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Show Taft Film Nets Nomination John Sylvester White, Paul Sand and Laura Campbell also star. Several Utah actors had principal roles in the film including, Michael Ruud, H.E.D. Redford, Michael Witt, Oscar Rowland, and Karin Isaacson. A number of1 Parkites were also used as "extras" in the production. Sellier stated, "We're proud of the nomination, Our company has had a long-time committment to the product-', ion of family-oriented entertainment. enter-tainment. We've maintained this committment in the face of an ever-changing industry, indus-try, and intend to produce . much more of this type of product." The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has nominated Taft Internat- . ional Pictures, a Utah-based motion picture and television production company, for best picture in the category of Children's Programs for a Series or Special. Nominated Nominat-ed for the Emmy was, "The I - Legend of Sleepy Hollow," a locally-produced two-hour special for NBC. "Sleepy Hollow" aired last Holloween night and was hosted by Steve Allen and Gary Coleman. Adapted from the comedic Washington Washing-ton Irving story entitled, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," the script was written by Thomas Chapman, Chap-man, Mai Wald and Jack Jacobs. Director was Henn-ing Henn-ing Schellerup, with James L. Conway producing and Charles E. Sellier, Jr. as Executive Producer. The TV adaptation of Irving's classic story concerns con-cerns a love triangle betwen Ichobod Crane (played by Jeff Goldblum of "Tenspeed and Brown Shoe"), Katrina -Van Tassel (Meg Foster of "Scarlet Letter" fame), and Drom Bones (Dick Butkus). Taft is in good company fori the competition. Nominees ! include: "The Art of Disney Animation: Disney's Wonderful Won-derful World (NBC)," "Donahue "Don-ahue and Kids: Project , Peacock (NBC)," "Emmettl Otter's Jug Band Christmas (ABC)." and "Paddington I Bear (PBS)." Winners of the 33rd Annual Emmy Awards will be announced on September 13 on C3S-TV. |