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I was given some information on a great film festival coming to Charlottesville, VA this Halloween weekend. I interviewed Schuyler Fisk a few weeks ago and her mother, Sissy Spacek is scheduled to attend opening night of the film festival, for a screening of her new film, LAKE CITY. If I wasn't in LA, I would so be there!
Here is a summary of the press release:
Sissy Spacek will be joining the film’s producers Mark Johnson and Weiman Seid and co-directors Perry Moore and Hunter Hill to present the film.
Sissy Spacek returns to the Festival for the first time since 2006, when she joined an all-star panel at The Paramount Theater to discuss the Rodrigo Garcia film Nine Lives. Spacek has been nominated for six Academy Awards as best actress, including Carrie, Missing, The River, Crimes of the Heart, and In the Bedroom, and claimed her Oscar for Coal Miner’s Daughter in 1981. Spacek will also be starring in Four Christmases which opens on November 26, 2008.
The festival will also showcase early frontrunners for 2009 Oscar consideration on Friday, October 31 at Culbreth Theatre:
The first of these is The Wrestler, starring Mickey Rourke. The film, hailed at the Toronto and Telluride Film Festivals.
Next, will be Slumdog Millionaire, the latest film from director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, 28 Days), and the winner of the coveted audience award at this year’s Toronto Film Festival.
Another is Phoebe in Wonderland which showcases a cast of Felicity Huffman, Patricia Clarkson and Elle Fanning.
Finally, two new programs of films by Charlottesville-based filmmakers will be presented.
This year’s festival, built around the theme of Aliens!, will include some 80 films and more than 100 guests covering the alien experience in all its forms, from immigration to extraterrestrials.
The Virginia Film Festival is hosted by the University of Virginia. To learn more and to order tickets, visit here.
Press Contact: info@fatdot.net
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
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