POST-PROD PUZZLER - AwardPlay

crossword by Tiare Widmaier and Myles Mellor , as seen in January-February 2008 MPEG magazine.

Across
1. Matt Chesse edited this new film, The ___ (two words).
7. Michael ___ won the Oscar for cutting Saving Private Ryan.
10. Yes!
12. Richard Halsey and Scott Conrad were editors of this Academy Award winner in 1976.
13. The Black Stallion.
14. Diary of a ___ Housewife was edited by Sidney Katz in 1970.
16. The ___ Purple, or of Money.
17. “Eight legs, two fangs and an attitude” was the tagline for the 2001 movie about this pest.
19. Originally or formerly called.
21. Santa’s laugh sound.
22. Patch___ was edited by Don Zimmerman.
25. Academy Award winner for Editing in 2000: ___ Staenberg for The Matrix.
28. Danford B. Greene edited this 1970 Oscar winner.
30. Oscar’s home.
35. Martin Walsh won the Academy Award for cutting this film.
39. To walk out.
40. Spike Lee’s ___ Got Game.
41. To sign a contract.
42. Hugh S. Fowler edited the funny The Seven Year ___.
43. “If you don’t stand for something, you might fall for anything” is the tagline for ___ Lambs (two words).
46. Original pre-production tape format for mastering DVD.
48. The ___ starred Tom Hanks, whose character is reading Oh, the Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss.
50. Film players.
53. “Kia ___”: a Maori greeting used on the set for the Hobbit filming.
54. Dr. Strangelove or: __ I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
56. Tasty dishes or pasty ladies.
57. “Dinner is served” is the tagline for this 2007 movie about a ___.
58. Broken ___ is the 2005 film edited by Jay Rabinowitz.
59. Punishment: ___ and feather.

AwardPlay

In the January - February 2008 MPEG magazine issue, we debuted a new feature, a post-production-themed crossword puzzle. This initial puzzle concentrates on picture editing and, in honor of the imminent Academy Awards, it also has an Oscar sub-theme. Subsequent puzzles will be themed to other areas of post-production.

Let us know what you think of it.
- Editor

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1. 1945 Oscar winner National Velvet was edited by Robert J. ____.
2. The Last ____ featured a tour-de-force performance by Robert DeNiro.
3. Fox series ___! The Cat.
4. Chandler wrote Double Indemnity.
5. Nancy Forner was assistant editor on Revenge of the ___.
6. A request to play again.
8. He had so many shows on ABC in the 1970s that people joked that it stood for “___’s Broadcasting Company.”
9. ___ in Sight is an award-winning documentary about the American occupation in Iraq (two words).
11. Caddy___ was edited by William C. Carruth.
15. ___ 51, a pre-occupation for The X-Files.
18. Editor Thelma Schoonmaker won an Oscar for this film (two words).
20. Award first given out in 1949.
23. South America, for short.
24. Initials for Senator Humphrey, who has appeared in more than 35 TV shows, as himself.
25. ___ Efron, played Link Larkin in the movie musical Hairspray.
26. Steven Spielberg’s 1991 movie starring Julia Roberts.
27. ____ Chemin de Fer is the game of choice for Ian Fleming’s James Bond.
29. Harvey Rosenstock, William Steinkamp and Michael Tronick are all credited with editing ___ of a Woman.
31. Angelina Jolie nickname, ___woman.
32. The twisted sister to Pasadena’s prim and proper Rose Parade: Doo __.
33. 1982 Oscar winner edited by Carol Littleton.
34. Dracula: Dead and Loving It, was written and directed by ___Brooks.
36. Deadly virus does this in Outbreak.
37. 1970 Oscar-winning melodramatic thriller edited by Stuart Gilmore.
38. Abbreviation for the Game Network.
40. Chris Lebenzon and Joel Negron edited the1999 movie Sleepy ___.
44. My Own Private___ was edited by Curtiss Clayton.
45. Marty McFly’s hapless antagonist in Back to the Future.
47. In Miracle, the seemly invincible team that is opposing the US squad.
49. Age.
51. British thanks.
52. Stands for Rapid Transit Authority.
55. ___ Own the Night was edited by John Axelrad.

Puzzle solution can be found here. No fair peeking!