The Pittsburgh Film Office will once again roll out the red carpet -- and Hollywood-style hoopla -- for its annual "Lights! Glamour! Action!" party.

The gala, which doubles as a fund-raiser, will be held at the SouthSide Works Cinema on March 5, the night of the 78th annual Academy Awards. On tap: red-carpet arrivals, VIP champagne reception, buffet with food from Pittsburgh restaurants and hotels, silent auction and the live Oscar telecast on the big screen.

The event, now in its sixth year, has become a key source of funding for the office. Last year's party grossed $125,000.

"We did a pre-holiday e-mail, but the invitations will go out in another two weeks," Dawn Keezer, director of the office, said this week. "This should be the biggest and best party we've had in six years. It's a great way to experience a little bit of Hollywood right here in Pittsburgh."

The office is still looking for sponsors, and the dozen-plus who have signed on are listed on the agency's Web site.

Tickets are $125 for the gala, $250 for VIPs and $500 for patrons, which includes a VIP ticket and a Feb. 3 patron party at J. Verno Studios on the South Side, where participants record their favorite movie lines. Those mini-performances then will be shown on screen at the gala.

On Oscar night, silent-auction items will include a Los Angeles getaway with airfare and hotel accommodations; weekend for two at Mountaineer Race Track and Gaming Resort; DVDs autographed by filmmakers Michael Moore and Kevin Smith; autographed items from TV programs, including "The Daily Show" with Oscar host Jon Stewart, "According to Jim" and "The Bernie Mac Show"; official Oscar posters; and tickets to the Pittsburgh Opera, CLO, Ballet and other events.

For more information or to buy tickets, go to www.pghfilm.org or call 412-261-2744.

Double feature

The Oaks Theater in Oakmont is showing "The Producers" and "The Producers" -- the new and 1968 versions -- Sunday and Monday.

On both nights, the 2005 film with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick will start at 5:15 p.m. and be followed by the original starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder. Admission is $5 for one movie, $8 for the double feature. Jane Feuer, author of "The Hollywood Musical" and a professor at the University of Pittsburgh, will lead an audience discussion after Monday's movies.

The new "Producers" begins a regular one-week run there today.

From Kansas to King Kong

AARP the Magazine has named "Capote" 2005's best movie for grown-ups, although it celebrated "King Kong" as "best movie for grown-ups who refuse to grow up."

Also singled out: Jeff Daniels, best actor 50 and over, for his turn as a self-absorbed father on the brink of divorce in "The Squid and the Whale"; Joan Plowright, actress, as a widow striking out on her own in "Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont" (yet to open in Pittsburgh); and Steven Spielberg, director, for "Munich."

Other winners: screenwriters, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, "Brokeback Mountain"; breakaway accomplishment, David Strathairn, "Good Night, and Good Luck"; documentary, "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room"; intergenerational movie, "Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story."

Also, comedy for grown-ups, "The Producers"; foreign language film, "Ushpizin"; grown-up love story, Craig T. Nelson and Diane Keaton, "The Family Stone"; movie time capsule, "Cinderella Man"; and TV movie, "The Girl in the Cafe."

All winners receive La Chaise d'Or or The Golden Chair trophy, in the shape of a lounge chair. They will be featured in the March-April issue of the magazine, and Daniels and Plowright are among the winners expected to attend a gala dinner Feb. 7 at the Bel-Air Hotel in Los Angeles.

If you missed "Capote," by the way, Pittsburgh Filmmakers will be bringing it to the Harris Theater, Downtown, Jan. 20 through Feb. 2.

Good luck finding it

"Good Night, and Good Luck" was the best-reviewed movie of 2005, according to the Rotten Tomatoes Web site. That is based on a tally of 169 reviews of print, broadcast and online critics.

For a movie in wide release -- playing at a multiplex near you -- that honor went to "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit." George A. Romero's "Land of the Dead" was the best-reviewed horror picture.

Other high-scorers:

Best action/adventure: "Batman Begins."
Animation: "Wallace & Gromit."
Comedy: "The 40-Year-Old Virgin."
Kids/family: "Millions."
Romance: "Pride & Prejudice."
Sci-fi/fantasy: "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire."
Documentary: "March of the Penguins."
Foreign film: "Kung-Fu Hustle."
Thriller: "A History of Violence."

First Published: January 13, 2006, 5:00 a.m.