Scan of Malcolm on the red carpet.
Celebration of Film arrives 10/4/06
The inaugural Malibu Celebration of Film, a noncompetitive showcase of film
festival-winning entries, will screen 11 features, eight documentaries and 13
shorts this week from Wednesday through Sunday. The screenings will take place
at indoor and outdoor sites at Pepperdine University, Malibu Pier and Malibu
Bluffs Park.
Longtime Malibu resident Robert Altman (The
Company) will receive MCOF's Malibu Courage Award, and his "A Prairie
Home Companion" launches the festival with at an outdoor screening at
Calamigos Ranch, which includes a question-and-answer session with the director.
Closing the annual event is the world premiere of Brian Gillogly's
"Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story," a documentary about Kathy
Zuckerman's 1950s Malibu surfing experience and its transformation into an
enduring Hollywood movie/TV franchise. A star-studded question-and-answer
session with the director, cast and Zuckerman will follow the screening.
A black-tie tribute gala for Altman is set for Saturday,
10/7/06 at
Lilly Lawrence's palatial Kashan castle. Among the confirmed 150 guests are
Malcolm McDowell, Lindsay Lohan, Virginia Madsen, Robert Downey Jr., Elliot
Gould, John C. Reilly and Rene Auberjenois.
MCOF will also include panels, special guest speakers and an
educational outreach program, "FilmsCool," co-chaired by Ed Harris and
Amy Madigan. There will also be screenings of features and shorts that the
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation honored for their insights into science and
technology.
On Saturday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Pepperdine, there will
be a reading of "Face Value" about movie legend/inventor Hedy Lamarr
that will feature Sherilyn Fenn, Michael O'Keefe, Bruce Davidson, Roma Downey
and Russell Lyons, and will be directed by Douglas Day Stewart. More information about the festival can be obtained at www.mcof.org
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