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Shirley Knight

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Vera Bloom

Peter Fonda

Hanna Elias

Kamran Elehian

Stewart Stern

Robert Horton

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Rocky Friedman

Jim Westall

Linda Yakush

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The fourth Port Townsend Film Festival is scheduled for September 26-28, 2003. Once again we

create a film-lover's block party celebrating great films and filmmakers.

Special guest appearances, an outdoor movie, presentations and a host of other exciting activities

make this event a wonderful experience!

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Earlier this year, we thought that financial reversals experienced last year would force us

to scale back this year's celebration of film. Indeed, we even announced that it would.

But then, things began to happen. Business sponsorships increased. Passes sold well.

And instead of one guest, we'll have three: Vera Bloom, Peter Fonda, and Shirley Knight,

plus some directors and producers. And a terrific line-up of films.

As of this writing (August 1) the festival promises to be bigger and better than ever. We

will offer the standard festival features as well as some new activities: Standard festival

items include our usual venues , A Very Special Evening with Shirley Knight (with a

screening of her 1969 film, The Rain People, directed by Francis Ford Coppola), outdoor

movies, and Northwest film critic Robert Horton will serve as host of several film

presentations.

Among the new things we're planning are an opening night presentation (Peter Fonda

and Verna Bloom in The Hired Hand),Midnight Movies on Friday and Saturday at the

Rose, musical groups playing throughout the day on Taylor Street, an awards

presentation for the best feature film, documentary and short films, and on Sunday

night at the outdoor theater we're going to screen one of the festival's audience

favorites.

So, instead of hunkering down, we're expanding. Sometimes good things happen. I hope

you'll enjoy the festival.

Peter Simpson

Executive Director

SSeelleecctt QQuuootteess

I'm fascinated by the marriage of this total inexplicable thing called acting to this total inexplicablething called camera. On stage you have three dimensions. On film you have two, so all your energygoes to putting back the third element. That's a challenge I can't ignore, so I'll keep on making films.Peter Fonda quoted by Rebecca Redshaw, Notesfromhollywood.com

"We have more filmmakers coming than we've ever had", continued Simpson. Several movies aremaking their Pacific Northwest debut. There's a lot here for the person who wants to know howfilms are made. - Martha Worthley, PT Leader

Come by, pull up a straw bale and listen to everything from samba drumming to jazz guitar,marimba to big band, country blues to show tunes. - PT Leader

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John Begley

John Considine

Jim Ewing

Jim Grabicki

Glenda Hultman

Geerlofs

Karen Gates Hildt

Toby Jordan

Jim Marshall

Peter Simpson

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Allscripts

Rose Theatre

The Leader

Skookum

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Café Combo

Jim Olivier

The Marmlades

Slap Happy

Crow Hill Billies

Dendero

Darin Schaffer

Blue Sol

The Olympic Sax Quartet

George Rezendes

Steve Hill

Stardust

Denotes Film in PTFF

Library

Check out up to three videos or

DVDs from our exclusive

festival collection and keep

them for up to three business

days.

We shot a ketchup-laden bug-killing scene in our friend Jim Overly's bathtub. We find out after we'redone that the smell of ketchup makes Jim violently ill. Sorry buddy. Kevin Murphy, film 2880

contestant, as quoted in the PT Leader AE Sept. 24-30, 2003

Last Saturday, after dark but with a gentle warmth still in the air, you could stand at the top of thehistoric outdoor staircase above downtown, look down at a massive movie screen on Taylor Street,and see the flawless upturned faces of Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck in Roman Holiday, ashigh as a building and as clear as the star-flecked sky. If movie moments come any better than this -well, bring them on. - Moira MacDonald, The Seattle Times

She (Shirley Knight) chose to screen Dutchman, a little-known 1966 film based on the controversialplay by LeRoi Jones (later Amiri Baraka), in which she plays an apple chopping siren who taunts ayoung black man in a subway car... "Wasn't that woman scary?" (Shirley) Knight asked the audience,confessing that ... she couldn't eat apples for two years after making it (Dutchman). - Moira

MacDonald, The Seattle Time

John O'Brian, director of the festival's winner for best feature film, Nosey Parker, said he had beento Sundance and the Berlin Festival, but Port Townsend Film Festival was by far the best. Havingmade his fourth movie about a small-town community, he declared, "You have it here." - Martha

Worthley, The PT Leader

It has a distinct personality, a very present personality. It's not shy. But in an attractive way...Everyone you talk to has a different story, a different interesting story, and they're willing to share it.It's not hidden and reserved. - Executive produce of Dopamine, Eric Kriovisto, on the persona of Port

Townsend as quoted by N.P. Thompson, Vigilance

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Theme: passion

Prop: Strainer

Dialog line: That bug's on a suicide mission.

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BBeesstt SShhoorrtt:: Zagati by Edu Felistoque and Nereu Cerdeira

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Vera Bloom, star of The Hired Hand; Peter Fonda, star of The Hired Hand and Easy Rider; Hanna

Elias, writer/director of The Olive Harvest; Kamran Elehian, producer of The Olive Harvest; Stewart

Stern; Mark Decena, director, Dopamine; Robert Horton; John O'Brien, director, Nosey Parker.

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CClluuee NNuummbbeerr 11:: In 1946, our guest and her sister auditioned for the Horace Heidt's radio amateur

hour. Her sister won and appeared in the program's finale singing Alice Blue Gown. The guest came

in second and didn't advance to the finals. The guest started out to be an opera singer and won a

first at the Kansas State contests, singing a Mozart aria. At age 14, the guest was also a published

short story writer in a national children's magazine.

