"I finally received some feedback from the director of the original film, John Landis. You may remember his name-aside from directing Oscar, he has directed many other popular films including Animal House, The Blues Brothers and American Werewolf in London, just to name a few. We had some excellent telephone and mail conversations and he was very excited about the project itself. I was granted permission to do a short run of his film, the Oscar motion picture, on-stage as long as it was in a non-profit way (in other words, the proceeds were donated to a charity or non-profit organization). He has been very supportive of the project from the moment we first spoke."



"I was also able to get in contact with the film's music composer Elmer Bernstein. He is well known for creating some of the best motion picture music of all time and his film credits include Caddyshack, The Blues Brothers, Ghostbusters and many more. His original score set such a wonderful tone and feel for the movie that I just had to have it for the play. He gave us his blessing and was very generous in his support of the project as well. Unfortunately, Mr. Bernstein passed away in the summer of 2004 while the whole process of getting this show off-the-ground was still in the works. He will be surely missed. I am conversing with Disney (who now owns the rights to his music) and if I can get their approval, his work will be used in this theatrical version of Oscar as a tribute to him and his generosity."



"I also received some feedback from Harry Shearer, who played Guido Finucci in the film. Harry has been on Saturday Night Live, does numerous voices for the Simpsons including Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders and others, as well as appeared in many feature films including This is Spinal Tap and Wayne's World 2. He has given us his blessing and support of the project as well."