Hollywood (and Slash) honoring Robert Evans
Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone, director Brett Ratner, guitarist Slash and Variety editor-in-chief Peter Bart. What do they have in common?
They’re all pals of Hollywood legend and producer Robert Evans and on Thursday, May 22nd at 7:30pm they’re jumping on stage for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ salute to Evans at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The evening also will feature a 40th anniversary screening of the Academy Award-nominated thriller Rosemary’s Baby, a film that Evans brought to Paramount Pictures and oversaw through its production.
The celebration will start with an onstage conversation with Redstone, Ratner, Slash and Bart.
“Bob has done it all in this business, with style and flair,” said Academy President Sid Ganis in a press release. “When you get right down to it, he saved Paramount in the early 1970s. And he’s got his finger on the pulse of popular culture, having an uncanny knack for knowing exactly what moviegoers want to see.”
The screening of Rosemaryâs Baby will premiere a new print from Paramount Pictures.
Tickets to An Academy Salute to Robert Evans, featuring Rosemaryâs Baby, are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. Tickets are available for purchase by mail, at the Academy box office, or online at Oscars.org. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. All seating is unreserved.
Source: Oscars.org
