The Way We Were Film screening

Q&A with Hawk Koch led by Peter Strauss and Reception to follow.

The Way We Were is a 1973 American romantic drama film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford. Arthur Laurents wrote both the novel and screenplay based on his college days at Cornell University and his experiences with the House Un-American Activities Committee.

The film was nominated for several awards and won the Oscar for Best Original Dramatic Score and Best Original Song for the theme song, “The Way We Were.” It ranked at number 6 on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions survey of the top 100 greatest love stories in American cinema.

Sunday, November 3, 2019
4 pm
Film: Ojai Art Center Theater
Reception: OAC- Gallery (6:45-8:30 pm)

Hawk Koch
Producer

Hawk Koch is a veteran movie producer, the former President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), and former President of the Producers Guild of America with Mark Gordon. Hawk is on the Board of Directors of AMC Entertainment, the Motion Picture and Television Fund (MPTF), and Cast and Crew. Hawk wrote his memoir, Magic Time: My Life in Hollywood (Post Hill Press), which releases on November 12th, 2019. Hawk will conduct a book signing at the Festival during the reception after the film.

Starting as a production assistant in 1965 and working his way all the way to the top, Hawk has been intimately involved with the making of over 60 major motion pictures, among them such classics as Marathon Man, Chinatown, Wayne’s World, Peggy Sue Got Married, Heaven Can Wait, The Way We Were and Rosemary’s Baby.