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Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Screenings Marx the spot
A bona fide Marx Brothers festival is happening at the San Antonio Street Cafe at the Texas Hillel (2105 San Antonio St.), with “Monkey Business” and “Horse Feathers” next up at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Shows continue Wednesdays through Aug. 2, with special introductions by local experts. Along with titles like “Duck Soup,” “Coconuts” and “A Night at the Opera” is a Marx Brothers exhibit at the cafe. Call 476-0125 or hit www.texashillelcafe.com.
Former Texan Scott Mechlowicz co-stars in the Nick Nolte drama “Peaceful Warrior,” and will do a Q and A following the 7 p.m. screening this Friday at the Dobie.
Undead? This ‘Zombie’ is alive and well
Austin music mainstays Joe Ely, Michael Fracasso, Sara Hickman and Jimmy Lafave are getting green and gooey today for their cameos as zombie guitarists in the big local production “Z: A Zombie Musical”, which keeps drawing local luminaries to the set.
So far, Dale Watson, Austin Symphony conductor Peter Bay, the Tosca String Quartet and Mayor Will Wynn and former mayors Bruce Todd and Jeff Friedman have joined the undead fun. Wheelchair rugby player Mark Zupan of “Murderball” is slated to play a small role as well. The movie’s written and directed by John McLean. Check out www.azombiemusical.com.
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Timberlake and Fergie in Austin
Ryan Phillippe, Justin Timberlake and Abbie Cornish are set to star in the briefly stalled Kimberly Peirce project, which begins shooting this summer in Austin and El Paso. Location scouting is under way around town for the Paramount-produced war drama.
At the Internet Movie Database page for the still untitled movie — which you can peruse here — the plot is distilled to this: “Back home in Texas after fighting in Iraq, a soldier refuses to return to battle despite the government mandate requiring him to do so.”
In case you missed this, the currently shooting Robert Rodriguez/Quentin Tarantino horror movie “Grind House” will hit theaters April 6, 2007, according to Dimension Films.
Rodriguez is still shooting his half, the zombie freakout “Planet Terror.” Tarantino will start shooting his part, the slasher flick “Death Proof,” in August. Of course, all of this is happening right here in Austin.
Though QT’s cast hasn’t been named yet, “Planet Terror” stars Naveen Andrews (“Lost”), Freddy Rodriguez, Rose McGowan, Josh Brolin, Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas and others.
