AFIVerified account

@AmericanFilm

The American Film Institute educates & inspires. We are a member-supported non-profit organization. Become a member today.

Los Angeles, CA
bit.ly/2YaX0Xt
Joined March 2009
5,162 Photos and videos Photos and videos

Tweets

You blocked @AmericanFilm

Are you sure you want to view these Tweets? Viewing Tweets won't unblock @AmericanFilm

  1. Retweeted
    18 hours ago

    grab some popcorn and follow our friends for excellent recommendations from

    There’s no debate – today’s pick is definitely a Christmas movie. 🎄 Learn more at .
    2 retweets 5 likes
    Undo
  2. 21 hours ago

    There’s no debate – today’s pick is definitely a Christmas movie. 🎄 Learn more at .

    1 retweet 7 likes
    Undo
  3. Dec 15

    ❄️ We’ve been dreaming of this pick all month. ❄️ Learn more at .

    2 replies 6 likes
    Undo
  4. Dec 14

    We're kicking off our programming with a classic you can watch with the entire family - or all alone! Learn more at .

    1 like
    Undo
  5. Dec 13

    Vanessa Redgrave won her first Academy Award for portraying the title character in while Jason Robards won his second Oscar. The film won three of its 11 Academy Award nominations.

    2 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
    Undo
  6. Dec 13

    marked Meryl Streep’s feature film debut. She played Anne Marie, a socialite and friend to Lillian in the film. Jane Fonda was so impressed with the young actress that she tried to get her cast in (1978).

    3 retweets 8 likes
    Undo
  7. Dec 13

    Actress and Lillian Hellman previously worked together on (1966) for which Hellman wrote the screenplay.

    1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
    Undo
  8. Dec 13

    was Richard Roth’s first solo credit as a feature film producer. His efforts resulted in an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture, and his next film was David Lynch’s masterpiece Blue Velvet.

    1 retweet 8 likes
    Undo
  9. Dec 13

    is based on a chapter from Lillian Hellman’s 1973 memoir “Pentimento.” Hellman was a prolific writer in the 1930s and 1940s – and she appears in the first scene of the movie, casting a line to fish from a solitary boat.

    6 likes
    Undo
  10. Dec 13

    Want to see how the incomparable started off her legendary career? Watch her in today’s pick , also starring another film icon, .

    7 likes
    Undo
  11. Dec 12

    star Danny Kaye was the very first host of the Award ceremony in 1973. The honoree for the evening was director John Ford!

    1 reply 1 retweet 11 likes
    Undo
  12. Dec 12

    Costume designer worked on nearly 500 feature films. Head leads all female filmmakers with the most Academy Awards, winning 8 Oscars in 49 years. On the set of , Head famously told Danny Kaye: “Oh quit fussing, women go through this all the time.”

    1 reply 4 retweets 25 likes
    Undo
  13. Dec 12

    The producers of the film were unimpressed with how Danny Kaye looked in tights, so they made him wear “leg falsies” to improve the shape of his legs.

    1 reply 3 likes
    Undo
  14. Dec 12

    was co-written, co-produced and co-directed by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank – a duo who collaborated on many film projects, including .

    1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
    Undo
  15. Dec 12

    features Basil Rathbone's final sword fight on film.

    1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
    Undo
  16. Dec 12

    The most wonderful time of the year starts this Monday. 🎄🎥🎅

    1 retweet 2 likes
    Undo
  17. Dec 12

    No FOOLing, today’s is entertainment fit for a king. Go to to learn more about the 1955 musical comedy , starring Danny Kaye.

    3 likes
    Undo
  18. Dec 11

    Denzel Washington received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor & Ruth E. Carter was nominated for Best Costume Design. was named one of the top 10 films of the year by the National Board of Review and received 4 NAACP Image Awards.

    3 retweets 9 likes
    Undo
  19. Dec 11

    The film was praised by Betty Shabazz – ’s widow – who commended Spike Lee for capturing the essence of her late husband “quite well.” However, she remarked that her onscreen counterpart, played by , was more assertive than she had been in real life.

    2 retweets 13 likes
    Undo
  20. Dec 11

    marked the first time ever that a narrative, non-documentary film was granted permission to shoot in the holy city of Mecca.

    2 retweets 6 likes
    Undo

@AmericanFilm hasn't Tweeted yet.

Loading seems to be taking a while.

Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

    You may also like

    ·