| Seven Hundred SeventyFourth in the Famous People (FP) Series - Ingmar Bergman |
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Seven Hundred SeventyFourth in the Famous People (FP) Series - Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a nine-time Academy Award-nominated Swedish film, stage, and opera director. He is recognized as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of modern cinema.
Bergman first began working in film in 1941 rewriting scripts, but his first major accomplishment was in 1944 when he wrote the screenplay for Torment/Frenzy, a film directed by Alf Sjöberg.
Bergman first achieved international success with Smiles of a Summer Night (1955), which won for "Best poetic humor" and was nominated for the Golden Palm at Cannes the following year. This was followed two years later with two of Bergman's best-known films, The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries. The Seventh Seal won a special jury prize and was nominated for the Golden Palm at Cannes and Wild Strawberries won numerous awards for Bergman and its star, Victor Sjöström.
Bergman continued to be productive for the next 20 years. In the early 60's he directed a trilogy that explored the theme of faith and doubt in God, Through a Glass Darkly, Winter Light, and The Silence. In 1966 he directed Persona, a film that he himself considered one of his most important films. While the film won few awards many consider it his masterpiece and one of the best films ever produced. Bergman himself considers this film along with Cries and Whispers to be his two most important films. Other notable films of the period include The Virgin Spring, Hour of the Wolf, Shame and A Passion/The Passion of Anna. Bergman also produced extensively for Swedish TV at this time. Two works of note were Scenes from a Marriage and The Magic Flute.
After his arrest in 1976 for tax evasion, Bergman swore he would never again make films in his native country. He shut down his film studio on the island of Faro and went into exile. He briefly considered the possibility of working in America and his next film, The Serpent's Egg (1977) was a German-American production and his first and only English language film. This was followed a year later with a British-Norwegian co-production of Autumn Sonata. The film starred Ingrid Bergman and was the one notable film of this period. The one other film he directed was From the Life of the Marionettes a British-German co-production.
In 1982, he temporarily returned to his homeland to direct Fanny and Alexander, a film that, unlike his previous productions, was aimed at a broader audience, but was also criticized within the profession for being shallow and commercial. Bergman stated that the film would be his last, and that afterwards he would focus on directing theatre. Since then, he wrote several film scripts and directed a number of television specials. As with previous work for TV some of these productions were later released in theaters. The last such work was Saraband (2003), a sequel to Scenes from a Marriage and directed by Bergman when he was 84 years old.
The cache is located in the Prospect Cemetery. Best access is through the small walk-in gate rather than either of the double-wide drive-in gates. This is a very easy 3 stage multi, where the final leads you to a camoed bison tube.
| Stage I |
| What is the middle name of the person laid to rest here? |
| A. |
Bucket |
N32 53.486 W095 48.718 |
| B. |
Puddles |
N32 53.476 W095 48.720 |
| C. |
Tuttle |
N32 53.468 W095 48.722 |
| D. |
Precious |
N32 53.467 W095 48.724 |
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| Stage II |
| What famous person shares the name of the person laid to rest here? |
| A. |
Gracey Allen |
N32 53.465 W095 48.664 |
| B. |
George Burns |
N32 53.455 W095 48.663 |
| C. |
Tim Conway |
N32 53.481 W095 48.664 |
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| Final |
| What are the clues? |
| A. |
Near Bergman |
Yes |
| B. |
In plain sight |
Yes |
| C. |
Tethered |
Yes |
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Avoid the use of acronym only logs and cut 'n paste logs. You must sign the log to claim the find. No exceptions, no excuses. Blank logs may be deleted without notice.