The Resurrection of Broncho Billy

The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (1970) is an Academy Award winning live action short film.

Story by: John Carpenter, Nick Castle, Jim Rokos, John Longenecker
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

[edit] Academy Award - Live Action Short Film

The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (1970)
As of 2006, producer John Longenecker is the only USC filmmaker to receive an Academy Award for a film project produced as part of a USC Cinema class -- The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (1970) - 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.