Hutton Honors College

At the Movies with Filmmaker Angelo Pizzo

Branigin Lecture:
Running the Gauntlet: From the Movie in My Mind to the Movie on the Screen
Tues., Oct. 10, 2006 * 7 p.m. * Fine Arts Auditorium (015) * Free & open to public

Public Screening:
The Game of Their Lives
Followed by a Q&A with Mr. Pizzo
Wed., Oct. 11, 2006 * 7 p.m. * Whittenberger Auditorium, IMU * Free & open to public

An accomplished screenwriter and film producer, Angelo Pizzo grew up in Bloomington and graduated from IU in 1971 with a B.A. in political science. After attending film school at the University of Southern California, he worked at Warner Brothers Television and then moved to Time Life Films, where he became vice president for feature film production. He wrote and co-produced the films Hoosiers (1987), which was nominated for two Academy Awards and declared by ESPN and USA to be the best sports film of all time; other credits include Rudy (1993) and The Game of Their Lives (2005). He will be on campus to deliver the Braginin Lecture for the IU Institute for Advanced Study. The institute is collaborating with Union Board on the screening.

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