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3rd Annual Hollywood
Film Festival®
August 3-9, 1999
1999 Hollywood Film Market
MARKET FEATURE FILMS
EQUINOX KNOCKS
112 mins. Theater #5, 7:00 p.m., Aug. 7 and 9:00 p.m., Aug. 8.
Seventeen-year-old Allie Black's world is rosy: she's popular at her small town Texas high school, dates the star quarterback, and her best friend Courtney is a witch. But it's turned upside down when Allie catches her boyfriend in the arms of arch-rival Lynette. She vows revenge. Unfortunately, it's the night of the autumnal equinox and Courtney has called up the Powers to honor the day. When Allie chants "Make me a boy ..." the forces collide, her wish is granted and she's suddenly turned into a he.
Director: Fran Rzeznik
Writers: Zinka Benton, Fran Rzeznik
Produced By: Zinka Benton
Producer: John Midby
Director of Photography: Gina De Girolamo
Editor: Brian Turner
Cast: Katherine James, Guilford Adams, Debra Cassidy, Amber Lea Voiles, Sean Corrigan
THE INNOCENTS
102 mins. Theater #5, 3:00 p.m., Aug. 8.
A coming of age story of two girls in a small Indiana town during the summer of 1961. The girls, Jane and Maggie, embark on a road trip to uncover clues and answers surrounding an illicit love affair Jane's mother had with a young black man in the early 1940s. Along the way, the girls discover more about their pasts than imagined while learning the boundaries of their friendship.
Director/Writer:Katherine Griffin
Producers: Jon Bachmann, Katherine Griffin
Cinematographer: Caitlin Manning
Editors: Katherine Griffin, Jon Bachmann
Cast: Kama Lee, Katherine Griffin, Brad Carroll, Joe Kellogg, Monte Jenkins
LOSER LOVE
88 mins. Theater #5, 3:00 p.m., Aug. 7 and Gower Theater, 9:00 p.m., Aug.8.
Lily Delacroix grew up amid the wealth and opulance of high society, her young life marred however, by a tyrannical father and beautiful but ineffectual mother. Vulnerable and insecure, Lily comes of age in New York City where she becomes easy prey for playboy schemer Tim, until one evening Tim's abuse goes too far. Finally, with the help of her best friend Kilo, her eyes are opened to the true nature of his "love." In a dramatic turn of events, Lily takes extreme action to free herself and, for the first time, claims her life as her own.
Director: Jean-Marc Vallee
Writer: Claudia Santorelli
Producer: Gallia Hoshia
Director of Photography: Pierre Gill
Editors: Jean Marc Vallee, Gary Winick
Cast: Laurel Holloman, Lauren Hutton, Burt Young, Andy Davoli, Rachel Robinson
NICE GUYS SLEEP ALONE
92 mins. Theater #5, 5:00 p.m., Aug. 7 and 1:00 p.m., Aug. 8.
Can you be nice and still win at the dating game? With their first date looming, Carter and Maggie may just be perfect for each other. But after doing hard time in dating purgatory, is it time to stop being nice and start playing games?
Director/Writer: Stu Pollard (based on the book by Bruce Feirstein)
Producers: Stu Pollard, Heidi Winston
Director of Photography: Nathan Hope
Editor: Terry Kelley
Cast: Sean O'Bryan, Sybil Temchen, Vanessa Marcil, William Sanderson, Morgan Fairchild, Christopher Murray, Michael Greene, Blake Steury, Brenda James, Maggie Lawson
THE PERFECT SPECIMEN
74 mins. Theater #5, 9:00 p.m., Aug. 7 and Gower Theater, 7:00 p.m., Aug. 8.
A light romantic comedy about two high school teens -- Barry Weiss and Julie Morris -- on prom night, and the events that unfold before dawn. It's their first lesson in modern love. When Barry comes to pick up Julie, first he must meet her father and prove that he's the perfect specimen. Once they leave the house, the adventure unfolds.
Director/Writer/Producer: Stephen Mims
Cast: Jeremy Fox, Alicia Corbett, Ben Pascoe, Dirk Van Allen, Paul Taegel
PERSONALS
92 mins. Gower Theater, 9:00 p.m., Aug. 7 and Theater #5, 5:00 p.m., Aug. 8.
