robert opel streaked across the stage at the 1974 academy awards.
robert opel streaked across the stage at the 1974 academy awards.
who streaked across the stage at the 1974 academy awards?
robert opel
perhaps the most widely seen streaker in history was 34-year-old robert opel, who streaked across the stage of the dorothy chandler pavilion in los angeles flashing a peace sign on national us television at the 46th academy awards in 1974. bemused host david niven quipped, "isn't it fascinating to think that probably the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings." later, evidence arose suggesting that opel's appearance was facilitated as a publicity stunt by the show's producer jack haley, jr.. robert metzler, the show's business manager, believed that the incident had been planned in some way; during the dress rehearsal niven had asked metzler's wife to borrow a pen so he could write down the famous line, which was thus not the ad-lib it appeared to be. niven's encounter with the streaker was voted the top oscars moment by film fans in 2001.
streaking
bud s. smith









































bud s. smith is an american film editor, producer, and director. he shared the 1984 bafta award for best editing for "flashdance" and also shared the 2008 american cinema editors career achievement award. he is a regular collaborator of director william friedkin, serving as editor on six of his films. he was nominated for academy awards for "flashdance" (1983) and "the exorcist" (1973). he is married to dialogue editor lucy coldsnow-smith.









































section::::awards and nominations.









































section::::awards and nominations.:academy awards.









































bullet::::- 1974 academy award for best film editing: "the exorcist" - with evan a. lottman & norman gay (nominated)
bud s. smith