gator-28 — 17 years ago(March 22, 2009 09:12 PM)

2009 ACADEMY AWARDS ' IN MEMORIAM ' TRIBUTE
The just short of four-minute tribute video (3:42) contained only 38 faces this year.
The time frame for inclusion into the tribute video each year always follows a calendar which this time was - 1 February 2008 through 31 January 2009, however there was time to add JAMES WHITMORE into the mix as he departed the scene on 6 February while production of the video was still in its early stages.
Each year when there are questions as to why this or that celebrity is not shown there is usually a statement, very much like the following when BRAD RENFRO was excluded from the 2008 Academy Awards ' IN MEMORIAM ' Tribute, even though he died on 15 January 2008 -
" Unfortunately we cannot include everyone," said Leslie Unger, spokeswoman for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts5b4 and Sciences. " Our goal is to honor individuals who worked in the many professions and trades of the motion picture industry, not just actors."
Each year more than 100 names are proposed out of which always less than 45 to 50 appear on the Oscars telecast.
One does not necessarily need to be a member of the Academy, nor ever be nominated for an Academy Award, for consideration.
Here are just some of those missing names which were submitted, although not selected for 2009 -
EDIE ADAMS - ROBERT ARTHUR - HENRY BECKMAN - SAM BOTTOMS - GEORGE CARLIN - ARTHUR C. CLARKE - FRED CRANE - MEL FERRER - NEIL HEFTI - PETER KASTNER - MICHAEL KIDD - EARTHA KITT - HARVEY KORMAN - JOHN PHILLIP LAW - PERRY LOPEZ - BARRY MORSE - LOIS NETTLETON - ANITA PAGE - JOY PAGE - MICHAEL PATE - HOUSE PETERS JR - ROBERT PROSKY - ANN SAVAGE - MALVIN WALD - (24)
Throughout the showing of the 2009 production, QUEEN LATIFAH sang - " I'll Be Seeing You " - before the larger screen and smaller screens behind and around her.
Here are the names, in sequence, of all those who were featured in the 2009 ' IN MEMORIAM ' Tribute -
Cyd Charisse - Dancer / Actress
Bernie Mac - Actor
Burton ' Bud ' Stone - Executive
Ollie Johnston - Animator
Van Johnson - Actor
J. Paul Huntsman - Sound Editor
Michael Crichton - Producer / Writer / Director
Nina Foch - Actress
Pat Hing111cle - Actor
Harold Pinter - Writer
Charles H. Joffe - Producer
Kon Ichikawa - Director
Charles H. Schneer - Producer
Abby Mann - Screenwriter
Roy Scheider - Actor
David Watkin - Director of Photography
Robert Mulligan - Director
Evelyn Keyes - Actress
Richard Widmark - Actor
Claude Berri - Director
Maila Nurmi - Actress / Vampira
Isaac Hayes - Actor / Musician
Leonard Rosenman - Composer
Ricardo Montalban - Actor
Manny Farber - Film Critic
Robert DoQui - Actor
Jules Dassin - Director
Paul Scofield - Actor
John Michael Hayes - Screenwriter
Warren Cowan - Publicist
Joseph M. Caracciolo - Producer
Stan Winston - Special Effects
Ned Tanen - Producer / Executive
James Whitmore - Actor
Charlton Heston - Actor
Anthony Minghella - Director / Producer
Sydney Pollack - Director / Producer/ Actor
Paul Newman - Actor

" ALL GLORY IS FLEETING "