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35-499: Established in 1999 after the failure of an earlier film festival series in the same location, the Newport Beach Film Festival features World, North America, U.S. and West Coast premieres as well as International Spotlight Series celebrating foreign language films. Notable attendees have included Jeannot Szwarc , Isidore Mankovsky , McG and Richard Sherman In 2005, Will Ferrell was the honorary chair of

70-563: A 'Youth Film Showcase.' In 2013, NBFF announced a new partnership with the Orange County Music Awards; which has produced the launch of the Music Video Showcase in the festival. 2013 was the first year this genre was included in the festival. In 2014, the festival reported record attendance of about 54,000. In 2019, the festival opened with Luce and the closing night film was A Part of Water. In 2021,

105-523: A canvas, suspended in time and space, a frozen moment of a nightmare.” Night Gallery regularly presented adaptations of classic fantasy tales by authors such as H. P. Lovecraft , as well as original works, many of which were by Serling himself. Night Gallery' s multi-segment presentation mirrored the EC horror comics of the 1950s, and hadn't been seen on television before, except for on the one-off "Trio for Terror" episode of Thriller in 1961. The series

140-456: A major contributor of scripts, although he did not have the same control of content and tone as he had on The Twilight Zone . Serling viewed Night Gallery as a logical extension of The Twilight Zone , but while both series shared an interest in thought-provoking dark fantasy , more of Zone ' s offerings were science fiction while Night Gallery focused on horrors of the supernatural . Serling appeared in an art gallery setting as

175-658: A neutral fashion to an element of horror. You spend fifteen minutes creating a mood for an audience and then you dispel it arbitrarily by trying to make them laugh." These types of segments were much less frequent in the third and final season. For the third season, the show had a lower budget, and shifted towards a shorter half-hour format, featuring either a single segment, or a single segment and one short blackout sketch. During this season, NBC explicitly asked for no more philosophical Twilight Zone -esque stories. They also demanded less adaptations of classic European-inspired fiction, in favor of more American-centric stories. NBC moved

210-517: A short story by H.P. Lovecraft), "A Question of Fear", " Silent Snow, Secret Snow ", and "The Sins of the Fathers". Robert Bloch wrote two teleplays for the show. "Logoda's Heads" was based on the story by August Derleth . "Last Rites for a Dead Druid" originally was an adaptation by Bloch of the H.P. Lovecraft/ Hazel Heald collaboration " Out of the Aeons "; however, Bloch's script was not used, and

245-429: A typical horror sound. The music was changed in an attempt to heighten the tension, and it was also a by-product of having to either cut down segments or pad them out. Richard Bracken, one of Harry Tatelman's editors on Night Gallery , later said "Harry was given the assignment by the studio and it was a job he knew that he could do one way or the other, and he did. I don't know if there was any particular glee in changing

280-460: A wraparound structure featuring Bart Simpson in the Serling role, introducing several paintings. Night Gallery was also parodied on a 1995 episode of Tiny Toons , titled "Night Ghoulery". The series was produced by former Night Gallery director Steven Spielberg. In 2023, Entertainment Weekly included it on their list of the 21 best horror anthology shows of all time. Night Gallery

315-418: Is absolutely criminal. But they don't give a shit. That has always been the disease of Hollywood. They don't care about the past, all they care about is making a lot of money now ." Szwarc additionally said that he had stopped watching the show, since the syndicated version was still being heavily used on television at that point. The original, uncut and un-edited hour-long version of the series (and without

350-639: Is largely dedicated to the Action Sports Cinema category. Jeannot Szwarc Jeannot Szwarc (born November 21, 1939) is a French director of film and television, known for such films as Jaws 2 , Somewhere in Time , Supergirl and Santa Claus: The Movie . He has also produced and written for TV. Szwarc was born in Paris . He began working as a director in American television during

385-545: The 1960s, in particular on Ironside . He has also directed episodes of The Rockford Files , Kojak , Night Gallery , JAG , Bones , Castle , Numbers , Columbo , Heroes , and dozens of other series. His feature films include Bug (1975), Jaws 2 (1978), Somewhere in Time (1980), Supergirl (1984) and Santa Claus: The Movie (1985). During the 1990s, he worked in his country of birth where he directed three feature films including La Vengeance d'une blonde (1994). Afterwards, he returned to

