Benjy

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Benjy
Directed by	Fred Zinnemann
Produced by	Fred Zinnemann
Starring	Lee Aaker Henry Fonda
Release date(s)	1951
Country	United States
Language	English
IMDb profile

Benjy is a 1951 short documentary film directed by Fred Zinnemann. It won an Academy Award in 1952 for Documentary Short Subject. ^[1]

Contents 1 Production 2 Cast 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Production

Henry Fonda narrates this short film about a boy who was handicapped from birth. An orthopedic pediatrician wants to provide a therapeutic regimen that could cure the child, a scoliosis patient, but first he needs to convince the boy’s parents, who have rejected the child because of his disabilities.^[2]

Zinnemann and the film’s production crew worked gratis on this project, which was originally designed to be used as a fundraiser for the Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital. ^[3]

In his 1992 book "An Autobiography," Zinneman noted that Paramount Pictures arranged for the crew on this production, and that the union members connected to the production turned their salaries back to the hospital. Henry Fonda also volunteered his services for the film. ^[4]

Although the film extensively used dramatized sequences to tell its story, it was successfully entered in the Academy Award category for Best Documentary Short Subject.^[5]

[edit] Cast

• Lee Aaker - Benjy
• Henry Fonda - Narrator (voice)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Benjy at the Internet Movie Database

v • d • e Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject Churchill's Island (1941) · No award (1942) · December 7th (1943) · With the Marines at Tarawa (1944) · Hitler Lives (1945) · Seeds of Destiny (1946) · First Steps (1947) · Toward Independence (1948) · A Chance to Live / So Much for So Little (1949) · Why Korea? (1950) · Benjy (1951) · Neighbours (1952) · The Alaskan Eskimo (1953) · Thursday's Children (1954) · Men Against the Arctic (1955) · The True Story of the Civil War (1956) · No award (1957) · Ama Girls (1958) · Glass (1959) · Giuseppina (1960) Complete List · (1941–1960) · (1961–1980) · (1981–2000) · (2001–present)

v • d • e Films directed by Fred Zinnemann 1930s Menschen am Sonntag • Redes • Friend Indeed • They Live Again • Tracking the Sleeping Death • That Mothers Might Live • The Story of Doctor Carver • Weather Wizards • While America Sleeps • Help Wanted • One Against the World • The Ash Can Fleet • Forgotten Victory 1940s Stuffie • The Great Meddler • The Old South • A Way in the Wilderness • Forbidden Passage • Your Last Act • The Greenie • The Lady or the Tiger? • Kid Glove Killer • Eyes in the Night • The Seventh Cross • Little Mister Jim • My Brother Talks to Horses • The Search • Act of Violence 1950s The Men • Benjy • Teresa • High Noon • The Member of the Wedding • From Here to Eternity • Oklahoma! • A Hatful of Rain • The Old Man and the Sea (uncredited) • The Nun's Story 1960s The Sundowners • Behold a Pale Horse • A Man for All Seasons 1970s The Day of the Jackal • Julia 1980s Five Days One Summer

v • d • e American films of the 1950s 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959