CClluuee NNuummbbeerr 22:: Our guest studied drama with Jeff Corey in classes that included Jack Nicholson,

Robert Blake, Dean Stockwell and Sally Kellerman. The guest has appeared in plays by such

important American playwrights as Tennessee Williams, William Inge, Edward Albee, and Horton

Foote. Like our guests in 2001 and 2002, the guest has appeared in a film with Paul Newman.

CClluuee NNuummbbeerr 33:: 'My goal was not to be famous or rich, but to be good at what I did,' our guest

(hereafter referred to as OG) said in 1995. As a result, OG has two Academy Award nominations,

three Emmy awards for television work, a Tony for Broadway, a jury prize from the Cannes Film

Festival, and a best-actress award from the Venice Film Festival. Her late husband was a well-known

writer for stage, television, and screen, including one James Bond credit.

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USA, 2003, 87 min

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Director: Randy Nargi

Producer: Jessi Bardami

Cinematographer: Eric Browne

Editor: Randy Nargi

Cast: Jesse Badami, Scott Burns, Tracey Conway, Henry Dardenne, Ted

D'Arms, Robin Douglas

You don't find what you want. What you want finds you.

Inspired by the mockumentaries of Christopher Guest (Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show), Randy

Nargi has tackled, with gleeful enthusiasm, the wacky world of garage sales. Anyone with a passing

interest in g-sales, as they are referred to in the fictional community of Bogwood (where g-sales are

almost a religion), will recognize either themselves or someone they have met at one. The

competition is fierce and the tongue in cheek humor at first had this viewer wondering if I was

watching an actual documentary.

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Australia, 1994, 103 min

Director/Writer: Stephan Elliott

Producer: Al Clark, Michael Hamlyn

Editor: Sue Blainey

Cinematographer: Brian J. Breheny

Costumes: Tim Chappel, Lizzy Gardiner

Cast: Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce

Finally, a comedy that will change the way you think, the way you feel, and most importantly... the

way you dress.

Outrageous comedy playing on the clash between two drag queens, an aging transsexual and the

Australian Outback. Offered a gig in Alice Springs, Teke (Hugo Weaving) and Adam (Guy Pearce)

convince Bernadette (Terence Stamp), who is grieving over the loss of a love, to join them on their

wisecracking road trip of glamour and dust. Bitching about everyone and everything, they manage

to win friends and put on a great show. Terrific musical numbers; come dressed to excess and

prepared to sing along.

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It's been said that the secret to a successful film production is a great

script, intensive rehearsing, a decent budget, and lots of

preproduction planning.

Fearless and determined director Brien Burroughs has produced two

feature films, on film, with no script, no preproduction, no rehearsals,

and no budget.

His critically-acclaimed and very funny films, SUCKERFISH and SECURITY, are both completely

improvised and have been featured at festivals around the country.

The most important aspects of a no-budget film project are fantastic actors, great food, and a

competent crew.

Please join us for the screenings of both films and a discussion with the director on the process and

pitfalls of no-budget improvised filmmaking.

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USA, 1999, 88 min

Director/Producer: Brien Burroughs, DP: Christopher Brown,

Editor: Gail Mallimson

Cast: Tim Orr, Dan Donovan, Gerri Lawlor, Kurt Boden

In the dog eat dog world of the pet supply business it's hard to figure who's your best friend.

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USA, 2003, 95 min.

Director/Producer:Brien Burroughs

Producer/DP: Geraldo Merino

Editor: Melissa Lawson, Beatrice Lawson.

Cast: Tim Orr, Bill Lillehammer, Stephen Kearin, Pat Sullivan

Two security guards at a chocolate factory take their job very seriously. When some top-secret

prototypes go missing on their shift, the investigation leads them through the dark corridors of

industrial espionage.

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A theme, a prop, a line of dialog.....and 2,880 minutes.

Film 2880 is a no-holds-barred, guerrilla-filmmaking rally race that took place from 7pm Friday

September 12th, to 7pm Sunday September 14th 2003. 2880 exists to challenge the resourcefulness

and creativity of local and international filmmakers, film students, and anyone crazy enough to sign

up. Teams were required to write, shoot and edit a 5-10 minute short film without any creative work

done prior to 7pm Friday. To keep everyone honest and make things interesting, each team

received an email directive at exactly 7pm Friday giving them a theme, prop and line of dialog which

must be incorporated into the film.

Films are judged on originality, production value, use of prop, use of assigned dialog, and adherence

to theme.

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USA 2003, 78 min

Georgian with English subtitles

Director/Producer/Editor: Paul Devlin

Camera: Paul Devlin, Valery Odikadze

An absolutely riveting documentary! Pervasive corruption, high drama, and hot tempers rule the day

as an American power company tries to keep the lights on in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia.

In an environment of pervasive corruption, political assassination, and street rioting, the story of

chaotic post-soviet transition is told through culture clash, electricity disconnections and blackouts.

AES Corp., the massive American global power company, has purchased the privatized electricity

distribution company in Tbilisi, capital of former Soviet Republic of Georgia. AES manager Piers

Lewis must now train the formerly communist populace that in this new world customers must pay

for their electricity. Meanwhile the Georgians, from the meter readers to the Energy Minister, devise

ever more clever ways to steal it.

In this chaotic and dramatic environment, Lewis balances his love for the Georgian people with the

hardships his company creates for them as they struggle to build a nation from the rubble of Soviet

collapse.

