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Monday, July 16, 2007
Harry Knowles gets hitched, with an all-star cast
Super movie-blogger (and so much more) Matt Dentler got the scoop because Harry likes him. But not just Dentler attended Mr. Ain’t It Cool News’ big day.
Here’s Dentler’s envy-inducing report from Sunday’s event:
It was the wedding of the year for the Austin film community. Aint It Cool News founder and head geek, Harry Knowles, married his girlfriend Patricia Jones in a beautiful ceremony at Green Pastures in South Austin on Sunday night.
It was a really nice evening, as they exchanged vows as the sun set, in front an audience of approximately 150 friends and family. Among the national film community in attendance: actor Elijah Wood, filmmakers Eli Roth (‘Hostel’) and Richard Kelly (‘Donnie Darko’), producers Jim Jacks and Rana Joy Glickman, TV writer Paul Dini, and many more.
Among the Austin film community in attendance: Alamo Drafthouse owners Tim and Karrie League, producer Elizabeth Avellan, filmmakers Ellen Spiro and Tim McCanlies, SXSW co-founder Louis Black, and a host of AICN writers/contributors.
Please visit Dentler’s always top-tier blog for more stuff and a wedding photo featuring a glob of celebs, right HERE.
Patricia and Harry (photo by Matt Dentler)
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Whatever happened to ‘Mandy Lane’?
— The horror film “All the Boys Love Mandy Lane,” starring Austin native Amber Heard has lost its Friday release date, Cinematical reports.
— Matt Dentler’s blog fulfills our need for “1-18-08” discussion.
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A ‘Monster’ memory at the Alamo
“The Monster Squad” director Fred Dekker gives a lusty shout-out to the Alamo Drafthouse in the new DVD’s liner notes. He explains how the cult power of the 1987 teen horror-comedy truly hit him at the Alamo Downtown, surely an epiphany shared by many cult directors about their own movies at the famed movie house.
An excerpt from Dekker’s note:
“Twenty years ago, ‘The Monster Squad’ was released to dismissive critical reaction and anemic box office. … Then something odd happened. I began to get inklings the movie was being ‘discovered’ on cable and home video. … There were punk bands and Web sites.
“April 2006: Thanks largely to Eric Vespe of Ain’t It Cool News, I was sitting in the lobby of the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas, signing more autographs. Lots of them. Because there was a line of fans out the door and down the street, all of them there to see the movie on the big screen. That Night, ‘The Monster Squad’ played to two sold-out, screaming, cheering crowds.
“More screenings followed all over the country. Then conventions and personal appearances. … The movie did find its audience after all. It just took 20 years.”
(P.S.: After watching the “Monster Squad” DVD, I can only offer “dismissive critical reaction.”)
Speaking of the Alamo (when are we not?), the venue’s nationally beloved Rollling Roadshow — slogan: famous movies in famous places — hits the pavement again, with a stop in San Elizario, TX, on Wednesday for an inflatable-screening of “Fandango.”
Other stops include: “Friday” in South Central Los Angeles (Friday), “North By Northwest” at Mt. Rushmore (July 31) and “Deliverance” on the Chattooga River (Aug. 12). Get the rest and more at www.rollingroadshow.com.
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Winners and weirdness
The top 10 shorts from this year’s 48-Hour Film Project contest screen at 7 p.m. July 23 at the Arbor.
A panel of judges tapped the 10 from a final batch of 25 shorts (which would have been 27 shorts, but two teams missed the deadline). Films will vie for awards in 12 categories, from acting to costumes, and the best film will compete nationally.
How the contest, sponsored by Austin’s Reel Women, ran: Teams drew a genre and were given a character, prop and line of dialogue that had to be included in their film. They then had one weekend to finish the entire thing, scripting down to scoring.
Tix for this greatest-hits show are $10 and go on sale Wednesday at www.reelwomen.org. Also available at the door.
Fantastic Fest — that smash movie bash about all things sci-fi, horror, animation and fantasy — announces more crazy titles for its Sept. 20 through 27 run at the Alamo South:
A few:
“Exte: Hair Extensions” (bizarro Japanese horror with lots of hair)
“A Dirty Carnival” (Asian mob madness)
“End of the Line” (supernatural carnage in a subway tunnel; director Maurice Devereaux will be there to present)
“Finishing the Game” (Justin Lin’s spoof about finding Bruce Lee’s stand-in)
“Sex And Death 101” (Simon Baker, Winona Ryder and Patton Oswalt star in a sci-fi noir directed by Daniel Waters)
“Wrong Turn 2” (Director Joe Lynch is there to present the sequel to “Wrong Turn,” in which reality TV goes cannibal)
Get badges and all the films announced so far at www.fantasticfest.com.
Guess what movie this is …
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