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Tuesday, June 27, 2006
‘Stolen’ moment
— “Stolen” — a “mystery documentary” about stolen art — will be the Texas Documentary Tour film for July. The event is at 7 p.m. July 12 at the Alamo Downtown and features a Q&A with producer/director Rebecca Dreyfus. For more information, visit the Austin Film Society Web site.
— More AFS news: Member Dorian Ramirez was announced as a runner-up in RES Magazine’s “Scanner Darkly” trailer remix contest.
— Look for high-school sports doc “The Heart of the Game” to open in Austin in the first part of next month.
— Bide your time until “The Devil Wears Prada” opens with hideousskirt.com.
— As Jack Bauer says on “24,” “YOU ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME” … if you want to see “The Lost City,” “Sketches of Frank Gehry” and “I Am a Sex Addict.” The first two will be gone from the Arbor as of Friday, while “Addict” is leaving the Dobie.
— From 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Regal Gateway theater (9700 Stonelake Blvd.) presents family activities to celebrate the opening of “Superman Returns.’ Kids’ events include a moonwalk obstacle course and a “pin the hair on Lex Luthor” contest. For the adults, there’s Superman karaoke and trivia.
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Locals’ doc coming to DVD
— “Burning Man: Beyond Black Rock” will be out on DVD in August. It’s the maiden project of Gone Off Deep Productions, based on South Lamar Boulevard. The Austin-based filmmakers are producer Mike Wilson, director-editor Damon Brown and producer-story supervisor William Haskins.
— The 13th Annual Slamdance Film Festival wants your entries. Early deadline is Aug. 28. The festival is Jan 18-27 in Park City, Utah.
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Talking ‘Grind House’
— Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino talk about “Grind House” and their friendship at ew.com.
— Scientists give high marks to “An Inconvenient Truth.”
— Out & About goes to “The Proposition.”
— El Arroyo gets into the spirit for the 48 Hour Film Project. Don’t forget about the screenings of the films tonight and Wednesday at the Arbor. Photo by Angela Lee.
— John Hawkes of “Me and You and Everyone We Know” is in town with his band.
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