The Resurrection of Broncho Billy

The Resurrection of Broncho Billy is a 1970 live action short film. It won an Academy Award for Best Short Subject. John Longenecker was attending a USC Cinema 480 undergraduate production course at USC where he produced The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (1970) - and it won an Academy Award as best live action short film. The Super Crew was the name given to the group of talented filmmakers Longenecker brought together at USC and each of the fou... more

The Resurrection of Broncho Billy is a 1970 live action short film. It won an Academy Award for Best Short Subject. John Longenecker was attending a USC Cinema 480 undergraduate production course at USC where he produced The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (1970) - and it won an Academy Award as best live action short film. The Super Crew was the name given to the group of talented filmmakers Longenecker brought together at USC and each of the four filmmakers made contributions to the story. Nick Castle was the cinematographer, John Carpenter was the film editor and wrote the original theme music for the picture, and James Rokos was the film director.The lead actor in the film was Johnny Crawford and together with John Longenecker invited executives at Universal Studios to release the picture theatrically. It opened on December 25, 1970, in Westwood Village at the Mann Theatres National for what was intended as a one week Academy Award qualifying run. The theater continued to play the... less