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420-586: The 1971–1972 season, with McCloud becoming the most popular and longest running of the four. Serling wrote many of the teleplays, including "Camera Obscura" (based on a short story by Basil Copper ), "The Caterpillar" (based on a short story by Oscar Cook ), "Class of '99", " Cool Air " (based on a short story by H.P. Lovecraft ), "The Doll", "Green Fingers", "Lindemann's Catch", and "The Messiah on Mott Street" (heavily influenced by Bernard Malamud 's "Angel Levine"). Non-Serling efforts include "The Dead Man", "I'll Never Leave You—Ever", " Pickman's Model " (based on

455-548: The BAFTA award ceremonies. The Newport Beach Film Festival is divided into eight competitive sections, in which filmmakers can submit their pieces to. The film categories that are shown in this festival include: Due to the coastal location of the festival, many of the films are connected to the history of surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding. This suggests the Newport Beach Film Festivals audience base

490-490: The United States where he directed television films and series. In 2003, Szwarc joined the crew of The WB/CW television series Smallville as a director. One of the major episodes he directed was "Homecoming", the 200th episode of the series. Szwarc co-directed, with Miguel Sapochnik , the fifth and final season premiere of the science-fiction/crime series Fringe . He has directed multiple other episodes of

525-517: The additional Sixth Sense episodes) has been shown on STARZ! ’s Encore Mystery premium movie cable network. The show has aired in the 30-minute syndicated format in several markets through the Retro Television Network in the past. MeTV had broadcast rights for Night Gallery and aired the show in its syndicated, 30-minute format, including the edited The Sixth Sense episodes. From May 21 to May 23, 2016, Decades aired

560-468: The blackout sketches were written by Laird himself, and they often featured supernatural characters (such as vampires) in black comedy situations. The inclusion of the short blackout sketches meant that some episodes in the second season had up to four different segments. Rod Serling opposed their presence on the show, due to their contrasting tone, and several of them have no introduction from Serling. He stated "I thought they [the blackout sketches] distorted

595-420: The curator and introduced the macabre tales that made up each episode by unveiling paintings (by artists Thomas J. Wright and Jaroslav "Jerry" Gebr) that depicted the stories. His intro usually was, “Good evening, and welcome to a private showing of three paintings, displayed here for the first time. Each is a collector’s item in its own way—not because of any special artistic quality, but because each captures on

630-401: The episode was rewritten and retitled. As a result, "Last Rites for a Dead Druid" bears no resemblance to "Out of the Aeons". The show featured various composers. The original pilot theme and background music was composed by Billy Goldenberg . The theme for the first two seasons, composed by Gil Mellé , is noted for being one of the first television openings to use electronic instruments. For

665-422: The episodes instead of creating their own edits, which would lead to a higher pitch in the voice of the actors. Rod Serling and Jack Laird were both said to be "livid" with the syndication edits. Some directors were allowed input before their segments were edited for syndication, including Jeannot Szwarc. When asked what he thought about the show's syndicated version, Szwarc said in 1998, "what they've done to it

700-524: The festival returned to a live format with a brunch for Variety 's "10 Actors to Watch" and other honorees including Thomasin McKenzie , Regina Hall , Simon Rex , Winston Duke , Rosanna Arquette and Harvey Keitel . In 2022, the festival officially changed its date to October, and honored actors including Jonathan Majors , Keke Palmer , Colson Baker , and Aubrey Plaza . In addition to juried awards, NBFF distributes honors to distinguished members of

735-482: The film industry: Recipients include Robert Wise , Eugene Levy , Forest Whitaker and Harvey Keitel . Recipients include Maryann Brandon , Mary Jo Markey , Robert Forster and Rosanna Arquette (2020). Recipients include Colman Domingo , Topher Grace , Mary Elizabeth Winstead , Gavin Hood , Patton Oswalt , Aubrey Plaza , Jonathan Majors and Keke Palmer . NBFF has distributed honors with many names over

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770-412: The series throughout its run. He is a graduate of Harvard University . Night Gallery Night Gallery is an American anthology television series that aired on NBC from December 16, 1970, to May 27, 1973, featuring stories of horror and the macabre . Rod Serling , who had gained fame from an earlier series, The Twilight Zone , served both as the on-air host of Night Gallery and as

805-514: The show from Wednesday to Sunday, but it was still placed in the same 10 p.m. timeslot. Regarding the changes in the third season, Serling said at the time, "I'm fucking furious. These people are taking what could have been a good series and they're so commercializing it it's not going to be commercial." Serling added that they wanted "considerable action as opposed to anything insightful, cerebral or sensitive." It has been claimed that NBC pushed for Night Gallery to become strictly an action show for

