The Hollywood Film Festival, which runs from Oct. 18-22 at the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood, will spotlight 18 world premieres, including 20th Century Fox's horse drama Flicka, starring Alison Lohman and Tim McGraw; the documentary Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film by Tom Thurman; and DreamWorks Animation's Flushed Away, directed by David Bowers and Sam Fell. The festival's closing night screenings include Phillip Noyce's Catch a Fire, a drama about terrorism in Apartheid-era South Africa, starring Tim Robbins and Derek Luke. Several other films will highlight contemporary Africa, including Mette Zeruneith's In a Soldier's Footsteps, Jesse James Miller's Uganda Rising and Philippe Diaz's The Empire in Africa.
- 10/10/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Movie service provider Starz Entertainment Group has inked a multi-year sponsorship with the Hollywood Film Festival, including signing on to be the presenting sponsor of this year's festival, which will take place October 17-23. In addition, SEG will host the festival's closing party after the Hollywood Awards ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on Oct. 23. The move comes as the company seeks to strengthen its support and presence at major film festivals around the country. SEG, which has been associated with the HFF since 2004, will also present Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film, a look at the late gonzo journalist's influence on celebrities, politicians and other writers. This marks the third consecutive year SEG has presented one of their films at HFF. At last year's festival, they premiered Bullets Over Hollywood and in 2004, The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing.
- 5/17/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Movie service provider Starz Entertainment Group has inked a multi-year sponsorship with the Hollywood Film Festival, including signing on to be the presenting sponsor of this year's festival, which will take place October 17-23. In addition, SEG will host the festival's closing party after the Hollywood Awards ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on Oct. 23. The move comes as the company seeks to strengthen its support and presence at major film festivals around the country. SEG, which has been associated with the HFF since 2004, will also present Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film, a look at the late gonzo journalist's influence on celebrities, politicians and other writers. This marks the third consecutive year SEG has presented one of their films at HFF. At last year's festival, they premiered Bullets Over Hollywood and in 2004, The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing.
- 5/17/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Johnny Depp, Sean Penn, Bill Murray, John Cusack and Benicio Del Toro have come together for a documentary on the life and death of gonzo journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson. The documentary, called Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride: Hunter S. Thompson On Film is currently wrapping up production. Depp played the author in Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, the big screen adaptation of Thompson's book, along with Benicio Del Toro as his lawyer, Dr Gonzo. Writer/director Tom Thurman plans to have the documentary completed by August and will decided then whether to release it theatrically in order to be able to qualify for an Academy Award nomination. Thompson committed suicide last February at the age of 67 at his home in Colorado.
- 3/8/2006
- WENN
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