{"id":18839,"date":"2011-11-02T19:55:43","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T09:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/?p=18839"},"modified":"2011-11-02T19:55:43","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T09:25:43","slug":"vale-gil-cates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/2011\/11\/02\/vale-gil-cates\/","title":{"rendered":"Vale &#8211; Gil Cates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_18840\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18840\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18840\" title=\"milestoneGilCates jpg.ashx\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/milestoneGilCates-jpg.ashx_.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18840\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gilbert Cates - 1934-2011<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Long time Hollywood producer, and legendary man behind-the-scenes of many an Oscar ceremony, Gilbert Cates, has passed away. Cates, who directed a number of films in the 70&#8217;s and 80&#8217;s, including <em>O God Book II<\/em> and <em>The Last Married Couple In America<\/em>, was best known as the man who reinvigorated a stale and steadfastly dull Oscar broadcast during the 90&#8217;s. After a decidedly bizarre Oscar&#8217;s ceremony in 1989, the Academy gave Cates the job of reinventing the formula for presenting this industry&#8217;s top gongs, and consequently the modern Oscar ceremony was born &#8211; thanks to the introduction of Billy Crystal and a focus on film clips. Cates went on to produce the Oscar ceremony 14 times over 18 years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For his work behind the scenes at the Academy Awards, we salute Mr Cates today. 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