840-507: The style and content of the show, as much as getting the job done." 25 episodes of an unrelated, short-lived supernatural series from 1972, The Sixth Sense , were also incorporated into the syndicated version of the series. Serling was paid 100,000 dollars to film introductions for the episodes from The Sixth Sense , with new paintings also being commissioned for them. Serling's introductions for The Sixth Sense were written by an unknown member of Harry Tatelman's staff. As The Sixth Sense

875-522: The syndication package, because they had already entered syndication as a stand-alone movie. The syndication edits for Night Gallery were overseen by Harry Tatelman of Universal. In their book Rod Serling's Night Gallery: An After-Hours Tour , authors Scott Skelton and Jim Benson identify 39 of the 98 individual segments that were produced for Night Gallery as being "severely altered" in syndication. Segments such as "Green Fingers" and "Lindemann's Catch" had new music inserted, which leaned towards more of

910-545: The third season, Mellé's theme was replaced with a more frantic orchestral piece by Eddie Sauter . Currently, no music from the show has been released commercially. While Serling was displeased with the creative interference on Night Gallery , he still mentioned "They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar" as one of the best pieces of work he'd written, putting it above even his Twilight Zone material. Serling's Night Gallery introductions were parodied on The Simpsons ' fourth annual Treehouse of Horror special in 1993. It had

945-468: The third season, with no supernatural elements, although this would not end up being the case. Night Gallery was initially part of a rotating anthology or wheel series called Four in One . This 1970–1971 television series rotated four separate shows, including McCloud , SFX ( San Francisco International Airport ) and The Psychiatrist . Two of these, Night Gallery and McCloud, were renewed for

980-437: The thread of what we were trying to do on Night Gallery . I don't think one can show Edgar Allan Poe and then come back with Flip Wilson for 34 seconds. I just don't think they fit." In another interview, he referred to them as "foreign and substantially incorrect", complaining that "you can't sustain the mood of horror or suspense and then intersperse light laughter in the middle of it and then expect to be able to go back in

1015-519: The years, some of these awards include the Breakout Performance ( Jenny Slate , Thomasin McKenzie , Moe Dunford , Aimee Carerro ), Maverick Award ( Cooper Raiff ), Rising Star and Spotlight ( Simon Rex , Colson Baker , Anna Diop ). The Chuck Jones Center for Creativity has presented an award to student animators at the festival for a time. Beginning in 2014, NBFF began honoring "British Talent" with an award ceremony held just before

1050-482: Was achieved using stock footage from Fahrenheit 451 , Silent Running and the Apollo space missions. One of the most heavily cut segments was "They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar", which was edited down from 41 minutes to 24 minutes. For time reasons, some of the segments were paired with segments that they didn't originally air alongside. The three segments from the 1969 TV movie pilot were not included as part of

1085-508: Was cancelled, the 60-minute episodes from the first two seasons were re-edited for a 30-minute time slot. This was in order to increase the number of episodes that were available for syndication. Many segments were severely cut, and others extended by inserting "new" scenes of recycled, previously discarded, or stock footage to fill up the time. For example, the segment "The Different Ones" was extended from 15 minutes to 24 minutes, which made it long enough to air as its own stand-alone episode. This

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1120-443: Was fine with having horror elements, he wanted it to be infused with social commentary. Some of Serling's scripts were rejected by producer Jack Laird . He was a fan of the classic Universal horror films , and preferred NBC's vision of the show. In its second season, the series began using original comic blackout sketches between the longer story segments in some episodes, with this concept being conceived by Jack Laird. Most of

1155-408: Was introduced with a pilot television film consisting of three segments or movies, that aired on November 8, 1969. The second segment of the film, "Eyes," was the directorial debut of Steven Spielberg , as well as one of the last acting performances by Joan Crawford . According to Rod Serling's wife Carol, NBC envisioned Night Gallery as being a show about "action, ghouls and gore". While Serling

1190-537: Was nominated for an Emmy Award for its first-season episode "They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar" as the Outstanding Single Program on U.S. television in 1971. In 1972, the series received another nomination (Outstanding Achievement in Makeup) for the second-season episode " Pickman's Model ". Serling himself received an Edgar Allan Poe Award for writing the pilot. Shortly after Night Gallery

1225-488: Was originally a one-hour show, these episodes were all severely edited to fit into the half-hour timeslot. In order to have more commercials, some television stations required a few extra minutes be cut from episodes, in addition to the edits that had already been made by Tatelman. These edits were done by people working at their respective stations, and are described as having less care put into them when compared to Tatelman's edits. In later years, stations would simply speed up

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