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USA, 2002, 88 min.

Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary Hamptons International Film

Festival

Director: Angela Christlieb, Stephen Kijak

Producer: Gunter Hanfgarn

DP/Editor: Angela Christlieb,

Editor: Stephen Kijak

Movies can be a cure for what ails us, an elixir fueling emotions and a gigantic escape from the

world. What if the movies are what ails us? In this endearing and alarming portrait of five obsessive

compulsive movies goers in New York City, the envy conjured up by the devotion of these folks deep

knowledge of what they want, need and have figured out exactly how to get out of life is humbling.

Their satisfied quality undercuts any possibility of poking fun.

Roberta, banned for life from the Museum of Modern Art, obsessively saves all her tickets; when an

usher accidentally tears one, she pummels her. Jack goes to films eight hours a day, seven days a

week. Carefully chronicling all his films, he admits, with remarkable comfort, that indeed he is

overtaken by his obsession, but he enjoys it. Bill, the philosopher and writer searching for a mate on

the internet, knows his lack of a sex life is due to his mania. Eric will watch anything and Harvey

knows the running times of all movies. The five cinemaniacs watching a rough cut of this

documentary is a mind bending view into the depths of their devotion to cinema as life.

Preceded by:

ZZAAGGAATTII

Brazil, 2001, 16 min

Director: Edu Felistoque, Nereu Cerdeira

If the art of cinema creates great men, then Zagati is a cinematic warrior.

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USA, 2002, 47 min

Director/Producer/Writer/Editor: Riley Morton

'Found on Everest' documents the daily struggles of the 2001 Mallory

and Irvine Research Expedition as they search at 27,000 feet for clues

to the mysterious disappearance of Mallory and Irvine in 1924 as they climbed towards what may

have been Everest's first ascent. Looking for one thing, but finding another, the team abandoned

their own summit bid to save the lives of four climbers who spent the night out at 28,500 in the

second highest rescue in history.

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USA, 2003, 49 min

Laszlo Pal will attend

Director: Laszlo Pal

Producers: Laszlo Pal, Susan Pal, Dan McConnell

Editors: Laszlo Pal, Ken Coble

More people have traveled into space than have sailed around the world

alone. Alone Against the Sea documents the human drama of five sailors in

life threatening situations as they battle hurricane winds, equipment failures, lack of sleep and

medical emergencies on the 27,000 mile solo around the world sailing race. Modern video

technology has made it possible for these intrepid folks to record their journeys. The result is an

absolutely hair-raising and life affirming profile of five very brave and determined people.

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Director Robert Lundahl and Native Storyteller Elaine Grinnell

will attend.

USA, 2003, 60 min

Director/Producer: Robert Lundahl

Editors: Robert Lundahl, Chris Simon

Music: Tony Saunders

In 1910, in the name of progress and in violation of Washington State law, the Olympic Power and

Development Company erected a dam on the Elwha River. Over the course of the ensuing years, it

became clear that the river with the largest salmon run in the world had been sacrificed for

hydropower development. This progress occurred at tragic expense to the Native American, Elwha

Klallam people who relied upon the river for their sustenance. The film tells the story of the 90 year

long struggle of the Elwha tribal community to challenge the perception of the cheap and clean

power source and the eventual lobbying of congress for the removal of the dams and for

restoration of the rivers ecosystem.

Elaine Grinnell is a S'Klallam tribal storyteller. The legends and stories she brings to life represent

the oral history of the S'Klallam people, a history that references tribal presence over an amazing

time depth on the Olympic Peninsula.

The characters, Raven, Killer Whale, Thunderbird, and many others taught the native people how to

be fully human and how to live in the lush green garden they have always called home. In a time of

environmental rebalancing, these stories can help us all to feel at home in our hearts.

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USA, 2003, 78 min.

Director/Producer/Cinematographer: Robb Moss, Associate

Producer: Linda Morgenstern,

Editor: Karen Schmeer

Working as river guides for much of the 70s, the director and his friends lived an unscheduled,

communal, (often naked) outdoor life. Cutting between images of a month- long river trip filmed

twenty-five years ago and the current lives of five of these former riverdogs, director Robb Moss

explores bodies, time and living one's choices. The scenes of the now 50ish group watching their

exuberant, naked selves prior to divorces, children, cancer, career changes, etc. are remarkably

poignant.

Preceded by:

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USA, 2003, 12 min.

Director/Writer: Mark Hager

For 12 year old Anthony the Cuban Missile Crisis affects him in ways that his friends don't

understand

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USA, 2003, 90 min

Director: Anne Makepeace

Producers: Anne Makepeace, Joanna Rudnick

Writer: Anne Makepeace

Camera: Nancy Schreiber

Editor: Susan Fanshell

Music: Joel Goodman

Born a Hungarian Jew named Andr Friedman, Robert Capa arrived in Paris in the 30's and in an

effort to get his work noticed reinvented himself as an American photographer. In his 40 short

years, Robert Capa photographed five epic conflicts on four continents. His life had an

unprecedented, international reach, arching from Hungary through China and Vietnam as well as

America, North Africa and all of Europe. With deft editing of newsreel footage, hundreds of

photographs and interviews with friends, family and colleagues, Anne Makepeace has created a

riveting portrait of an accomplished artist and one of this century's greatest chroniclers of the

horrors of war.

