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Cinematographer and Director Nestor Almendros.

We remember Academy Award winning cinematographer Nestor Almendros, who died of cancer last week at age 61. His films included "Sophie's Choice," "Kramer vs. Kramer," "The Last Metro," "Days of Heaven," (for which he won the Academy Award), "The Blue Lagoon," the Martin Scorsese portion of "Manhattan Stories," and "Billy Bathgate." Almendros worked in Havana in the early years of the Castro regime before he had a falling out with the authorities. He made a film in 1988 about the repression in Castro's Cuba, called "Nobody Listened." (Rebroadcast. Original date 5/17/88).

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, March 9, 1992: Interview with Alan Rabinowitz; Interview with Nestor Almendros; Review of Robert Stone's novel "Outerbridge Reach."
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Saving Endangered Wild Cats.

Zoologist Alan Rabinowitz. He spends his time tracking and trying to protect endangered large cats in Central America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. He's written two books about his adventures, "Jaguar" and his latest, "Chasing the Dragon's Tail." (Both are published by Doubleday.) (Rebroadcast. Original date 11/7/91).

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Cinematographer and Director Nestor Almendros.

Cinematographer Nestor Almendros. The films he has photographed include "Sophie's Choice," "Kramer vs. Kramer" and "Days of Heaven," for which he won the Academy Award. He has directed the photography for films by Eric Rohmer and Francois Truffaut. Almendros worked in Havana in the early years of the Castro regime before he had a falling out with the authorities.

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