American Cinematographer - May 2003 - 142

Before his

passing, Hall
earned Academy
Awards for Butch

Cassidy and the
Sundance Kid and
American
and

he

Beauty,

March 23,

on

third,

won a

posthumous
Oscar for Road
to Perdition.
The statuette

was

accepted by his
Conrad W.
Hall, who told

son,

the crowd at the
Kodak Theater, "A

couple of months
ago, this industry
lost

one

of its

legends. Many of
you lost a great
friend and

collaborator, and
I lost my father.
It's been said that
God

gives each

and every one of
us the gift of life,
and what

we

do

with that life is
our

gift back to

Him. I can't think
of

a

better

than my

gift
father.

Dad, wherever
you are, you
will be gone,

but you

will

never

be

forgotten.
Thank you."

Almost 30 years after Conrad Hall,
ASC filmed

rioting mob wreaking
Hollywood Boulevard for
The Day of the Locust, a Walk of Fame
star bearing his name will be unveiled
somewhere in the vicinity of Grauman's
havoc

a

on

Chinese Theatre, the scene of the crime.
On May 1, Hall will become the
sixth

cinematographer to be honored
star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame. At press time, the exact location
and time of the ceremony had not been
with

a

determined, but that information will be
made available

on

the Walk of Fame's

information line (323-469-8311) and
Web site (www.hollywoodcoc.org).
The ceremony,

the

which is open to
public, will be attended by Hall's

widow, Susan; his children, Conrad W.
Hall, Kate Feist and Naia West; and

of his ASC colleagues.
"My dad had tremendous love for
what he did, the vision to expand the
many

boundaries of his craft, and the courage
to take risks and be a

leader," remarks

Conrad W. Hall. "Those

are

that get someone

the

qualities
recognized in this

town, and those are the attributes that
^

have put my dad's legacy into stone."
The Hollywood Walk of Fame
stretches

over

five

acres

vard and Vine Street, the heart of the

Haskell Wexler, ASC became the fourth

early film industry, and its pink terrazzo
stars honor those who have made signif¬
icant contributions to motion pictures,
television, radio, recording and theater.

cinematographer to be so honored (7070
Hollywood Blvd.), and three years later,

The first star

along Hollywood Boule-

actress

was

dedicated to

Joanne

Wood¬

ward in 1960, and more than
r

1,500 stars
the

r

were

dedicated in

subsequent 16 months. During

that time, stars were unveiled for

three

cinematographers, all of them
ASC members: J. Peverell Marley
(whose star can be found at 6819
Hollywood Blvd.), Ray Rennahan
(6916 Hollywood Blvd.) and

L

Leon

Shamroy (6925
Hollywood Blvd.).
In 1996, Hall's
close

y

friend

visual-effects artist Dennis Muren, ASC
became the fifth (6764

Hollywood Blvd.).
Anyone can submit a nominee for
the Walk of Fame, and a sponsorship fee
of $15,000 must be paid to the Holly¬
wood Chamber of Commerce
artist is selected for

a

nominated

by Eastman Kodak, which
paid the sponsorship fee.
"Conrad Hall was a great artist
who created an incredibly powerful and
memorable body of work that will
endure," says ASC president Richard
Crudo. "He was a source of inspiration
for many cinematographers and other
filmmakers, not only for what he did, but
how he did it. My only regret is that he's
not with us to enjoy this great honor."
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once an

star. Hall was

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