- Benjy
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director =Fred Zinnemann
producer =Fred Zinnemann
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starring =Lee Aaker Henry Fonda
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released =1951
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country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0043334"Benjy" is a 1951 short
documentary film directed byFred Zinnemann . It won anAcademy Award in 1952 for Documentary Short Subject. cite web |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/145522/Benjy/details |title=New York Times: Benjy |accessdate=2008-05-26|work=NY Times]Production
Henry Fonda narrates this short film about a boy who was handicapped from birth. An orthopedic pediatrician wants to provide a therapeutic regimen that could cure the child, a scoliosis patient, but first he needs to convince the boy’s parents, who have rejected the child because of his disabilities. [ “Fred Zinnemann” [http://www.blockbuster.com/catalog/personDetails/104422] ]Zinnemann and the film’s production crew worked gratis on this project, which was originally designed to be used as a fundraiser for the Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital. [ “Fred Zinnemann” [http://www.blockbuster.com/catalog/personDetails/104422] ]
In his 1992 book "An Autobiography," Zinneman noted that
Paramount Pictures arranged for the crew on this production, and that the union members connected to the production turned their salaries back to the hospital. Henry Fonda also volunteered his services for the film. [ Zinneman, Fred, "An Autobiography." Forest Stewart/Charles Scribner & Sons, 1992. ISBN: 0684190508]Although the film extensively used dramatized sequences to tell its story, it was successfully entered in the Academy Award category for Best Documentary Short Subject. [ Oscar’s Docs” [http://www.oscars.org/events/past/2005/oscars_docs/november.html] ]
Cast
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Lee Aaker - Benjy
*Henry Fonda - Narrator (voice)References
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*imdb title|id=0043334|title=Benjy
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