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Mountain Lake
, one of only two natural
lakes
in
Virginia
, was the filming location for the fictional Kellerman's Resort in
New York's
Catskill Mountains
for the
1987
feature film
Dirty Dancing
?
Facts on topics related to Dirty Dancing
Patrick Swayze
Patrick Swayze
was the star of the first and only season of the 1982 television show
The Renegades
?
Leonie Pray House
hosted recitals by
Liberace
and
Risë Stevens
and served as the home of
Patrick Swayze
's character in
Donnie Darko
?
Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)
Up
was the second
animated film
to
receive
a nomination for the
Academy Award for Best Picture
, after
Beauty and the Beast
?
Academy Award
Academy Award
nominated
screenwriter
Ivan Moffat
was the grandson of
Victorian
actor
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
?
Academy Award
winner
Glen Hansard
was a regular visitor to
Dublin
's
Road Records
store before its closure in January 2009?
Academy Award
winner
Going My Way
was filmed at
St. Monica
's
(pictured)
, and the irascible old Irish priest character was based on its pastor?
Academy Award
-
winning
film
Thirty Seconds over Tokyo
was adapted from a book by the
pilot
of "
The Ruptured Duck
," one of 16
USAAF
bombers
in the
Doolittle Raid
on
Japan
during
World War II
?
Academy Award
-nominated screenwriter
Nancy Oliver
considered leaving show business shortly before being offered her first full-time position writing for
Six Feet Under
?
Academy Award
-nominee
Tamara Jenkins
spent time at
Yaddo
, the
artists' colony
in
Saratoga Springs, New York
, to write her
screenplay
for
The Savages
?
Oscar
-winning
executive producer
Randy Stone
co-founded
The Trevor Project
, which provided the first 24-hour, toll-free
suicide
prevention
hotline
aimed at
gay
and questioning youth in the
United States
?
film editor
Sam O'Steen
collaborated on twelve films by
Mike Nichols
, earning
Academy Award
editing nominations for
Silkwood
and
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
?
Golden Raspberry Awards
founder
John Wilson
's marketing work has included publicity for the
Academy Awards
?
J. D. Chakravarthy
's
Telugu
film
Homam
drew inspiration from
Martin Scorsese
's
Oscar
-winning film
The Departed
?
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