Hy’s article redux

By MICHAEL GOLDMAN

(One of the foreign sellers who attended that seminal La Costa meeting, Michael Goldman became the American Film Market’s first V.P. of Finance and eventually its president and chairman. He remains active in the organization on its Finance and Market Advisory Committee.)

Hy Hollinger certainly has been involved with and interested in the Hollywood-based International film sellers going back to the origins of our American Film Market and its Umbrella Organization the American Film Marketing Association now renamed IFTA, the Independent Film and Television Alliance
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Hy at the Reporter

By ROBERT MARICH

(Robert Marich lives in the NYC suburbs with wife and Variety ex-alumnus Marie Silverman Marich. He is author of “Marketing to Moviegoers: A Handbook” in its second edition with SIU Press. From 1989 to 1997, he worked in various editorial capacities at the Hollywood Reporter, including business editor and international editor.)

When Hy Hollinger joined The Hollywood Reporter in 1992, I was international editor and remember his arrival well.
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Thoughts on Hyho

By DON GROVES

(Former bureau chief of Variety‘s Sydney office, Don Groves spent several years in the publication’s London office covering the international film business. He resides in Sydney.)

I met Hyho soon after I joined Variety in 1981, succeeding the esteemed Miha (Mike Harris) as Sydney bureau chief, and quickly came to regard him as a friend, valued colleague and mentor.
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Hyho

By ROBERT HAWKINS

(A veteran of 55 years with Variety, Bob Hawkins has served in various executive capacities in Rome, London and New York. His period photographic recollections of the Cannes Film Festival can be viewed elsewhere on Simesite. Bob resides in Rome.)

HyHo was probably my favorite Variety mugg, and so I welcome him into the longrunner’s club. Hy, hello.
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This just in… Paul Harris’ acceptance speech

Feb. 24, 2009

Good evening everybody.

Mike, Paul, what the heck?

Thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen, for that warm accolade. But please hold your applause, I’ve only got a minute here before the orchestra cranks up.

It is again my distinct pleasure to stand before you holding this lovely statuette. Wow, two years in a row. How is it possible, you ask, that I continue to display such a profound and uncanny perspective of the film world? Could it be my deep roots in the entertainment industry as Variety’s D.C. mugg, a position I continue to hold after 30-plus years as a freelancer? Or the direct pipeline to Hollywood from the annual recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors who are constantly badgering me to have lunch?

Oh gosh, I have so many people to thank. I just scribbled down some names on a roll of toilet paper in the men’s room back stage – oh, here it is.

But first, I just have to say this. Oh Jennifer, you continue to be a class act. Why, just look at you sitting there right behind Brad and Angelina as if absolutely nothing were amiss. Now that, ladies and gentlemen, is acting. There needs to be a special award here tonight to honor her – but I digress.

First, I want to thank my parents, without whom this evening would not be possible. And of course my agent, Virginia Michie, who has stuck with me throughout the highs and lows of my long, long, long, long career.

And I guess I should say a few kind words about my wife, Karen, who is my spiritual advisor in all things Hollywood and ever-so-slightly more than just a bit player in this tawdry act.

Oh, and yes, please hold onto that winner’s check, as you did last year without any prompting. The honor of addressing this august gathering is its own reward.