Amerikai Magyar Hírlap, 1995 (7. évfolyam, 1-43. szám)

1995-03-17 / 11. szám

AMERICAN Hungarian Journal Producer Andrew Vajna Gets Lifetime Achievement Award The March 10 special issue of the Hollywood Reporter was dedicated entirely to the NATO/ShoWest Lifetime Achievement Award of Hun­garian-born filmmaker, producer and entrepreneur ANDREW G. VAJNA. The award was presented to him last week at Walt Disney Studios. Full-page greetings abound from famous personalities of the world of movies, some of them in Hun­garian - from his compatriots, such as Joe Esterhas, who says, among other things: "Your Mom makes the best Chicken Paprikash." It’s almost like in the heyday of Hollywood, when on the corridors of MGM Studios they had posters warning: "No talking in Hungarian!" Now we quote some passages from the Reporter: Nothing has been given to Vajna in his lifetime. He’s had to fight and scratch and scheme for everything he’s ever received, and the NATO/ShoWest award is no exception. Vajna collared the award the old-fashioned way: He earned it! The legend of producer, show­man and entrepreneur Andrew George Vajna has echoed throughout the global film busi­ness for years. From the yachts moored off Cannes to the mogul shrines of the Malibu Colony, tales are told about the 12-year­­old kid who crawled through the snow during a Hungarian winter to escape Communist oppression and then grew up to be one of the most respected - and richest - filmmakers in the world. It’s a saga of a one-time hair-THbute to the Music of Walter Jurmann This past weekend in Los An­geles brought to the limelight many distinguished Hungarians we can be proud of. While Walt Disney Studios were celebrating Andrew Vajna’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and the ac­cords of the Magyar Requiem were soaring under the arches of St. Stephen’s Church, at the UCLA Westwood campus Yvonne Jurmann - the Hungarian wife of Austrian-born composer Walter Jurmann - presented a magnificent show from his late husband’s works. The Schoenberg Hall Theater was filled to capacity, and among the guests were the dignitaries of several consulates, such as the Austrian, Swiss and Hungarian, as well as some well-known per­formers and musicians, such as Eddie Albert, Ivan Heczey and Tommy & Mia Vig. The show was directed and emceed by John Hall. He seemed to be remar­kably familiar with the com­poser’s work which encompassed two continents. While in Berlin, he wrote his hits in German, in Paris, his popular tunes were sung in French, and in Hol­lywood, he composed the scores to several memorable American movies. Film-clips were shown in the first part of the program, featuring Jan Kiepura, Jeanette dresser that’s got action, stars, ex­otic locales and hundreds of mil­lions of dollars made (and lost). And the best part of Andy Vajna’s life story is that besides having all the elements of an Andy Vajna movie, it’s all true. Nowadays, Vajna is known as the founder of Cinergi Produc­tions, makers of "Medicine Man," "Tombstone," "Renaissance Man," and "Color of Night." In May, Twentieth Century Fox is scheduled to release the Cinergi production "Die Hard With a Vengeance," featuring Bruce Willis; this summer will see the release of "Judge Dredd" with Sylvester Stallone; and in the fall, Demi Moore earns her letter sweater in the film adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s "The Scarlet Letter." Vajna makes big movies with big stars and big, big budgets (he es­timates the aggregate costs of the three upcoming Cinergi films at $200 million combined). What sets him apart from other Hol­lywood types, according to Fox Filmed Entertainment Chairman Peter Chernin, is this: other producers "tell us how we should spend our money. When Andy walks in, he is willing to put his money where his mouth is, and that gives him a whole different kind of credibility." Since Andrew Vajna’s life story is like a novel, we will return to it in subsequent issues. For now, let me just convey, on behalf of the American Hungarian Journal, and Csárdás Restaurant, where he often dines with his friends, our heartiest CONGRATULATIONS! SJ. MacDonald, Kathryn Grayson, Martha Eggert, Judy Garland, Ivie Anderson and