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Los Angeles Times
April 8, 2000
"Just, Melvin" Wins at Newport Beach Film
Festival
A BIG FINISH FOR NEWPORT FILM FESTIVAL
The Newport Beach Film Festival...wound up its eight-day run
with a real Hollywood ending that has organizers already looking
ahead to next year..."You Can Thank Me Later" (best feature),
"Just, Melvin" (best documentary), "Ave Maria" (best
foreign film)......The festival's 20-member board of directors
will meet in a week or two to begin discussing next year's plans.
-- Dennis McLellan
Los Angeles Times
Calendar; Entertainment Desk
BEST BETS Friday 10/05/2000
...Movies
It's never too early to think Oscar in this town, and
for documentaries the race begins with Doctober. Presented by
the International Documentary Assn... The first three festivals
produced six Academy Award nominees and two Oscar winners and
this year should be no different...Fourteen films will be shown
in eight programs on a rotating basis through Oct. 12...Friday,
"Thin Ice," with the short, "Esther, Baby & Me," 10 a.m.; program
of shorts includes, "The Laughing Club of India," "On Tiptoe:
Gentle Steps to Freedom" and "The Concert," noon; "Night Waltz:
The Music of Paul Bowles," with the short "Tales From the Reading
Room," 2 p.m.; "Of Civil Rights and Wrongs: The Fred Korematsu
Story," with the short "The First Freedom," 4 p.m.; "Gaea Girls,"
6 p.m.; "Burning Man: The Burning Sensation," with the short
"Look Back, Don't Look Back," 8 p.m.; "Just, Melvin,"
10 p.m. through next Thursday. $5 to $7 per program; weeklong
passes, $35. (626) 351-8939... |
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