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With Stewart Stern

60 min

Screenwriter Stewart Stern (REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE, THE UGLY

AMERICAN) reminisces (in person) about growing up in New York, spending

his allowance on the Broadway of the '30s and '40s when the Sheep

Meadow in Central Park really had sheep and the trolleys only cost a nickel.

'Do you remember when they made the horses wear rubber horseshoes, how quiet it got in the

mornings?'

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams - Screenplay by Stewart Stern

The era of Frances Farmer in Golden Boy...Eva Le Gallienne in Peter Pan...Orson Welles in Dr.

Faustus...Otis Skinner in Uncle Tom's Cabin...Ethel Waters in Cabin in the Sky...Jimmy Durante in

Jumbo...Laurette Taylor in The Glass Menagerie...Laurence Olivier in Oedipus the King...Beatrice

Lillie, The Funniest Woman on Earth ...The Civic Repertory Theatre...The Group Theatre...The

Mercury...The Hippodrome...and how my father in his spats and cane showed me a dairy farm near

First Avenue and walked me through the Hooverville in Central Park.

Featuring video clips from The Royal Family with Eva LeGallienne, and various songs and sketches of

Beatrice Lillie performed on the Ed Sullivan show and on the first Bob Hope TV Special.

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USA, 2003, 70 min

Director Teddy Grouya will attend

Northwest Premiere

Director/Writer/Producer: Teddy Grouya

Editor: Teddy Grouya, Andrea Zonder

In Why Vivaldi? Ted Grouya leads us through unusual territory. Over the past several years there has

been a surge in interest in Vivaldi's music; he has been outselling all the other classical composers.

Grouya visits with Vivaldi scholars and devotees from different countries, different backgrounds,

with different tastes - all of whom are drawn to the music of Antonio Vivaldi.

Grouya takes us to Venice where Vivaldi, known as the red priest, lived and wrote his music. We visit

the very rooms Vivaldi inhabited, the church in which his music was performed. Venice is probably

the most filmed city in the world but Grouya leads us to see the place anew. His shots are selected

with a cinematic eye and an unmistakable affection for his subject. We meet a baroque ensemble

and time stands still as they play Vivaldi's music with the actual instruments of the time. In this

lovely, compelling film you will find the answer to its title.

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Hosted by Robert Horton

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USA, 1971, 92 min

With special guests Peter Fonda and Verna

Bloom

Director: Peter Fonda

Producer: William Haywood

Writer: Alan Sharp

Restoration Producer: Frank Mazzola

Cinematographer: Vilmos Zsigmond

Editor: Frank Mazzola Music: Bruce Langhorne

Cast: Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Verna Bloom, Robert Pratt, Severn Darden.

Peter Fonda's directorial debut was part of the revolutionary new wave of films that ushered in

Hollywood's 1970s golden age. Set in 1881, THE HIRED HAND reconfigured the traditional western

to a story that emphasized the human reality underlying the cowboy myth. Its gorgeous, intricately

layered images, gentle pacing and evocative sound complemented the narrative approach. The

restoration was overseen by original editor Frank Mazzola, who in the process declared the film

better looking than the original.

It has been seven years since Harry Collings (Peter Fonda) abandoned his family to roam the West.

Now, tired and disillusioned by the hardship and violence of the nomad's life, Harry wants to return

home to his wife and little girl. Accompanied by his loyal friend Arch Harris (Warren Oates), Harry

makes his way back to the small homestead he left behind.

He does not receive the welcome he expected. Surprised by Harry's sudden reappearance, Hannah

Collings (Verna Bloom) regards her husband warily. In Harry's absence, Hannah has become a

resourceful, independent woman who has single-handedly managed their land holdings and over

the years has taken a few ranch hands into her bed. Hannah allows Harry back, but only as a hired

hand who must sleep in the barn with Arch. She makes no apologies for her previous liaisons, and

Harry realizes that he will have to work hard to regain her trust and rebuild their marriage. As the

days and nights pass, Hannah and Harry grow close again, and Arch understands that the time has

come for him to move on. But an old fight will soon come back to haunt Harry, as he is forced to

make a tough choice of loyalties between his wife and his best friend.

DDOOPPAAMMIINNEE

USA, 2003, 80 min.

Winner: Alfred P. Sloan Prize, Sundance Film Festival 2003

CLOSING NIGHT NORTHWEST PREMIER with Director Mark Dacena

Director: Mark Dacena

Producer: Debbie Brubaker, Tad Fettig

Screen Writer: Mark Decena, Timothy Breitbach

Camera: Robert Humphreys

Editor: Jessica Congdon

Cast: John Livingston, Sabrina Lloyd, Rueben Grundy, Bruno Campos

Romantic comedy are two words almost guaranteed to provide predictable and impossibly cute

moments requiring suspended belief so towering one could get vertigo. Dopamine (the natural

amphetamine our bodies produce when we're falling in love) takes the subject straight out of that

rut and into the new millennium. With our ability to pinpoint the chemistry of love, create a

computer pet that responds to affection, could we perhaps remove the mystery of attraction?

Rand (John Livingston) is a computer animator, long versed in his father's explanation of the

scientific basis of love. Sarah (Sabrina Lloyd) is a preschool teacher with some gaping holes in her

life. When Rand brings Koy, his computer generated pet designed to teach kids responsibility, to

Sarah's class for a test run the sparks fly. Is it programmed, chemicals or just fate at work? With a sly

wit and a truly charismatic pairing of actors, Sarah and Rand slog through their fundamental

differences in approach. Love, chemistry, whatever, it's not always easy, not always pretty, but

probably always a mystery.