Keith Parker is fired from his job at a trendy newspaper when his womanizing ways keep him from making deadlines. In order to make ends meet, he's presented with a brainstorm by his best friend to write a freelance article on the personals scene. On the various dates he meets a cavalcade of women from the overtly sexual to the slightly insane, all of whom will leave you in stitches.
Director/Writer: Mike Sargent
Producers: J. Boyce Harman Jr., Gerrit van der Meer, Jody Mitano
Director of Photography:Giselle Chamma
Editor: Jack Haigis
Cast: Malik Yoba, Stacey Dash, Sheryl Lee Ralph
SCREENLAND DRIVE
98 mins. Theater #5, 1:00 p.m., Aug. 7 and 7:00 p.m., Aug. 8.
Pike, a writer, is still in love with his ex-girlfriend. So when his best friend falls for her, writer's block takes on a new meaning... With a circle of friends who don't get it and a family more concerned with game shows, Pike's reality merges with fiction taking a dark, unexpected turn. As Pike wanders the scenery of his imagination, he devises a plot to solve his problems once and for all. Or does he?
Director/Writer: Thomas Bradford
Producers: Thomas Bradford, Shawn McClintock
Director of Photography: Alan Newman
Editor: Russell Harnden
Cast: Eric Matheny, Eddie McClintock, Kellie Waymire, Michael McFall, Janet Carroll, Robert Pine, John Fleck, Maynard
MARKET SHORT SUBJECTS
NEGATIVE FORCES, WITCHCRAFT AND IDOLATRY
17 mins. Gower Theater, 5:00 p.m., Aug. 7 and 5:00 p.m., Aug. 8.
James Sommerville's documentary about solitude, real life, fear and excitement, Negative Forces, Witchcraft and Idolatry reflects the raw and gritty personality of the New York City subway. It is the continuously moving infrastructure that creates the fascinating subject expressed in this piece.
Director: James Sommerville
Producers: Claire Plaskow, Jim Moran
Director of Photography: James Sommerville
Editor: Oliver Wicki
Cast: Beat Baudenbacher, Stephan Burle, Michael Darmanin, Chad Hogan, Garry Jacques, Steve Lucker, Alex Moore, John O'Callaghan, Michael Spoljaric, James Sommerville
RITUALS & RESOLUTIONS
29 mins. Gower Theater, 3:00 p.m., Aug. 7 and 3:00 p.m., Aug. 8.
It's Christmas time at a quiet bar as we journey into the dark sides of several people who have let their negative rituals rule their lives.
Director/Writer/Producer: Michael A. Stein
Director of Photography: Chris Conway
Editors: Jeff Cranford, Tim Tucherello
Cast: Bohdi Elfman, Bruce Altman, Angela Featherstone, Brian Mcardi, J.J. Johnston, Jack Wallace, April Grace
MARKET WORKS IN PROGRESS
THE CINERAMA ADVENTURE
57 mins. Gower Theater, 5:00 p.m., Aug. 7 and 5:00 p.m. Aug. 8.
An in-depth feature documentary celebrating the long-lost 3-camera, 3-projector cinematic process which thrilled millions around the globe in the early 1950s. Cinerama's popularity was the genesis of the wide screen era. It's the story of a lone inventor's 15 year struggle to loosen the constraints of conventional motion pictures while surrounding the audience with sight and sound.
Director/Writer: David Strohmaier
Producer: Carin-Anne Strohmaier
Director of Photography: Gerald Saldo
Editor: David Strohmaier
Cast: Includes interviews with producers Mike Todd Jr. & Lowell Thomas Jr., film critic Leonard Maltin, actress Debbie Reynolds, actor Elie Wallach, composer Davis Raskin, and film historian Kevin Brownlow
COMPASSIONATE USE
20 mins. Gower Theater, 1:00 p.m., Aug. 7 and 1:00 p.m., Aug. 8.
Amidst declining death rates, improved therapies, complacency and media absence, the role of the AIDS activist has shifted to a newer infected/affected community. Will this changing of the guard be successful? Following the current mobilization of African-America and a pressure campaign against the U.S. government and pharmaceutical industry, Compassionate Use investigates the past and present of AIDS activism.
