Gunar Strazdins, Cheryl Reno of the International Film Council in Atlanta, Christian Thee, and Ginny Strazdins prepare to play live movie trivia.

Nickelodeon members and guests voted for their favorite movie picks during last week’s Silver Screen Gala at the Meridian Tower Rooftop and Penthouse.

Voted favorite animated film was Triplets of Belleville , favorite classic was Casablanca , favorite cult film was Monte Python and the Holy Grail , favorite documentary was Winged Migration .

Alex of Chosen favorite historical drama was Das Boot ; favorite foreign film was Cinema Paradiso ; favorite horror–scifi was A Clockwork Orange. Chosen favorite musical, Singin’ in the Rain .

Chosen favorite literary adaptation was To Kill a Mockingbird , favorite comedy, The Graduate ; favorite thriller–mystery, Chinatown .

Howard Kincaid (foreground) and Dr. Elizabeth Joyner sample hors d’oeuvres by Classic Catering. The feather Palmetto fronds are part of Julianne Sojourner’s arrangements. The Fourth Annual Film Festival picks were Big Eden , favorite Native American Film. There were ties in three other categories. For the Latin American Film Festival, there will be a runoff between City of God and Maria Full of Grace . The African–American/ International Film Festival will choose between Lumumba and Standing in the Shadows of Motown . Tied for favorites in the Jewish Film Festival were Gloomy Sunday and Autumn Sun .

Committees will be polled in order to break these ties.

Nickelodeon’s winter Oscar Party, paying tribute to the 77th annual awards ceremony, will be held Sunday, February 27, 2005.

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A Clockwork Orange and Indiana Jones, both part of USC’s Improv Ensemble stand in front of Will Sligh’s Rolls Royce.