Preceded by:

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USA, 2002, 8 min

Director: Jay Duplass

A man vs. his message machine.

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USA, 1969, 95 min

Peter Fonda will introduce EASY RIDER.

Director: Dennis Hopper

Producer: Peter Fonda

Writers: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Terry Southern

Cinematographer: László Kovács

Editor: Donn Cambern

Original Music: Hoyt Axton, Mars Bonfire, Roger McGuinn.

Cast: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Phil Spector.

It's the movie that everyone from that particular generation remembers. We laid claim to the spirit,

the music was ours and regardless of our points of origin, it seemed we were all heading out on the

highway. The yearning vision was of a different way of life in a new America, full of optimism and

the self-satisfied entitlement of characters who'd grown up in an age of abundance. We knew this

was our movie, we had a voice; the misunderstood, the imagined outlaws.

If you weren't there: two hippie motorcyclists set out from LA looking for their own American

Dream. Funded by a drug deal and fueled by copious amounts of drugs, they discover sunsets,

rolling hills, a vast mysterious continent, and rednecks. Even though he had 20 forgettable films to

his credit by this time, this is the one that launched Jack Nicholson to the stratosphere in Hollywood.

Still one of the coolest sound tracks.

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Corazón de fuego

Uruguay/Argentina/Spain, 2002, 90 min.

In Spanish with English subtitles

2003 Official Oscar Submission-Foreign Language Film

Best Screenplay Montreal Film Festival, Latin American Film

Director: Diego Arsuaga

Producer: José Sánchez Varela, Pablo Bossi, Carlos Mentasti

Screen Writer: Diego Arsuaga, Beda Docompo Feijoó, Fernando León de Aranoa

Camera: Hans Burmann

Editor: Fernando Pardo, Daniel Marquez,

Music: Hugo Jasa

Cast: Héctor Alterio, Federico Luppi, Pepe Soriano, Saturnino García, Gastón Pauls.

To the battle cry of "Our heritage is not for sale!", a thrilling ride begins as three elderly gentlemen

spring into action to save Uruguay's last steam train that is about to be sold to Hollywood.

Accompanied by the grandson of one, the foursome hijack the train and go chugging off to an

uncertain fate with the train's owner and police in hot pursuit. Each with a personal struggle, they

gather and lose momentum by turns. As the train travels through communities isolated by the loss

of the railroad, these elderly radicals become folk heroes of the people who see them as a sign of

hope. A rollicking ride in the tradition of the great western. Appropriate for the whole family (that

can read).

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Avazhaye Sarzamine Madariyam

Iran, 2002, 110 min

Farsi with English subtitles

Director/Producer/Screen Writer: Bahman Ghobadi

Camera: Saeed Nkzad

Editor: Hayedeh Safiari

Music: Arsalan Kamkar

Cast: Shabab Ebrahimi, Allah-morad Rashtian, Faegh Mohammadi, Iran Ghobadi

This visually stunning film opens in Iranian Kurdistan. Mirza, an aging well-known Kurdish singer,

along with his musician sons, Barat and Audeh, are about to embark on a journey in search of his

ex-wife Hanareh. Once the singer in a band of musicians that also included Mirza's friend Seyed,

Hanareh left Mirza 23 years ago to marry Seyed in Iraqi Kurdistan and continue to sing there. Now,

Mirza has received word that she is singing for the Kurdish refugees on the Iran-Iraq border and is

in need of his help. To persuade his reluctant sons to accompany him on this perilous journey, he

tells them he really did not divorce Hanareh but only claimed he did to save the family's honor.

Barat, the older son, and Audeh, the younger son who says he needs to stay home to take care of

his seven wives and thirteen daughters, grudgingly agree to go. Their misadventures are skillfully

woven together with humor and heartbreak as the trio make their way into ever more desolate

terrain. From the director of A Time For Drunken Horses.

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France, 2002, 90 min.

In French and Manouche with English subtitles

Official Selection Berlin Film Festival 2003

Northwest Premiere

Director: Tony Gatlif

Producer: Nathalie Duran, Laurent Dusothoit

Writer: Tony Gatlif Camera: Claude Garnier

Editor: Monique Dartonne

Cast: Oscar Copp, Lou Rech, Tchavolo Schmitt, Fabiene Mai, Ben Zimet

From the director of the lyrically intense and crowd pleasing film about gypsy music, Latcho Drom.

Tony Gatlif takes us into another rich landscape of gypsy culture. During a summer spent living with

his grandmother in Alsace, the very thoughtful 10 year old Max develops a passion for manouche

(French Gypsy) music. He visits the caravans to see if he can barter for a guitar. Swing, the beautiful

and confident young gypsy who befriends Max, takes him to meet Miraldo, who will teach him to

play in exchange for his reading and writing skills. Max falls into the lives of his new friends, giddy

with the thrill of the first tingling of love, the magic of their musical nights and the astonishing

freedom of their lives. A tender and visually rich film that sweeps through the country on the heels

of two beautiful children. Appropriate for older children, subtitles.

Preceded by:

TTEERRMMIINNAALL BBAARR

USA, 2002, 22:22 min

Director/Editor: Stefan Nadelman

Winner Grand Jury Prize Best Short Sundance Film Festival 2003

Over 10 years of bartending managing at the Terminal Bar, Sheldon Nadelman photographed the

clientele (over 2500 portraits) and the activity inside and outside the bar.

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Canada, 2002, 95 min.

