The Resurrection of Broncho Billy is a 1970 live action short film. It won an Academy Award for Best Short Subject. ^[1]

• Story by: John Carpenter, Nick Castle, Jim Rokos, John Longenecker and Trace Johnston
• Director: James Rokos ~ Cinematographer: Nick Castle ~ John Carpenter: Film Editing and Original Music ~ Producer: John Longenecker
• Cast: Johnny Crawford, Kristin Nelson, Rick Nelson (voice over), Ruth Hussey (voice over), Wild Bill Tucker, Merry Scanlon, Ray Montgomery, Nancy Wible

[edit] Academy Award - Live Action Short Film

• The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (1970)

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 film for fourteen weeks. After winning an Oscar, Universal Studios distributed the short film with their feature movies for the next two years throughout the United States and Canada.

[edit] Broncho Billy images

[edit] See also

• List of American films of 1970
• For the actor see Broncho Billy Anderson

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• The Resurrection of Broncho Billy at the Internet Movie Database
• Broncho Billy - a live action short film
• Broncho Billy - images and theme song
• Kristin Nelson
• Johnny Crawford
• Ruth Hussey
• John Longenecker
• USC School of Cinematic Arts

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