A note or two news wise...Director Tony Scott appears to have committed suicide in Los Angeles last night and long time actor William Windom has died. Scott was 68 and Windom was 88.
Scott: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001716/
Windom: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0934750/
I've got an interesting William Windom story I'll try to share tomorrow.
TEN BETS #9
By this time last year, I think I was posting up to 20 guesses...maybe not as sure this year...
Last week's "Ten Bets":
1) Rust and Bone
2) Hyde Park on Hudson
3) Midnight's Children
4) Amour
5) No
6) The Central Park Five
7) Bromberg's Chaplin
8) Pixar's "Rainy Day Tales"
9) On the Road
10) Beyond the Hills
This week's "Ten Bets":
1) Rust and Bone
2) Hyde Park on Hudson
3) Midnight's Children
4) Amour
5) No
6) The Iceman
7) The Central Park Five
8) Bromberg's Chaplin
9) On the Road
10) Beyond the Hills
If the past is any indication, this next ten days should see a definite pick up in chatter about the TFF #39 program.
INVITATION
Here's your reminder to come along to the party...The Second Annual(?) Guide to the 'Ride; Flow of the SHOW" is set for Friday, Aug. 31 at 5:00 pm at The River Club in Telluride (550 Depot). It should be fun.
MASTER SNEAKING
Paul Thomas Anderson continued over the weekend his semi-subversive sneak previews of "The Master". Saturday night included two screenings in different theaters in New York City. The rumor in the last 24 hours or so is that it pops up in San Francisco tomorrow night.
At this point I am this whole parade has shaken my attempts to clearly evaluate its chances of playing Telluride. Frankly, I don't know if the "sneaks" make it more or less likely that we see it at the Palm in a few days. This whole "sneak preview" road show is unlike anything I've ever encountered since I've been writing this blog. So...hope the peeps in Toronto and Venice enjoy and maybe us too?
TROUBLE
If there has been a film with some very quiet and very subtle buzz about its possibility of being in Telluride over the last 2-3 weeks or so, that would be "Trouble with the Curve" from writer-director Robert Lorenz and starring (possibly for the last time) Clint Eastwood as well as Amy Adams and Justin Timberlake. InContention's Kris Tapley is bullish on its chances and in the last few days Anne Thompson (Thompson on Hollywood) has suggested that it could be in T-ride.
A Clint Eastwood tribute would make a lot of sense...
More later...
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An Eastwood tribute is not a possibility as he received a tribute in the early 90's. (Doesn't rule out his presence or the movie at the festival, though)
ReplyDeleteYou're absolutley correct. Eastwood WAS tributed in 1990 and was in T-ride with "White Hunter, Black Heart"...my bad!
ReplyDeleteLikelihood of a Bill Murray tribute?
ReplyDeleteHonsetly, my feeing is that a Bill Murray tribute is not highly likely. My bet is that Laura Linney and Roger Michell will both be in town in support of "Hyde Park" and that probably reduces the chance that Murray is tributed. It's not impossible, but I just think it unlikely.
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