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diversions
Festival celebrates
the wide format
By Alisha Gomez
On-line Forty-Niner
The Seventh Annual
Widescreen Film Festival kicks off tonight at the Carpenter
Performing Arts Center, highlighted by such film classics
as "Funny Girl," "Grease," and "American
Graffiti."
"The festival is designed to promote widescreen films,"
said Gary Prebula, artistic director of the festival and Cal
State Long Beach film department lecturer. He and the board
of directors, which includes some of the most illustrious
people in Hollywood like Faye Canin (second woman president
of the Academy after her predecessor Betty Davis), chose the
films.
"We wanted to create a film festival that would live
beyond me," Prebula said.
The Jewish Federation of Orange County is sponsoring the first
event, a 7:30 p.m. screening of "Funny Girl," starring
Barbara Streisand.
"'Funny Girl' will be shown in dye transferred print
in a version that was created for Streisand's approval by
Columbia," Prebula said.
He also said that "Funny Girl" was going to be shown
in was the best print available and the quality of this new
print is better than when it was first released in the 1960s.
Friday features two surprise selections, which were unannounced
when the brochures for the festival were printed. "How
to Marry A Millionaire," starring Marilyn Monroe and
Lauren Bacall will be shown Friday at 8 p.m.
"This is the second film to ever be shot wide,"
Prebula said.
Following "Millionaire" will be George Lucas' "American
Graffiti" at 10:30 p.m.
Of this film, Prebula said that it is a "wonderful, pristine
print."
Saturday features a panel and a full slate of movies. At 11:30
a.m. will be a panel discussion entitled "Editing Wide
Format Film." Panelists include Ed Abroms ("Blue
Thunder," "Sugarland Express"); Neil Travis
("Dances with Wolves," "Patriot Games,");
Wayne Wahrman ("U-571"", "Charlie's Angels");
George Hively ("Lucky Lady," "Movie, Movie")
and Eric Sears ("Original Sin," "Encino Man").
"Grease," starring starring Olivia Newton-John,
and John Travolta will be shown at 1 p.m. Director Randal
Kleiser and Jeff Conaway (Kenickie) will be there to introduce
the film and hand out prizes for a costume contest
"There will be a projection so the audience can sing
along with the songs," Prebula said.
"Roxanne," starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah,
will be shown at 4 p.m. At 7 p.m. "Raiders of the Lost
Ark" will be shown. Prebula said this is the studio print
that will celebrate its 20th anniversary. "Poltergeist"
will be shown at 9:30 p.m.
"It will be shown in brand new print," Prebula said.
Sunday will close with a Cinematographer/Production Designer
Panel which will discuss the challenges of performing their
special crafts when working in wide format.
Three movies will follow the panel. "The Adventures of
Robin Hood" will be shown at 1 p.m., David Lean's Academy
Award-winning "Lawrence of Arabia" will be shown
at 3:30 p.m. and "Carmen Jones," which stars Dorothy
Dandridge and Harry Belafonte will close out the festival
at 7 p.m.
A question and answer session titled, "What if 'The Adventures
of Robin Hood' had been shot wide?" will precede the
showing of "Robin Hood."
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Paramount
Pictures
Harrison Ford stars as Indiana Jones in Steven
Spielberg's "Raiders of the Lost Ark." The adventure
classic is showing Saturday night at 7 as part of the Seventh
Annual Widescreen Film Festival, which begins tonight at the
Carpenter Performing Arts Center.
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