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Barbra Honors Warren Beatty |
News/July 2008 |
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At the American Film
Institute's tribute to Warren Beatty last night in Hollywood, Barbra
dropped by (via video) to offer her congratulations. Most notably
Barbra reminisced about the time she and Beatty worked together at
the McGovern benefit in 1972. This moment took on special meaning as
Barbra offered up a rare personal recollection of one of the major
milestones of her career.
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The Forum Concert
Remembered
July 9, 2008
At the AFI Tribute to Warren
Beatty, Barbra rekindled some special memories when she spoke about
her involvement in the McGovern benefit of 1972. That benefit featured
performance sets by Barbra, James Taylor and Carole King. The evening
was the brain child of Beatty: a fundraiser for presidential candidate
George McGovern would support efforts to unseat incumbent president
Richard Nixon.
At the AFI tribute, Barbra recalled,
"I did get to be
in one Warren Beatty production: the concert for George McGovern in
1972. I wasn't doing live performances then, but Warren is very
persuasive and impressive, as a matter of fact, he masterminded
everything from the invitations to getting famous people as ushers
like Jack Nicholson, Burt Lancaster, Cass Elliott. And after all the
insecurity and stage fright, I was really glad that Warren made me
perform because it was for a man I truly admire."
The conclusion of
Barbra's AFI video was her introduction of former Senator McGovern,
who was in the auditorium. McGovern took the opportunity to offer his
own personal response to Barbra's words:
"It's very moving
for me to hear Barbra Streisand, this woman of matchless talent,
speak so generously about that '72 campaign, even though it was a
losing one. And I agree with her. It might have been better for the
country if we had prevailed."
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