Berkeley has connections to three Academy Award-winning best films: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, and The English Patient, all produced by Saul Zeantz at Fantasy Studios.
Alice Waters named her restaurant Chez Panisse after a movie date where she saw the film trilogy Panisse, Fanny and Cesar.
Pauline Kael, the renowned film critic, started her career at a small art film house in Berkeley projecting films and reading her reviews on Berkeley-based KPFA.
Berkeley's history with movies dates back to the early 1900s when establishments like the Berkeley Opera House and Berkeley Theater incorporated films into their programming.
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