Producer: Adam Schatten
GIRL X
2 mins. Gower Theater, 3:00 p.m., Aug. 7 and 3:00 p.m., Aug. 8.
A two-minute teaser for a chick flick that guys will actually want to see. A film with a strong female protagonist, which is rare in today's mainstream and independent films. Girl X is about an intelligent, independent-minded young woman who meets the perfect guy and does the one thing she doesn't want to do ... fall in love.
Director/Writer: David Goldberg
Producer: Jesse D. Kane
Director of Photography: Joseph Oxman
Editor: David Goldberg
Cast: Cindy Corinne Dolenc, Daniel Getzoff, Laura Cheselka, John Tellegen, Ruth de Sosa
KILLING TIME AT MICKEY'S
4 mins. Gower Theater, 3:00 p.m., Aug. 7 and 3:00 p.m., Aug. 8.
A restless kid waiting for his life to kick-start in a small desert town. A mysterious getaway driver, running from the gang she double-crossed. The kid is killing time on the graveyard shift at Mickey's Diner until she arrives and all hell breaks loose. Betrayal is expected, but not the surprise ending.
Director/Writer/Producer: Robert Taleghany
Director of Photography: Scott Steel
Editor: Pierre Dwyar
MIDSUMMER
15 mins. Gower Theater, 3:00 p.m., Aug. 7 and 3:00 p.m., Aug. 8.
In this edgy adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, set against a timeless yet modernistic backdrop of surreal techno clubs and urban alleyways, a young man must come to terms with his feelings for his best friend -- a beautiful but self-centered girl who finds herself torn between him and her fiance.
Director: James Kerwin
Writers: Tim Shane, James Kerwin
Producers: Kit Carson, Cynthia Hargrave, Steven Hacker, Dirk Higdon
Cast: Domenica Scorsese, Bruce DuBose, Travis Schult, Jenni Tooley, Ashley Wood
OUR LITTLE SCIENCE STORY
70 mins. Gower Theater, 7:00 p.m., Aug. 7.
Science Story is a quirky comedy that follows one night in the life of five roommates. One of the roommates, a chemist named Owsley blows himself up in the basement lab. Virgil, a garage rocker and the others are left to clean up the mess. But Owsley's not really dead, just temporarily "misplaced" ... into the body of his beautiful roommate Paige.
Director: Grant Johnson
Writer: Steven Christy
Producers: Grant Johnson and Steven Christy
Director of Photography: David J. Frederick
Editor: Grant Johnson
Cast: Dan Waller, Caroline Blakeslee, Alyson Bedford, Troy Lund, Nicole Meinhart, Keala Hopps, Katie Kocis, Kevin Fabian
PEROXIDE BLONDE
6 mins. Gower Theater, 3:00 p.m., Aug. 7 and 3:00 p.m., Aug. 8.
Peroxide Blonde is a swinging new romantic comedy. Meg Peters can't find Mr. Right. After numerous failed relationships, which she keeps track of on her "Wall of Blame," she finally realizes she could love the one that's right for love, not the one she keeps thinking of.
Director/Writer/Producer: Andrew Van Slee
Cast: Tanya Reid, Vikki Gurdas, Andrew Van Slee
WELCOME TO THE CLUB
15 mins. Gower Theater, 3:00 p.m., Aug. 7 and 3:00 p.m. Aug. 8..
Sure, Elvis was the King, but who was the Queen? Welcome to the Club is a documentary search for the "Female Elvis," as we meet the women of rockabilly music and explore the "what-ifs?" and "what-nows?" of their careers. Brenda Lee, Wanda Jackson and a sassy cast of other colorful pretenders to the throne describe their unique contribution to early rock and talk of their trailblazing days when they were the embodiment of exuberance, sexuality and defiance in a world that wasn't quite ready for them.
Director/Writer/Producer: Beth Harrington
Director of Photography: Kyle Kibbe
Editor: Lisa Day
1999 Feature Films - 1999 Documentaries - 1999 Short Subjects
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