, the allure of Hollywood has remained potent and undiminished over the course of the 20th century. To people all over the world, Hollywood has always represented glamour and the hope of success and celebrity, and countless people arrive every year to pursue these elusive but not impossible dreams. Even when the town of Hollywood itself went into a decline in the 1970s, the industry continued to flourish, and now Hollywood Boulevard, much like New York's Times Square before it, has begun its comeback. FOREVER HOLLYWOOD is part of the resurgence that will once again make Hollywood Boulevard worthy of its status as one of the most famous streets in the world. The film will be an exclusive permanent attraction at the stunningly restored Egyptian Theatre, the first movie palace built on the boulevard and now the beautiful home of the American Cinematheque. The one-hour feature is designed to make Hollywood history come alive for film lovers and visitors, to evoke the distinct periods that produced so many different and cherished films, and to illustrate how Hollywood was influenced by significant social and cultural changes in the world. Many sources help to tell the story: striking archival footage dating back to the earliest days of the industry, behind-the-scenes glimpses of studios and films in production, rare home movies of the stars, tantalizing peeks at Hollywood nightlife and its famous clubs, remarkable historical material that reveals the ever-changing face of Los Angeles over the years, and new interviews with leading stars and filmmakers who tell the tale of the city and the movies from their infancy to today.

Springing from this backdrop are interludes from the films themselves, ranging from all-time audience favorites to motion pictures that memorably reflect the way the film business has looked at itself. The result is a constantly surprising and vastly entertaining panorama of Hollywood movies that imaginatively places them in the context of the famous community that produced them. FOREVER HOLLYWOOD is narrated by Sharon Stone and features Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Jeff Bridges, Andre de Toth, Michael Douglas, Clint Eastwood, Mel Gibson, Salma Hayek, Charlton Heston, Samuel L. Jackson, Angela Lansbury, Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Edward Norton, Robert Redford, Rob Reiner, Vincent Sherman, Kevin Spacey, Steven Spielberg, Gloria Stuart, Quentin Tarantino, John Travolta and John Waters.

The film is written and directed by Todd McCarthy, produced by Sasha Alpert and co-directed and edited by Arnold Glassman. Barbara Zicka Smith is the executive producer.

Text taken from the Egyptian Theatre Official Website.
http://www.egyptiantheatre.com/foreverhollywood.htm.
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