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May 29, 2007
In Seattle...
It's Day Six of the 33rd Annual Seattle Film Festival, which opened last Wednesday night with a movie I kinda love, Son of Rambow.
I arrived today just in time to attend a dinner for Anthony Hopkins and a screening with Q&A of his film, Slipstream. Tomorrow night, he gets an award from the festival and I'll be chatting with him before the presentation. He was pretty feisty tonight, which hopefully portends another intense public outing tomorrow night.
Meanwhile, I'm settling in with some DVDs, as Seattle is one of the few major festivals left that makes a wide selection of their program available for the press to check out on DVD. I expect that I will see at least three films by the time of the first screening public tomorrow... great.
Posted by poland at May 29, 2007 10:27 PM
Comments
Does Son of Rambow still have the weird press embargo on it?
At Newport Beach fest, it screened on condition no press got to see it. In Seattle, I understand press did not get to see it in advance.
Seems odd for a film with little but positive buzz.
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at May 30, 2007 12:38 AM
Seems strange as press got to see it at Sundance.
"Son of Rambow" is great. I grin just thinking about it.
Posted by: James Leer at May 30, 2007 02:00 AM
Press got to see it at Sundance because it hadn't been bought by Paramount Vantage at the time of the press screening. I guess now they own it and won't be releasing it until next year, they're trying to control who sees it/writes about it. Not sure why cause it's a great movie, much better than Black Snake Moan.
Posted by: EDouglas at May 30, 2007 04:36 AM
I saw the trailer on Ain't it Cool. It looks very, very violent. Stallone's going to have trouble getting an R-rating unless they do some serious chopping. I didn't notice a son character though.
Posted by: Krazy Eyes at May 30, 2007 10:08 AM
Not quite the same Rambow.
Posted by: jeffmcm at May 30, 2007 10:37 AM
"Dirty Gertie said, 'Now that Charles Nelson Reilly has thought of everything. Instead of making a comeback he has BLANKED."
Fannie Flagg says, "Come out".
Brett Sommers says, "Got botox".
Richard Dawsom says, "Gone to that Match Game in the sky."
Unfortunately, Richard Dawsom is right. Bummer.
Posted by: Glamourboy at May 30, 2007 12:30 PM
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