others, fol­lowed by live singing by UCLA’s young talents: Rebecca Semrau, Florence Robertson, Trisha Rapier, David Shukiar and Susan Roe. During the intermission, friends found each other, and guests were admiring the items on dis­play in the two glass cases: old movie posters (the same were projected on a large screen during the show, serving as fitting background), photographs, let­ters, documents. The cities im­mortalized by the composer did appreciate his efforts: San Fran­cisco made his song the official theme of the city; and Mayor Henry Cisneros was no less ap­preciative of "San Antonio". In the second part, the UCLA Philharmonia took the stage, directed by Jon Robertson. The good-looking, fiftyish gentleman next to me started to applaud vigorously- his son was the drum­mer of the band. Good music, good songs, good singers fol­lowed: tenor John Klacka, bariton Brian Leerhuber), the UCLA Chorale and the Turning Point School Choir joined in to perform the sparkling finale. The program booklet had a quote from Walter Jurmann: "/ hope that my music will always bring joy to people in all walks of life." This evening proved him right. Susan Jancso ENGLISH PAGE by SUSAN JANCSO Your source of news and information since 1989 FIRST HUNGARIAN REFORMED CHURCH 12717 York Ave., Hawthorne, CA 90250 Ph. (310) 35S-1475 Adm. Pastor Dr. Béla Bónis, (310) 430-0876; Caretaker Dr. Béla Bíró, (310) 597-7459 Jesus’ command that his dis­ciples should love one another (John 13:31-35) is an emergency directive to a community about to lose its leader. Headers or hearers who turn the new com­mandment into a cheerful moral maxim have wrenched it from its moorings in the stark story­­world of the Fourth Gospel. Jesus is not urging that the church be a friendly place with a big parking lot where folks greet you with a smile. He had been warning his disciples to ex­pect hostility and rejection from the world; hence, his parting command that they love one another, even as Jesus loved them, is a call for them to hang together, to present a united front against the world’s hat­red. The new meaning of "love" is defined not by the Golden Rule, not by enlightened reciprocity of interest, but by Jesus’ initia­tive in laying down his life for others. Jesus’ friends must fol­low his example by serving one another sacrificially. Sacrificial love does more than create a defensive huddle; it also presents a transformative wit­ness to a world where the pur­suit of self-actualization is the 1 highest value, a world where self-asserting violence is the norm. "By this, everyone will i know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one ano­ther." The charge to the church is momentous; the credibility of the Gospel is contingent upon our sacrificial love for one another. LAST SUNDAY, after a con­gregational dinner and the pre­vious worship service, we had an inspirational program to celebrate March 15, 1848, with Anna Egyiid Winslow as chief speaker and with the participa­tion of others. Many thanks to all of them. MARCH 26. after the service we’ll have our monthly Friendship Hour featuring Dr. Bela Bíró with a talk on "No­madism and the Hungarians." All interested friends are kindly invited. APRIL 9. the local Protestant Hungarian churches will have their annual Palm Sunday Con­ference in our temple 3-6 p.m. Interested friends may have din­ner served between 12 and 2 p.m. in care of our Women of the Church. Advance notice of coming for the dinner is re­­j quired. MINDEN NAP KAPHATÓ HALÉTEL ÉS CIPÓ a CSÁRDÁS Étteremben 5820 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90004 (213) 962-6434 Dr.Szabó Tamás, D.C. 7060 Hollywood Blvd., #520 Hollywood, CA 90028-6018 (Great Western Bldg-ben, közel a La Brea-hoz) Derék, hát és lábfájdalinak Reuma, Idegfeszültség Zsibbadás kézben és lábban Gépjármű balesetek Nyak, váll és kézfájdalom munkahelyi sérülések Fejiájás Sport balesetek Készséggel állok ilyen, vagy hasonló problémájú honfitársaim rendelkezésére Tel:(213)464-1635 Fax:(213)464-1674 Dr. HAJDUCZKY ISTVÁN belgyógyász 1994 szeptember 1-től átvette Dr. SPITZER MARIANNE orvosi rendelőjét. Fogad felnőtt belgyógyászati és cardiológiai betegeket. 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