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Weekend Newsreel: May 26, 2006 Compiled by the FilmBuffOnLine staff
Weinstein Company Launches Dragon Dynasty: The Weinstein Company has announced the formation of an Asian film specialty house called Dragon Dynasty. You can read more of FilmBuffOnLine’s coverage here.
To Boldly Auction…: Christie’s auction house in New York City has announced that they will be holding a Star Trek themed auction the weekend of October 5-7, coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the premier of the original Trek television series. Going onto the auction block will be costumes, props and other ephemera from both the original television series and its spin-offs as well as items from the nine cinematic installments as well. A model of the Enterprise used for in visual effects for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) is expected to sell for between $15,000 and $25,000, while prop phasers from 2002’s Star Trek: Nemesis have been valued between $1,200.00 to $1,800. Before the auction, selected items to be auctioned will tour various science-fiction conventions. More information on the prop tour and on the auction itself can be found at Christie’s website here.
The Derby Is Declared A Landmark: The last remaining Brown Derby restaurant in Los Angeles has been saved from a real estate developer’s bulldozer. In a unanimous vote, the Los Angeles City Council voted to grant the building Historical City Landmark status, scuttling any plans to have the building torn down to build a shopping complex. The building has a strong tie to film history (previously discussed in this installment of the Newsreel), most recently appearing in the film Swingers (1996).
In Remembrance Val Guest- The British screenwriter turned director of such cult classics The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) and The Day The Earth Caught Fire (1961) has passed away at age 94. Steven C. Marshall- The sound engineer who restored the soundtracks to classic films including Gone With The Wind and The Wizard Of Oz (both 1939) has passed away at age 56.
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