The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures lifted the curtains to show what it has in store ahead of its opening later this year. Take a look inside the new museum with ThatRebecca:
On the Friday of Oscar weekend, the Academy sneaked a peek at its other big 2020 event — the eventual opening of the"This museum belongs to everyone," said newly appointed Academy Museum Director Bill Kramer as press gathered inside what will be the museum’s main lobby in the Saban Building at the intersection of Wilshire and Fairfax on Los Angeles’ Miracle Mile. "We want to tell stories from many points of view.
Kramer said the museum construction is nearly finished and its fundraising goals are 95 percent met, with more than $368 million in pledges and cash raised. The Academy plans to reveal an opening date very soon, with all signs pointing to a high-profile, Oscar telecast announcement Sunday. Before it drops that news, the Academy led press through the museum’s key spaces, christened with the familiar names of noteworthy Hollywood donors. Visitors could sit in the plush, red 1,000-seat David Geffen Theater, which was being kept chilly to facilitate the installation of laser projection, and walk across the glass Barbra Streisand Bridge, which connects the concrete 1939 Saban Building to architect Renzo Piano’s spherical glass addition, with its sweeping Hollywood Hills views.
Like the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in its Beverly Hills headquarters, the David Geffen Theater, which is equipped to screen 35mm, 70mm, digital laser and nitrate prints, seems designed more for elegant cinema than for popcorn-chomping moviegoing, and can be accessed from the museum's north entrance that is designed to host star-studded premieres. There are no cup holders or reclining seats and a sign outside the theater warns that only water is allowed inside.
Inside the Geffen Theater, with 1000 handmade Italian seats, 66 foot by 30 foot screen, space for full orchestra. Ability to screen nitrate. Room is very cold right now for installation of laser projection. And seats are comfy . This is where Acad announced Oscar noms.
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