This week on "Sunday Morning" (Feb. 26)
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Host: Jane Pauley
COVER STORY: Giving credit: The creators of movie title sequences | Watch Video
The beautifully designed, visually dynamic or hilarious openings for movies and TV shows can be like miniature films themselves, welcoming us to the characters’ worlds. Lee Cowan introduces us to the creatives who conjure title sequences for movies and TV.
WEB EXTRA: Watch 25 stunning movie title sequences
Click through our gallery to play some of the most memorable, innovative and entertaining opening title sequences in film history.
For more info:
- artofthetitle.com
- Prologue (Kyle Cooper)
- Elastic.tv (Patrick Clair)
- erinsarofsky.com
ALMANAC: Natural color comes to movies | Watch Video
On February 26, 1909, “Woman Draped in Patterned Handkerchiefs,” shot in a process called Kinemacolor, was shown in public for the first time. Jane Pauley reports.
For more info:
- Kinemacolor (Widescreen Museum)
- “Woman Draped in Patterned Handkerchiefs” (BFI)
- George Albert Smith and Kinemacolor (National Media Museum, England)
- Kinemacolor Project
- Timeline of Historical Film Colors
- Surviving Kinemacolor (charlesurban.com)
FASHION: Christian Siriano’s perfect fit | Watch Video
The designer’s red carpet reputation has been built on creating fashions for all shapes, sizes and colors of women. Serena Altschul reports.
GALLERY: Christian Siriano’s red carpet looks
For more info:
- christiansiriano.com
- Follow Christian Siriano on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram
POSTCARD FROM MONACO: Remembering Princess Grace | Watch Video
Rita Braver travels to Monaco, the tiny principality where Hollywood royalty, Grace Kelly, became a princess, and talks to Prince Albert about the Princess Grace Foundation created to honor his mother.
For more info:
- Princess Grace Foundation - USA
- Follow the Princess Grace Foundation - USA on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram
- H.S.H. Prince Albert, Sovereign Prince of Monaco
ANIMATED SHORT: Pixar’s “Piper” (Video)
A tradition at “Sunday Morning” continues, as we present one of the five films nominated for the Academy Award this year for Best Animated Short Subject.
BEHIND THE CAMERA: Through a director’s eyes | Watch Video
Irish filmmaker Simon Fitzmaurice shepherded his passion project, “My Name Is Emily,” despite his diagnosis of ALS, Lou Gehrig’s disease. Elizabeth Palmer reports.
For more info:
- “My Name Is Emily” (Official site) - In theaters, and available on digital platforms
COMMENTARY: Why do people love to quote movies? (Video)
Faith Salie has some thoughts about people who eagerly quote from movies in everyday conversation.
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SUNDAY PROFILE: Sally Field’s Oscar memories | Watch Video
Jane Pauley catches up with the Oscar-winning actress.
For more info:
- “The Glass Menagerie” at the Belasco Theatre, New York City; opens March 9 | Ticket information
- “Hello, My Name Is Doris” (Official site)
- Follow Sally Field (@realmommagump) on Twitter
BEHIND THE SCENES: Digital doubles: Bringing actors back to life | Watch Video
Actors who are no longer with us are returning to the screen, thanks to computer-generated imagery. David Pogue of Yahoo Tech reports on “digital doubles” and the technologies being used to bring actors back to life, such as Peter Cushing, who died in 1994, but who makes a return appearance as Grand Moff Tarkin in the “Star Wars” film, “Rogue One.”
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ACADEMY AWARDS: David Edelstein’s Oscar picks | Watch Video
In a year that is momentously political, it may be hard to dodge politics when the Academy Award winners are announced. Our film critic offers his predictions.
NATURE: California starfish (Extended Video)
On this Oscar Sunday, we leave you in the company of stars - starfish on the California coast, ready for their close-up. Videographer: Jamie McDonald.
WEB EXCLUSIVES:
CALENDAR: Week of February 27 (Video)
“Sunday Morning” takes a look at some notable events of the week ahead, from International Polar Bear Day to the National Day of Unplugging. Jane Pauley reports.
NATURE UP CLOSE: Snow and ice
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