Jan 27, 2001: Sundance Channel has added a Director Q&A on Billy and we have added photos from the Sundance Pre-show with his interview. Profile Photos and Q&A
Jan 26, 2001: Sundance Film Clip of MP. You will need Real Player or Media Player.On the page scroll down to "clip 2" Film Clip
Jan 25,2001: Film Threat Review MP. Threat Review
Jan 24,2001: Hollywood Reporter Review of MP, check it out. THR MP Review
Jan 24, 2001: Variety Review of MP, check it out and enjoy, Variety Review
Jan 23, 2001: Special Thanks to Cast Member Keno K Deary for working behind the scenes for the fans and our site. Thanks to Billy for allowing him to get some candid shots and behind the scenes information for us. Read Keno's first note and stay tuned for the full story and photos coming soon. Keno
Jan 23, 2001: Wonderful writeup from Premiere.com on Billy and MacArthur Park. Really strikes home for fans and what type of person we all care about around here. Premiere
Jan 22, 2001: MacArthur Park gave an exclusive party Sunday nite with the likes of Rachel Hunter, Billy Zane, Stephen Baldwin, Julie Delpy, James Duval, Mick Jagger and more. Macy Gray who is on the soundtrack was to appear but her plane had problems so attendees got to see and hear Stephen Perkins' funk band, Sky and D J's spinning on two floors. (from edited cutline by Andrew Strickman)
Jan 20, 2001: Official MacArthur Park Site Open MP Official Site
Jan 19, 2001: Reminder to fans, Leif Tilden the director of Reunion had his short film open today. Check out the link to find out more on this friend and business associate of Billy's. Tilden
Jan 19, 2001: Brief Explanation of Dramatic & Documentary Awards that are given. ?Awards
Jan 10, 2001: Billy Film Maker Photo Photo Billy
Jan 05, 2001:
Sundance Resource Center is now open check out Billy The Fimmaker! Billy The Filmmaker
Jan 02, 2001:
HOT SITE for fans wanting to keep up on Sundance goings on and the latest news. RESOURCE
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Dec 21, 2000:
Sundance Steeped in Premieres
Hollywood Reporter
Wed. Dec. 6, 2000 By Kirk Honeycutt (edited)
Promising the broadest range of programming in the history of the Sundance Film Festival, its officials have selected 106 feature films to present at its 2001 edition, down about a half-dozen features from last year.
Of the 106 features to screen at the festival, which runs Jan. 18-28 in the cozy ski resort of Park City, Utah, 65 will be world premieres, 21 U.S. premieres and 8 North American premieres.
While co-director Geoffrey Gilmore sees no overriding trends or themes coming out of the 2001 selections, he does note two unique circumstances in this year's schedule: Animation, rarely seen in Park City, will be featured in no less than four programs.
Writer-driven films steer 2001
Hollywood Reporter Tues. Dec. 5, 2000
by Kirk Honeycutt (edited)
A pair of outre musicals, a 1970's update on Shakespeare's "MacBeth", several intimate family dramas, two black stories and four films developed in the Sundance Filmmakers Labs are among the 16 films entered in the dramatic competition for the 2001 Sundance Film Festival.
The documentary competition slate, which also numbers 16 films, ranges from the tragic tale of abandoned children on the streets of Bucharest, Romania, to two films abut key 20th century black figures, Marcus Garvey and Ralph Bunche.
Geoffrey Gilmore said the 32 competition films were winnowed from a list of submitted films that numbered 854 in the dramatic category and 390 in the documentary competition.
There submissions are up from last year's totals of 849 features and 347 documentaries.
Gilmore suggested that these indies are all "writer-driven pieces," films that attracted actors and funding because of the screenplay itself.
DRAMATIC COMPETITION:
"American Astronaut" is a campy musical set in outer space. The film is by Sundance lab alum Cory McAbee, who has had shorts in the festival as well as having appeared in Park City with his band, the Billy Nayer Show.
"The Believer" by veteran screenwriter Henry Bean, stars Billy Zane and Teresa Russell and concerns a young Jewish man who turns against his faith and becomes a neo-Nazi.
"The Business of Strangers" by Patrick Stettner and starring Stockard Channing concerns a businesswoman and her young female assistant stuck in an airport hotel.
"The Deep End" by Scott McGehee and David Siegel concerns a mother, "Orlando's" Tilda Swinton, who hides the body of her gay son's dead lover. A film version of Elizabeth S. Holding's novel "The Blank Wall" was made by Max Ophuls as "The Reckless Moment" in 1949.
"Donnie Darko," directed by Richard Kelly and produced by Drew Barrymore, concerns a teenager(Jake Gyllenhaal of "October Sky"), who must slip through a time portal to save those he loves.
"Green Dragon" by Timothy Linh Bui, is set in California in 1975 in a Vietnamese refugee camp on the Marine base at Camp Pendleton. Timothy and his brother Tony switch their "Three Seasons" roles with Timothy directing and his brother producing. Stars Forest Whitaker and Patrick Swayze.
"Hedwig and the Angry Inch," written and directed by and starring John Cameron Mitchell, is based on his off-Broadway musical about a rock 'n' roll songstress from Communist East Berlin who has undergone an unsuccessful sex change operation. New Line is the distributor.
"In the Bedroom," by actor Todd Field, stars Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek and Marisa Tomei and explores a family torn apart by a tragedy.
"L.I.E." -- meaning the Long Island Expressway -- is Michael Cuesta's film about the strange relationship between an adolescent boy and an older man (Brian Cox) with sexual overtones.
"Lift," directed by Boston filmmakers DeMane Davis and Khari Streeter ("Black and White and Red All Over"), stars Lonetta McGee as a woman trying to mend fences with her daughter, a professional shoplifter.
"MacArthur Park," directed by Billy Wirth, concerns a homeless crack addict living in L.A.'s MacArthur Park who is confronted by the son he abandoned five years before.
"Memento" by Christopher Nolan, which screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, stars Guy Pearce as a man suffering from incurable memory loss who must devise a way to track down his wife's killer.
"Scotland, PA," directed by Billy Morrissette, sets "MacBeth" in a 1970s Pennsylvania fast-food restaurant.
Christopher Munch's "The Sleepy Time Gal" stars Jacqueline Bisset as a woman facing death who longs to reconnect with the daughter she put up for adoption at birth.
"Some Body" a digitally shot feature by Henry Barrial, concerns a woman who leaves a tedious relationship for sexual adventure.
"30 Years to Life," directed by Vanessa Middleton, is black ensemble comedy about six friends in New York during the 12-month period before their 30th birthdays.
We will be adding items of interest on the festival and MacArthur Park as we get them. Listed below are news reports from various web pages.
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