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TAPE: EF02/0257 IN_TIME: 14:16:09 DURATION: 6:07 SOURCES: APTN/ABC RESTRICTIONS: No re-use/re-sale of film/video/clips without clearance DATELINE: Los Angeles 27 March 2002/ file SHOTLIST APTN File Moore's friends gather to wish him happy birthday - New York, USA 16 April 2001 1. Tilt down ext Carnegie Hall 2. CU sign Carnegie Hall (marquee) 3, Group sing 'Happy Birthday' to Dudley APTN, Los Angeles 27th March 2002 4. B-roll Bo Derek calling her horse 5. SOT BO DEREK on having films to remember Dudley by: "You know, sometimes you don't know the real person watching them in films, but from what I know of Dudley, you did see Dudley in his work and in his films and I think that's why people loved him from the minute they saw him on the screen. He was a lovable person, he was so dear, he was so sweet. The most incredible expressions came out of his eyes and you did see them in his films. That's nice for us - for anyone who loved him I think it's great we have his films so we can watch him and get a sense of him." ABC Footage 5. Clip - 'Arthur' (courtesy: Warner Home Video) 6. Clip - 'Not only but also' (courtesy: 'Not only but also') 7. Clip - 'Ten' (courtesy: Warner Home Video) APTN, Los Angeles 27th March 2002 8. SOT BO DEREK on her memories of making '10' with Moore ABC Footage 9. Clip - 'Ten' (courtesy: Warner Home Video) APTN, Los Angeles 27th March 2002 10. SOT BO DEREK on more memories of making '10' with Moore ABC Footage 11. Mid shot Moore on stage playing piano in Australia, 1996 12. Wide shot from above, Moore on stage in Australia 13. Mid shot Moore on stage playing piano in Australia APTN, Los Angeles 27th March 2002 14 SOT BO DEREK on how Dudley would have liked to be remembered: "All the music was the most important thing to him and he was so generous with arts education and trying to pass along his passion for music to children and to other people. So I would suspect that what would make him the happiest is that we remember his music. He was a brilliant pianist, he was an amazing composer and I think that was his real passion and that was the real tragedy about his disease. Supranuclear palsy is degenerative. There is no cure, he knew that, yet he was still so brave, so courageous, so focused on finding a cure, still sharing his passion for music. He was a very brave man to the end." ABC 1999 15 Close up Moore's face as he walks 16. Doctor looking at images of Moore's brain 17. Close up one image of Moore's brain 18. SOUNDBITE (English) Dudley Moore, Actor Comedian: "I am trapped in this body and there's nothing I can do about it." 19. Mid shot Moore, zoom in to close up of face APTN file New York, USA 16 April 2001 - 20. WS Dudley Moore and friends 21. CU Dudley Moore 22. B-roll Bo Derek and Chevy Chase 23. SOT CHEVY CHASE (on Dudley being all rounder) - "It's hard to describe what it's like when someone like Dudley Moore or Ernie Kovacs... there are so few who are physically so good and men for all seasons who can do so much and there are so few that can make me laugh, actually belly laugh, without canned laughter in the background, he's one of those." 24. SOT MARY TYLER MOORE, co-star 'Six Weeks' with Dudley - "I don't remember any specific moment but they were all wonderful times and we loved each other. He and Tony, Bill the director and I and whoever else was available would go out to dinner every night after we finished... we didn't really want to say good bye." ABC Footage 25. Clip - 'Arthur' (courtesy: Warner Home Video) BO DEREK PAYS TRIBUTE TO '10' CO-STAR DUDLEY MOORE Bo Derek has been paying tribute to her long term friend and former co-star DUDLEY MOORE, who died Wednesday (27MAR02) at his home in New Jersey. Moore's publicist said the 66 year old star died at 11 a.m. EST (1600 GMT) of pneumonia as a complication of progressive supranuclear palsy. The star had been suffering from the degenerative brain condition for a number of years. The British born actor became an unlikely Hollywood heart-throb when he portrayed a cuddly pipsqueak whose charm melted hearts in '10' and 'Arthur.' Speaking on Wednesday after hearing the news of his death, Moore's '10' co-star Bo Derek spoke fondly of her friend, saying fans will always be able to remember his real life personality through his film work. "You know, sometimes you don't know the real person watching them in films, but from what I know of Dudley, you did see Dudley in his work and in his films and I think that's why people loved him from the minute they saw him on the screen. He was a loveable person, he was so dear, he was so sweet. The most incredible expressions came out of his eyes and you did see them in his films. That's nice for us - for anyone who loved him I think it's great we have his films so we can watch him and get a sense of him." The actress recalled how she became friends with Moore as they filmed '10', and how he enthralled the entire set one night by playing the movie's theme tune on a piano. There was more than a touch of autobiography in '10', possibly Moore's best known movie. The 1979 film saw Moore play a musician determined to marry a perfect woman. But the happy ending eluded him in real life with four marriages ending in divorce. He confessed to being driven by feelings of inferiority about his working-class origins in Dagenham, East London, and because of his short height of five feet, 2 1/2 inches (156 centimeters). Music was Moore's entree into public performance, first as a chorister and organist in his parish church in Dagenham and then in 1960 as a young Oxford graduate recruited for the hit four-man comedy review 'Beyond the Fringe'. Through this work, Moore formed a firm friendship with comic Peter Cook and later teamed up on television as Dud and Pete on 'Not Only ... but Also,' a sketch comedy series, and on record in the foul-mouthed but frequently hilarious guise of 'Derek and Clive'. After a number of other successes on stage and screen, Cook returned to England but Moore settled in Southern California, where he met the director Blake Edwards in a therapy group. It was Edwards who directed '10', the film that established Moore as a Hollywood star. Two years later, he had another hit role: 'Arthur,' playing a rich drunk who falls for Liza Minnelli. That marked the peak of Moore's film career, though he made several more films including a sequel to 'Arthur' in 1988. Throughout his life, music was to feature as an important aspect of Moore's abilities, both as a jazz pianist and as a parodist. Bo Derek says she believes Moore would have liked to be best remembered for his passion and talent for music. "All the music was the most important thing to him and he was so generous with arts education and trying to pass along his passion for music to children and to other people. So I would suspect that what would make him the happiest is that we remember his music. He was a brilliant pianist, he was an amazing composer and I think that was his real passion and that was the real tragedy about his disease. Supranuclear palsy is degenerative. There is no cure, he knew that, yet he was still so brave, so courageous, so focussed on finding a cure, still sharing his passion for music. He was a very brave man to the end." It was his inability to continue performing once his progressive disease took hold that most upset Moore about his later life. His death leaves many friends and fans feeling his loss, and considering their own memories of the star. Last year, several celebrity friends gathered at Carnegie Hall in New York to pay tribute to the actor as he turned 65. Among them, Chevy Chase and Moore's 'Six Weeks' co-star Mary Tyler Moore. The many fans of his work will remember him by his legacy - his music, comedy and films.