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A32 FEATURE
Tuesday 22 May 2018

Paramount costume exhibit in Ohio satisfies 'new nostalgia'

By JULIE CARR SMYTH and Donald Scoggins that
Associated Press explored the history of Hol-
LANCASTER, Ohio (AP) — lywood costume design.
Costumes play a leading "I loved the title, and I
role as movies transport thought, 'How would I build
viewers to other times, something around that,'"
open doors to foreign cul- he said. "None of these
tures, and imagine wars in costumes are store-bought.
distant galaxies. Every one was constructed
Now, some of those ensem- from scratch, every one has
bles are on display for the some kind of story, some-
first time in "Creating the thing to tell about how the
Illusion: Costumes & Char- costume designer and the
acters from the Paramount actor collaborate."
Pictures Archive," opening That led Thropp to include
Saturday at the Decorative costume sketches, an ac-
Arts Center of Ohio and tor's motion capture suit
running through Aug. 12. from "Teenage Mutant Nin-
Visitors to the show will ja Turtles: Out of the Shad-
have a rare opportunity ows" (2016) and items with
to view more than 40 cos- interesting or enlightening
tumes linked to some of back stories. Jorgensen, an
Paramount Pictures' most author and historian, said
memorable characters. This May 17, 2018 photo shows two costumes from the 2001 film, "Zoolander," and two costumes the book and exhibit title
The display includes the from the 2016 film "Florence Foster Jenkins," on display as part of the “Creating the Illusion: Cos- derives from a quote by
hippie phase outfit worn tumes & Characters from the Paramount Pictures Archive.” iconic Paramount costume
by "Forrest Gump's" Jenny, Associated Press designer Edith Head: "What
who slogged through the a costume designer does
Lincoln Memorial Reflect- purple gown that shows up in Lancaster and now girls," Brad Pitt in "Allied," is a cross between magic
ing Pool. From "Star Trek's" up black on-screen, as manages the Paramount Meryl Streep in "Jenkins" and camouflage. We cre-
Khan, Benedict Cumber- well as the Ulster coat, eye costume and prop archive and Eddie Murphy as Foley ate the illusion of changing
batch's brown twill oil cloth patch and hat worn by Jeff in Hollywood. in Beverly Hills Cop." De- the actors into what they
coat with ribbed shawl col- Bridges in his role as Rooster "What I like about it is, I signers represented include are not." He said Hollywood
lar is shown. Also, the Detroit Cogburn. do like contributing to the Colleen Atwood, Joanna costumes are more often
Lions letterman jacket and The museum is tucked in- community, giving some- Johnston, Ruth Myers and abused, hacked up and al-
Mumford t-shirt worn by Ed- side an historic mansion in thing back," Thropp said. Michael Kaplan. tered, stolen or thrown out
die Murphy in the "Beverly rural Ohio. It's become a "Also, secondly, this is a Thropp borrowed the title than lovingly protected,
Hills Cop" franchise. Others favorite venue for curator good area to test the de- of the show from a 2015 preserved and displayed
include Morticia Addams' Randall Thropp, who grew mographic. Paramount Ar- book by Jay Jorgensen as art.q
chives has never mounted
an exhibit like this. It's a way
just to get a sense for would
the people enjoy this. It's a
testing ground."
The exhibit, which visitors
enter by red carpet, fea-
tures many costumes never
before displayed to the
public, as well as props,
posters and concept art
from 21 Paramount films
since 1987, from classics
like "Forrest Gump" to cult
favorite "Zoolander."
Wardrobe pieces on dis-
play include those from
several films that received
Oscar nominations for
costume design, includ-
ing "Coming to America"
(1988), "The Addams Fam-
ily" (1991), "Lemony Snick-
et's A Series of Unfortunate
Events" (2004), "Dreamgirls"
(2006), "True Grit" (2010)
and "Florence Foster Jen-
kins" and "Allied" (2016).
Also here are items worn by
major stars — Tom Hanks in
This May 17, 2018 photo shows a costume worn by Chris Pine in "Forrest Gump" (1994), Tom This May 17, 2018 photo shows motion capture suit used for the
the 2013 film "Star Trek: Into Darkness.” Cruise in "War of the Worlds" film “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows”.
Associated Press (2005), Beyonce in "Dream- Associated Press