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Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards highlights on KLRU tonight
Brendan Fraser and Catherine Hardwicke were among the honorees at the Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony at Austin Studios Thursday, March 12, 2009. Thomas Haden Church, right, emceed the event. Photo by Larry Koolvord, Austin American-Statesman
Didn’t fraternize with Fraser? Missed hobnobbing with Billy Bob? See them from 8-9 p.m. tonight as highlights from the 2009 Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards are shown on KLRU. The awards ceremony, which was held at Austin Studios on March 12, 2009, will also be re-broadcast on KLRU2 at 9 p.m. June 3.
Emceed by Thomas Haden Church, this year’s honorees were Larry Hagman, Powers Boothe, Catherine Hardwicke, Thornton and the Wes Anderson film, “Rushmore.” Presenters included Linda Gray, Keith Carradine, Brendan Fraser and Dennis Quaid. Luke Wilson accepted honors on behalf of “Rushmore’s” cast and crew.
Other special guests included “Friday Night Lights” cast members Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Brad Leland and Dana Wheeler-Nicholson. Grammy Award-winning musician Ray Benson, 2003 Hall of Fame inductee Tobe Hooper (director of 1974’s “Texas Chainsaw Massacre”), Beastie Boy Adam Yauch and AFS Artistic Director and 2007 Hall of Fame inductee Richard Linklater, who honored the work of Horton Foote, are also featured. Foote was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame in 2003 and died earlier this year at the age of 92.
Located at Austin Film Society’s Austin Studios, the Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards are presented by AT&T and recognize actors, directors, screenwriters, musicians, filmmakers and films from, influenced or inspired by the Lone Star State. The proceeds from the event benefit the educational and artistic programs of AFS.
For more information on Austin Film Society, visit the group’s Web site.
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