![]() ![]() Spielberg, who donated $10 million toward the movie museum, also loaned one of his greatest movie mementos, an original surviving "Rosebud" sled, the emotional centerpiece from Orson Welles' classic film "Citizen Kane." Guarding the grounds is a fearsome introductory centerpiece – Bruce, the 1,208-pound, 25-foot-long shark from Steven Spielberg's 1975 thriller "Jaws" hanging over the main escalators, the predator prop that first made moviegoers fear going into the water 46 years ago. "And there are other cities with film museums, but with all due respect, created by the Motion Picture Academy in Los Angeles, this museum has really got to be the Parthenon of such places." "We all know, films are made everywhere in the world, wonderful films," Hanks told reporters. executive chairman Bob Iger, proudly heralded the lauded new building. However, last week, board of trustees member Hanks, who spearheaded fundraising efforts with Annette Bening and Walt Disney Co. Even after Tom Hanks announced at the February 2020 Oscars that the museum would open later in the year, the COVID-19 pandemic forced additional delays. There have been building halts and budget overruns for the $484 million project. Stars bring glamour: The Academy Museum opening includes Lady Gaga, Nicole Kidman, more But there's no denying his belief that the Academy Museum will blast visitors to new worlds with its official opening Thursday, giving a long-overdue and spectacular movie home for the industry town - the film capital that put the Hollywood in Hollywood. It's unlikely that Piano will squash the nickname that has immediately stuck to the instant Los Angeles architectural icon. The Pritzker Prize-winning architect appealed to think of the 26 million-pound concrete and glass structure as a "very well built" soap bubble that will never pop, or: "Even better, call it a flying vessel ready to land or take off." "I have one favor to ask you," Piano, 84, pleaded with a smile from the state-of-the-art theater housed in the new movie museum's colossal Sphere Building. ![]() LOS ANGELES – Italian architect Renzo Piano had just one request before allowing a sneak peek of the long-awaited Academy Museum of Motion Pictures last week. Watch Video: Hanks welcomes press to 'the Parthenon' of movie museums ![]()
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