December 6, 2004

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BMI and NARAS Visit ‘The Life Aquatic’

BMI and the Los Angeles Chapter of the Recording Academy held a special screening of the upcoming Touchstone Pictures release, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, starring Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett and Anjelica Huston. BMI Award-winning film composer Mark Mothersbaugh, and the film's director, Wes Anderson (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums), were on hand after the screening for a Q&A session conducted by Jonathan McHugh, President of the Recording Academy's Los Angeles Chapter.

Shown after the screening are Glen Lajeski, Executive Vice President, Music Creative/Marketing, Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group; Jonathan McHugh, President, Los Angeles Chapter of the Recording Academy and Vice President, Creative Development, Jive Records; BMI composer Mark Mothersbaugh; BMI's Doreen Ringer Ross, Vice President, Film/TV Relations; and director Wes Anderson.

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