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4th Qtr, 2019
MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD
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ACE HONORS TEWO PAST PRESIDENTS AT 70TH EDDIE AWARDS
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ACE is delighted to announce that two distinguished editors and ACE past presidents – Alan Heim, ACE, and Tina Hirsch, ACE – will be honored with ACE Career Achievement Awards, on Jan. 17 at the 70th ACE Eddie Awards.
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When Oscar®-winning director Sam Mendes (American Beauty) sent Lee Smith, ACE, the script for his new film he told him to read the covering note first. “He said, ‘It will make you laugh,’” says Oscar winner Smith (Dunkirk), who previously worked with Mendes on Spectre. “I was very excited to read the script but the cover note did make me question just why he wanted me to do this. It said the film was to appear ‘as if one continuous shot.’”
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Ford v Ferrari
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Christian Bale and Matt Damon play 1960s racing legends Ken Miles and Carroll Shelby, respectively, in James Mangold’s drama about the Ford Motor Company’s efforts to beat racing dynasty Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. read more…
The Goldfinch
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Director John Crowley’s screen adaptation of Donna Tartt’s 2014 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Goldfinch tells the story of Theodore Decker, who was 13 years old when his mother was killed in a bombing at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. In the immediate aftermath of the tragedy, he steals a priceless piece of art known as The Goldfinch. read more…
The Irishman
The Irishman is the story of Frank Sheeran, a mob hit man and World War II vet who reflects on the events that defined his career as a hit man – in particular his friendship with labor leader Jimmy Hoffa and his involvement with the Bufalino crime family.
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Marriage Story
Writer director Noah Baumbach has described cinema as an antidote to divorce in which “movies have healed some of my darkest moments and helped me understand what I thought was beyond me.” That’s the motivation behind Marriage Story, an incisive and compassionate portrait of a marriage breaking up, the divisive legal process and heartbreaking attempts to keep a family together. read more…
Motherless Brooklyn
Based on the Jonathan Lethem novel of the same name, Motherless Brooklyn centers on the rampant corruption and mingling of politics with construction in 1950s New York. Edward Norton served as writer, director, producer and star of this neo noir detective thriller.
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