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Program: "Matisse & Picasso" Parts/Length: 1/30 minutes Air Dates/Time: Premiered on PBS September 20, 2000 at 10 p.m. Eastern Description: "Matisse & Picasso" offers a compelling portrait of two giants of 20th century art who inspired one another with a timeless dialogue that even death could not silence. This national Emmy nominated documentary was inspired by the Fort Worth (Texas) Kimbell Art Museum's exclusive exhibition, "Matisse & Picasso: A Gentle Rivalry," and brings together for the first time several key, visually compelling examples of the ongoing "game of chess" between the two artists. KERA's first high-definition television (HDTV) documentary combines spectacular photography of rarely seen paintings and sculpture with archival photographs and film footage of these two masters at work. Narrator: Salome Jens, veteran stage and screen actress. Voice talent: Television and screen actress GeneviËve Bujold is the voice of FranÁoise Gilot. Television actor Robert Clary is the voice of Henri Matisse. Miguel Ferrer, television and screen actor and voice performer, is the voice of Pablo Picasso. Rights/releases: 6 releases/4 years. Public television broadcasts, including noncommercial cable and one-year school record rights Producer: "Matisse & Picasso" is a production of KERA-Dallas/Fort Worth/Denton in association with the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas. Production credits: Co-Produced and Directed by Ginny Martin and Rob Tranchin; Written by Rob Tranchin; Photographed and Edited by Ginny Martin; Co-Producer: Joe Bellotti; Executive Producer: Rick Thompson; Executive in Charge: Sylvia Komatsu Funding: "Matisse & Picasso" is funded in part by a grant from The Forrest C. Lattner Foundation, and by PBS. Publicity contacts: Steve Anderson, KERA (214) 740-9283 .
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