Winner Canada Screenwriters Award, Vancouver International Film

Festival 2002

Director: Nicholas Racz

Producer: Richard Baumgartel, Howard Dancyger

DP: Danny Nowack, C.S.C.

Editor: Jeremy Presner

Cast: Rob LaBelle, Jan Rubes, Allen Rich, Bill Meilen, David Paymer, Seymour Cassel

Black comedy's least likely criminal, Sheldon Kasner is a man of quiet desperation, working as a loan

manager at the Hebrew National Bank, where he's under-appreciated and overworked. In an effort

to surpass the limitations of his mundane life, he is one day drawn into the underworld of money

laundering in a desperate attempt to overcome his mediocre existence. Unfortunately for Sheldon,

events don't unfold as he expects, and some missing money has him begging for his life as he's

dangled from a bridge in the opening sequence. Forced to consider his strategy, he concocts an

elaborate plan involving the Chevrah Kadisha (burial society), devout Jewish men who prepare dead

bodies for burial. Their quiet anonymous nature is perfectly suited to Sheldon's plan to disappear.

He offers his services to the burial society, who have been looking for someone to carry on their

fading tradition. But nothing is as it seems as the old men teach him the ritualistic ways of the

Chevrah Kadisha. A plot-twisting thriller with a documentary-like view of an ancient tradition.

WWHHAATT AALLIICCEE FFOOUUNNDD

USA, 2003, 96 min.

Northwest Premiere

Special Jury Prize Sundance Film Festival 2003

Director/Writer: A. Dean Bell

Producer/Cinematographer: Richard Connors

Editor: Chris Houghton

Cast: Judith Ivey, Bill Raymond, Emily Grace, Michael Maronna, Justin Parkinson, David Rose

On the highway, it's easy to get lost.

The film begins as 18 year-old Alice (Emily Grace) slips out of her cold New Hampshire town, driving

south to join her friend Julie in Florida. When Alice's car breaks down and the money she had

hidden under the seat disappears, a retired, middle-aged couple in a motor home, Sandra and Bill

(Ivey and Bill Raymond), come to her assistance. Sandra is a fun, bawdy southern belle who takes

Alice in like her own daughter, while Alice happily accepts this surrogate family and the luxury she

finds herself traveling in. But as it becomes clear how Sandra and Bill earn a living (Bill calls his RV

the Honey Bunny Wagon on his CB Radio), Alice is faced with a difficult choice.

Ivey's compelling portrayal of Sandra renders a fine line between the character's self-awareness and

lack thereof: she is either a monster or a saint, but either way she's accepted who she is, and what's

more, she makes us understand why. A. Dean Bell's screenplay and direction present these complex

characters with sympathy and compassion in a narrative that thwarts expectations.

Preceded by:

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Ireland, 2003, 11 min.

Director: Shane Conaty

How far will Vincent and his lads go to get to Easy Street? As intense and complex an 11 minute

drama as you're ever likely to see.

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With Director John O'Brien

USA, 2003, 105 min

Jury Prize for Direction Nantucket Film Festival

Northwest Premiere

Director/Writer/Producer/Editor: John O'Brien

DP: David Parry

Cast: George Lyford, Natalie Picoe, Richard Snee

Sheep farmer, justice of the peace, filmmaker and lifelong resident of Tunbridge,Vermont, John

O'Brien has crafted a love letter to the folks and quirky ways of his small town. Sick of suburbia,

Natalie (Natalie Picoe) and Richard (Richard Snee) move to rural Vermont where they build a trophy

house in an effort to rejuvenate their marriage. The construction of this dream house leads to an

unannounced visit from the local tax assessors, known in Vermont as listers. Over the course of two

inspections Natalie and one of the listers, George, strike up a friendship and Natalie hires George to

do some chores around the place. As their friendship grows the strains in the marriage become

more apparent, and George is just nosey enough to get details. Some pretty funny stuff develops as

the locals go about making their own decisions regarding what is going on up in the big house.

With largely improvised dialogue and actors mainly drawn from his community, O'Brien has struck

gold with a charming and sweet natured film that I hear distributors feel is too regional to have

broad appeal. Hardly; this film rings with charm and warmth I can't imagine being lost on anyone.

Family friendly film.

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Hungary 2002, 75 min.

Director/Writer: György Pálfi

Producer: András Böhm, Csaba Bereczki

Cinematographer: Gergely Pohárnok

Editor: Gábor Marinkás

Music: Balázs Barna, Samu Gryllus

Cast: Ferenc Bandi, Józsefmé Rácz, József Forkas, Ferenc Nagy,

Jánosné Nagy.

With brilliant close-ups of what's going on underground, underwater and in the fields, this

dialogue-free thriller bears more than a passing resemblance to a National Geographic special. In

the idyllic Hungarian countryside an old man sits hiccuping on a bench as bees buzz, grass grows

and flowers bloom, but something is amiss. This remarkable debut from 27 year-old director György

Pálfi is full of surprises and the gentle hum of villagers going about their everyday lives. The finely

tuned images are impeccable, and the wordless world a marvel of surreal mystery and humor.

Preceded by:

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USA, 2002, 9 min

Director/Editor: Vance Malone

A fascinating look at artist Fred Hawin's work as a creator of artificial eyes.

