Few directors are as admired.(items include Elia Kazan receiving an honorary Academy Award, at the age of 89, despite his controversial 1952 testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities; other items are also included)(Brief Article)

U.S. News & World Report | February 1, 1999 | Copyright

Few directors are as admired for their filmmaking mastery as Elia Kazan, whose credits include A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront, and East of Eden. But artistic merit hasn't dulled the sharp resentment felt by his colleagues since he broke with the Hollywood left in 1952 and named names to the House Committee on Un-American Activities, identifying eight actors as former Communist Party members. After years of snubs by the American Film Institute and many critics' groups, Kazan, 89, will get an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement from the Academy of Motion ...

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