Scott Macdonough, Unit Publicist On ‘Annie Hall’ and ‘NORMA RAE,’ DIES AT 81

Scott Macdonough, A Veteran Unit Publicist Who Worked on Films Including Annie Hall, NORMA RAE an DinerDied Tuesday at His Home in New York, His Family Announced. HE WAS 81.

MacDonough Did Publicity for Woody Allen’s The Front (1976), Annie Hall (1977), Interiors (1978) and Manhattan (1979) and for the martin ritt-directed movies Conrack (1974), Casey’s Shadow (1978), NORMA RAE (1979), Back Roads (1981) and Stanley & iris (1990).

In interviews, Kevin Bacon Has Given Macdonough Credit for Helping Get Barry Levinson’s Diner (1982) Released after the Film tested Poorly and was put on a Shelf at mgm/ua.

Scott Pearsall Macdonough Was Born on May 15, 1944, in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. WHEN HE WAS 3, HE AND HIS SISTER, JILL, MOVed with Their Paarents, Dorothy and Jack, To Maplewood, New Jersey, WHERE HULD ATEAND COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL.

After Graduating from Middle MidDlebury College and Earning His Master’s Degree in American Literature from Columbia University, MacDonough Began His Career As a writer For Foriter For Fil. publicist.

His Publicity Credits Included The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart (1970), 40 carats (1973), Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973), Ciao maschio (1978), Chapter Two (1979), Gordon Willis’ Windows (1980), Robert Altman’s Streamers (1983) and The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988).

He was a unit publicist from 1970-90, with a Lot of that time spent at mgm/ua.

“He will be remembered for his encyclopedic Knowledge of Movies, his Skield Writing and His Incredible Sense of Humor,” his Family Noted.

In addition to his sister, survivors include his nephew, chris, and his niece, noelle. Funeral Services Will Be Private.