SSEEXXLLEESSSS

USA, 2003, 102 min

Jury and Audience Awards SXSW Film Festival 2003

Director/Writer: Alex Holdridge

Producer/DP: Brian McCormick

Editor: Sandra Adair

Cast: Alex Holdridge, Brian McGuire, Kelly Dealyn, Camille Chen,

Michelle Fairbanks, Scoot McNairy, Kierstin Cunnington, Babs George,

Kerry Glamsch, Paul Norton.

Writer, director and star Alex Holdridge takes a pithy and very funny

look at the self indulgent love lives of twenty-somethings whose every decision in life seems to have

been negotiable. Karen (Kelly Dealyn) and Andy (Holdridge) are having an anti-marriage party to

celebrate the fact that they have finally decided to tie the knot, but not before taking a one month

break (read: opportunity to fool around). Clarissa (Camille Chen) and Andy's best friend, Robert

(Brian McGuire) throw caution to the wind and get together for two weeks before she goes off to

graduate school. A lot of sex happens and a lot of feelings get hurt but they all learn something

along the way. The youthful Austin based crew has a fresh faced excitement in a film that looks like

it was as fun to make as it is to watch.

Preceded by:

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USA, 2002, 9 min.

Director/Editor/Writer: Ross Williams

A new boyfriend comes between a girl and her pet rats.

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Mousem Al Zaytoun

Palestine/USA, 2003, 94 min

Arabic with English subtitles

Northwest Premiere

Director/Screen/Writer: Hanna Elias

Producer: Kamran Elahian

Camera: Ofer Harari

Editor: Sabine Jamil

Music: Mark Adler

Cast: Muhamad Bacri, Raeda Adon, Taher Najeb, Mazen Saade

Writer and director Hanna Elias tells a complex love story in his first feature film amidst the

backdrop of settlements, road blocks and the intoxicating landscapes in Palestine. Upon his release

from an Israeli prison, older brother Mazen ( Mazen Saade ) develops romantic feelings for his

childhood friend, Raeda ( Raeda Adun ). However, Raeda is already engaged to Mazen's younger

brother Taher ( Taher Najeeb ), their love kept a secret because of the tradition for the eldest

brother to wed first. The two brothers become estranged soon after reuniting as they struggle to

win over Raeda's heart. All three of the central characters find themselves painfully torn between

conflicting choices in this tale of love and loyalty to family, to those that they love, and to the land

that they are connected to.

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Nha Fala

Portugal/France/Luxembourg, 2002, 90 min.

In French and Capverdian with English subtitles

Northwest Premiere

Director: Flora Gomes

Producer: Jani Thiltges, Luís Galvao Teles, Serge Zeitoun

Writer: Flora Gomes, Franck Moisnard

Camera: Edgar Moura

Editor: Dominique Paris

Music: Manu Dibango

Cast: Fatou N'Diaye, Jean-Cristophe Dollé, Angela Torres, Bia Gomes, Jorge Biague

An absolute delight, vibrant colors, knockout musical numbers and an astonishingly beautiful

leading lady; Flora Gomes's musical comedy celebrates singing as a symbol of freedom. Before

leaving for Europe to pursue her studies, Vita, a young African woman, promises her mother that

she will never sing. A family legend has it that any woman in her family who sings is cursed and will

die. In Paris, Vita meets Pierre, a young musician and falls in love. Full of joy, she lets herself go and

sings. Vita is horrified by what she has done, but Pierre, overwhelmed by her talent, convinces her

to make a record. The record is an overnight success. Fearing her mother will learn that she broke

her promise, Vita decides to return home to die. Aided by Pierre, Vita stages her own death and

resurrection, showing family and friends that anything is possible, if you have the courage to dare.

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USA/CANADA, 2003

A lively and refreshing look at animation.

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Teenagers' & Women's Films:With 7 days to write, shoot, edit and score a film, two groups of Port Townsend and Clallam Country

teenagers and a third group of PT women got an intense hands-on experience in the joys, tedium

and chaotic world of filmmaking. Guided by screenwriter Nancy Alvarez and documentary

filmmaker Dana Schuerholz, the students have the last word on all editorial and content decisions.

Some members of the groups will be on hand to answer questions about the program.

The Teenagers' films will be screened with PT High School student Dylan Quarles' short thriller, LES

NUITS DES VAMPIRES.

OOUURR HHOOUUSSEE

USA, 2002, 83 min.

Grand Jury Prize No Dance Film Festival 2003

Director: Sevan Matossian

Co-director:Greg Shields

Producers: Sevan Mattossian, Bessie Katerina Morris, Greg Shields

The daily drama and humanity that unfold in this documentary about

an assisted living facility for disabled adults is raw, honest and totally

engrossing. With minimal narration and an unflinching eye, the

director portrays the struggle of Laura, who suffers from Tourette's and fetal alcohol syndrome, as

she tries to get a job and solve her problems with witchcraft. Tim, who was born with cerebral palsy

and now battles alcoholism, must face the possibility of finding a new home and Tim S., with Down's

Syndrome, struggles with aggression. Filmed over one year by the director who lives and works at

the home, the documentary strings together a riveting mosaic of humor and pain.

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USA, 2003, 66 min

Scott Macklin will attend

Director/Producer/Editor: Scott Macklin

Traveling from Vancouver Island, Puget Sound and Washington's Olympic Coast, TRIBAL JOURNEY

documents the voyage of more than 20 ocean-going dugout canoes representing 25 Native

American and First Nations from the US and Canada.

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Canada, 2001, 33 min

Director/Producer/Writer: Terry Jacks

A loving portrait of 87 year old environmental activist Sophie

Thomas, a member of Saik'uz First Naiton, who travels all over Canada sharing her vast knowledge

of traditional medicine. Located near Vanderhoof, BC, Saik'uz are part of the larger Carrier Nation.

