Is it ok to say 'phew!'? On Thursday, January 28, the Sundance Film Festival took eight films and eight filmmakers on the road for Sundance Film Festival USA, a pretty great way to bring a bit of the Sundance Film Festival to cities around the country. We were most fortunate to have two of the eight locations; Madison for THE RUNAWAYS and San Francisco for HOWL. I'm going to post a bunch of pictures from both events. In Madison, we were lucky enough to get Rob Thomas, entertainment writer for 77 Square (WSJ/CapTimes entertainment product) to host the screening. Here's a story he wrote about the festival. At the last minute, instead of the director, Cherie Currie, original lead singer of the Runaways flew in.
I flew back from Park City a couple days early so that I could oversee the screening of HOWL. I had deliberately seen the film in advance at the festival so that I could concentrate on the event. I'm so glad I did. I loved the film so much I was able to talk about it with the filmmakers (Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman) on the way back from the airport. They were pretty wiped out, but excited by the week behind them and the times ahead. They were also pretty excited to be spending the night in their own beds! The event had sold out weeks before and I was still fielding ticket requests an hour before show time. Sandip Roy, host of New America Now on KALW radio was our host, and he did a bang-up job (especially once he finished with the script he had been given) and was so funny. The audience was filled with friends and family of the filmmakers, James Franco's parents, and people who had known the major players portrayed in the film. Here are some shots from the evening:
Jeffrey, Rob, Sandip, Animator Eric Drooker
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