THE RESURRECTION OF BRONCHO BILLY

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JOHNNY CRAWFORD | KRISTIN NELSON
THE RESURRECTION OF  BRONCHO BILLY	The Resurrection Of Broncho Billy (1970) Released by Universal Studios  Story By NICK CASTLE: Cinematographer JOHN CARPENTER: Original Music & Film Editing TRACE JOHNSTON JAMES ROKOS: Director JOHN LONGENECKER: Producer | Starring Johnny Crawford | article | myspace.com/JohnnyCrawfordOrchestra | Kristin Nelson | artist |  The SuperCrew  USC Cinema Department | 480  Running time: 22 minutes

Johnny Crawford just spoke on his own in the Park Bench scene with Kristin Nelson

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THE RESURRECTION OF BRONCHO BILLY Live Action Short Film FOR HIS SENIOR YEAR project at film school,  producer JOHN LONGENECKER  formed what he called the Super Crew, inviting talented film students he knew at the University of Southern California cinema department to make a western short film that would star his friend Johnny Crawford and that would win an Oscar.  After BRONCHO BILLY won the 1970 Academy Award for best live action short film, Longenecker arranged for Universal Studios to release the film theatrically, and the studio made over sixty 35 mm prints and distributed the short on a double bill with its line-up of feature movies each week for more than two years in theaters across the United States and Canada. BRONCHO BILLY holds the record as Universal Studio's most financially successful live action short film.  -- Writing Short Scripts | Chapter 6

when movie producer John Longenecker was a student here [at USC].
"It was very exciting and unique in the '60s," he said of the time
when USC was only one of a small handful of film schools in the country.
Longenecker made his mark here by winning an Academy Award while still a student.

When George Lucas was still relatively unknown, he inspired Longenecker.
Lucas had been visiting campus one day in 1968 and Longenecker struck up a conversation.

Lucas gave him this piece of advice: "He said that all the struggles with the cinema department
will be worth it if I can walk out of school with my film under my arm."

Longenecker took those words to heart
and focused his efforts at making a short film while in school.

"I started off with a blank piece of paper with the intention
of writing a story and making a short film that would win an Oscar,
and I did," he said.

His senior year project, "The Resurrection of Broncho Billy,"
won the Academy Award for live action short film in 1970,
when he was only 23 years old. "Broncho Billy" holds the record
as Universal Studios' most financially successful live action short film,
according to the book Writing Short Scripts by William H. Phillips.

Longenecker remembers having no stage fright that night
as he delivered his acceptance speech
with then-department chair Bernie Kantor at his side.

"Right now, it really doesn't matter much
that I got a "B" for this picture.
But no hard feelings, Dr. Kantor,"
Longenecker joked that night.

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That comment got a laugh from the audience, he said.

Longenecker thinks that today's cinema-television school [1999]
- [now USC School of Cinematic Arts]
- [1970 USC Cinema Department]
is too institutionally entrenched.

"Back then [1970] we were more free spirited
and less cutthroat competitive," he said.
Older men dominated the movie industry, Longenecker said.
"It was a locked-up industry of adults," he said.

"That all changed with Spielberg and Lucas."

USC Cinema claimed to own the copyright to Broncho Billy in 1970.
However, for The Resurrection Of Broncho Billy (1970) U.S. Copyright Law at that time
provided that the copyright could be renewed by an author of the film
during the 28th year after the film was first released -- so 28 years was 1998

Your: Story • Treatment • Screenplay • Short Films
learn more about copyright at Copyright.gov |

Filmmakers may simply enter to into licensing agreements
for distribution of their short films without transferring copyright ownership.

What ought to be offered to film school students is
-- insight into U.S. Copyright Law and
-- an introduction to film industry guild and union agreements
• The Writers Guild Agreement --
• The Directors Guild Agreement --
• The Screen Actors Guild Agreement --
• The Prodcers Guild of America --
along with business with respect to other guilds, unions and organizations

Hang On To The Copyright to your original works of authorship!

Register your original story, treatment, script and completed movie with the U.S. Copyright office.

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US Copyright Office: http://copyright.gov/ |

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Internet links

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email: JOHN@JLemail.com | 800 470-4602

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