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USA, 2003, 11 min

Patricia O'Brien will attend.

Director/Producer/Editor: Patricia O'Brien

A toxic plume is traveling under Georgetown homes. Community leaders in this historic Seattle

neighborhood are struggling to clean up a poisonous industrial legacy.

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USA, 2002, 84 min

Best First Feature Houston World Fest 2002

Director/Editor: Juan Carlos Garza

Producer: Juan Carlos Garza, Daniel Villarreal

Writers: Juan Carlos Garza, Daniel Villareal

Cast: Del Zamora, Cris Franco, Valente Rodriquez, Richard Prado

Straight-laced Latino yuppie, Bobby, has his whole world turned upside when an old college buddy

turns up on his doorstep with a wild mission to capture Satan's Hand, a notorious serial killer who is

terrorizing Southern California. Lots of silly humor in Garza's first feature.

Preceded by:

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USA, 2003, 12 min

Director: Sam Goldberg

Wes decided to become a better man by losing his insecurities and seizing the day; he just chose the

wrong day.

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USA, 1998, 50 min

Ian Hinkle will attend.

Director/Producer/Cinematographer: Ian Hinkle

Three friends take a kayak journey down the Inside Passage. Along

with the natural beauty the trio discover the rugged individuals who inhabit this wonderful place.

TTHHEE RREEDD PPIINNEESS

USA, 2003, 12 min

Lucy Ostrander will attend.

Director/Producer: Lucy Ostrander

RED PINES tells the story of the struggle of the Japanese-Americans on Bainbridge Island and the

legacy of their culture in the present day community.

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USA, 2003, 26 min

Most Inspirational Film Santa Cruz Film Festival 2003

Director: Wendy Oser

Producer: Wendy Oser, Joan Levinson, Beverly Spencer

Editor: Wendy Oser, Elaine Trotter

Seven midlife women discover their ambivalence, vanity, anxiety, joy

and acceptance of growing older through honest and funny

revelations with their friends.

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USA, 2002, 29 min.

Director/Writer/Producer: Gina Mainwal

Editor/DP/Sound: Timothy Demmon

This spirited documentary profiles the amazing success of three women who type poems on

demand (on vintage typewriters) wearing 60's secretarial uniforms and forcing their audience to

follow the rules.

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USA, 2003, 6 min.

Director/Producer/Editor: Jane Champion

A fantasy portrait of a Port Townsend sidewalk artist.

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Israel, 2002, 58 min.

Winner Special Jury Prize Jerusalem International Film Festival

Director: Yulie Cohen Gerstel

Editor: Boaz Lion

Cinematographer: Oded Kirma, Moshe Gerstel, Yulie Cohen Gerstel

In August 1978 Yulie Cohen Gerstel was a flight attendant on an El Al flight when she first

encountered Fahad Mihyi as he pointed a machine gun at her in a terrorist attack. Twenty-three

years later, in an effort to help break the cycle of violence, Yulie considers writing a letter in support

of Mihyi's parole, thus thrusting herself into the turbulent world of Middle East politics. MY

TERRORIST asks hard questions about the meaning of forgiveness and hate and the possibility of

reconciliation between Palestinians and Israelis.

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Botswana, 1980, 109 min.

Director/Producer: Jamie Uys

Music: John Boshoff

Cast: N!xau, Marius Weyer, Sandra Prinsloo

When a coke bottle falls from the sky in a remote desert of Africa, Bushman Xixi (N!xau) finds it the

most beautiful thing he has ever seen. It becomes a labor saving device and it can also make music.

Finally it is recognized as an evil thing as the competition among the clan for it creates much

dissent. For the source of the conflict to be removed the bottle must be returned to the Gods by

throwing it over the edge of the earth. On the journey Xi encounters a zoolologist studying elephant

dung, guerrillas intent on overthrowing a banana republic, school children, police and courts. In

memory of N!xau, who passed away in June while out gathering firewood.

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USA, 1953, 118 min.

Director/Producer: William Wyler

Writers: Dalton Trumbo (story) Ian McLellan Hunter (screenplay)

Cinematographer: Henri Alekan, Franz Planer

Editor: Robert Swink,

Costumes: Edith Head

Cast: Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert,

In memory of Gregory Peck, who passed away in July.

Princess Anya (Audrey Hepburn) is the epitome of charm and elegance as a princess on a tour of

Europe. While in the public eye she maintains an impeccable facade, but the toil of endless

engagements and no time for herself is slowly driving her to despair. She decides to escape for a

night on the town, but unfortunately she has been given an injection to sleep. Unable to stay awake,

she is rescued from a night spent sleeping on a wall by the begrudging Joe Bradley (Gregory Peck). It

isn't until the light of morning that journalist Joe realizes who this beautiful girl is. Like any good

newspaperman he knows a good story when he sees one and decides to take the princess on a tour

of Rome while keeping his photographer (Eddie Albert) in the shadows. Princess Anya treats all

these activities with wide-eyed delight, steadily eroding the rather grumpy Bradley until romance

begins to blossom. Filmed entirely in Rome, the location is as beautiful as the stars.

BBEESSTT OOFF TTHHEE FFEESSTT

Sunday 7:30 Turner Classic Movies and DishNet's Taylor Street Outdoor Theater

We will show an audience favorite from the regular festival line-up outdoors on Sunday.

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