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You can also join us on Thursday, September 17 for our pre-festival movie night held outdoors
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2008 Festival Dates:
September 11-14, 2008
2008 Schedule of Films is posted under Events > Screening Times.
All Movie Passes and Tickets are available to be purchased during the Festival or in advance via the Ticket & Passes information link above.
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2008 Opening Night Film
GHOST TOWN
Directed by David Koepp
Written by David Koepp & John Kamps
Starring Ricky Gervais, Téa Leoni, Greg Kinnear, Bill Campbell
2008 Lifetime Achievement Award for Cinematography
will be presented to Academy Award winning
Janusz Kaminski
on Friday, September 12th at the Opening Night Gala.
His films include "Saving Private Ryan," "Schindler's List".
SPECIAL TRIBUTE FILM for JANUSZ KAMINSKI
Friday, September 12th
1:30 pm Performing Arts Center
"THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY"
John Rubinstein
2008 Acting Award of Excellence
John Rubinstein has acted in numerous Broadway productions including Pippin (Theater World Award), Children of a Lesser God (Tony and Drama Desk Awards), The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (Drama Desk nomination), Hurlyburly, M. Butterfly, and Ragtime; and off-Broadway in Counsellor-At-Law (Lucille Lortel Award, Outer Critics’ Circle, Drama League nominations), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Urban Blight, and Cabaret Verboten. He originated the role of Andrew Ladd in Love Letters (on and off-Broadway), starred opposite Donald Sutherland in the West End production of Enigmatic Variations, and appeared in the American premiere of Ragtime (L.A. Drama Critics Circle nomination, Drama-Logue Award). Other theater work includes regional productions of Camelot, South Pacific, Merrily We Roll Along, The Tempest, Arms and the Man, Kiss of the Spider Woman, among several others, as well as a national company of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever. In addition to acting, Rubinstein directed the Emmy Award-winning TV film “A Matter of Conscience,” the miniseries “Summer Stories,” and episodes of “Nash Bridges” and “High Tide.” He has also directed theater including the world premiere of The Old Boy and the off-Broadway premieres of Phantasie and Nightingale. In LA, he co-directed and acted in three hit revivals: Counsellor-At-Law (Drama-Logue, LA Drama Critics Circle, Ovation Awards); Into the Woods, and A Little Night Music. His numerous other directing credits include the The Rivals, Guys and Dolls, the American premiere of The Rover (Christopher Reeve), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Dwight Schultz, Dianne Wiest), Wait Until Dark (Hayley Mills, William Atherton), and The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (Eric Stoltz) among others. Rubinstein’s many films include 21 Grams, Red Dragon, Someone to Watch Over Me, The Boys from Brazil, Zachariah, and Kid Cop. On TV he starred in “Crazy Like a Fox” and “Family” (Emmy Award nomination), and has acted in over 150 films and series episodes. He has composed, orchestrated, and conducted the scores to five movies and over 50 TV films and series, and for six years hosted the radio program “Carnegie Hall Tonight.” Recently, he just finished a 2-year run as “The Wizard” in Wicked at LA’s Pantages Theatre.
John Savage
2008 Acting Award of Excellence
John’s break-out role was as Steven in “The Deer Hunter” which won Oscar honors for Best Director and Best Picture in 1978. He has appeared in several other Oscar-nominated films, such as: Oliver Stone’s “Salvador,” Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” where he also served as co-producer, and Terence Malick’s “The Thin Red Line”.
Dick Kun
2008 Community Appreciation Award
The Film Festival is honoring Dick Kun with the Community Appreciation Award because of his many contributions to Big Bear. He also has an indirect connection with the entertainment industry through his ski resorts. The resorts have been the site for filming in past years, including scenes in “War Games” with Matthew Broderick. Numerous print and broadcast commercials feature background of the resorts.
Thursday, September 11, 2008 Pre-Festival Movie Night
6:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
starring John Wayne
Thursday, September 11th at 6:30PM Classic Movie Night of the BBLFF will feature John Wayne in North to Alaska. Shown at our Discovery Center off North Shore Drive, it will be an outdoor screening so be sure to bring warm jackets. Prices are $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for children under 12 at the entrance. Refreshments will be sold by the BB Historical Society.
The tree climbing and picnic sequences were shot near Big Bear and here at Cedar Lake. Some of the other locations were Mammoth Lakes and the Yukon.
A tough, hard-drinking gold prospector (John Wayne) agrees to go pick up his partner's fiancée, but winds up with a beautiful substitute (Capucine) instead. When both partners vie for her favor, trouble breaks out -- in spades! It's the Duke like you've never seen him before in an entertaining Alaskan adventure co-starring Ernie Kovacs, Fabian and Stewart Granger. Directed by Henry Hathaway.
