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Oh, the Horror! American Cinematheque Runs Sci-Fi and Horror Fest
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August in Los Angeles is hotter than ... well, it's hot there, and who wants to be hanging outdoors getting all sweaty and sticky? Not me, and probably not you, either, my fellow cinema fans. But no worries, American Cinematheque has you covered: August 2-26, they'll be running the 7th Annual Festival of Fantasy, Horror and Science Fiction! That's right, kids -- the whole steamy month of August you can be inside a nice, cool movie theater, chilling out with all the werewolves, vampires and freaky mad scientists your geeky little hearts desire. Here's all the scoop:From August 2-26 at The Egyptian, and August 9-12 at The Aero, you'll be able to check out all kinds of scary stuff, including rarely seen films not even available on DVD. The fest will feature tributes to the work of late author Kurt Vonnegut and director Curtis Harrington (who both passed away earlier this year), with Memorial Tribute screenings. Vonnegut fans will get a real treat -- a double feature of adaptations of his works Slaughterhouse-Five, directed by George Roy Hill, and Happy Birthday, Wanda Jane, directed by Mark Robson. Harrington's 1967 film Games, which stars James Caan, will screen as well.
RIP: Reel Important People -- May 14, 2007
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Kathleen Canham Ross (c.1954-2007) - Head of the U.S. Army's entertainment liason office, which assists Hollywood with its depictions of the U.S. Army. While under her leadership, the office was involved with the productions of Black Hawk Down, We Were Soldiers, The Invasion and Transformers. She died of complications following breast cancer treatment May 9, in Woodland Hills, California. (Variety)- Lois Gibson (c.1930-2007) - Writer who co-wrote the story for Crypt of the Living Dead. She died May 6, in Malibu, California. (Variety)
- Bernard Gordon (1918-2007) - Blacklisted screenwriter who wrote the Ronald and Nancy Reagan movie Hellcats of the Navy (pictured) and co-wrote Earth vs. the Flying Saucers under the pseudonym Raymond T. Marcus. Before becoming one of the tragically blacklisted, he wrote Crime Wave and The Lawless Breed. He also worked under the name John T. Williams and later worked for producer Philip Yordan, who was originally given the credit for Gordon's screenplays for The Day of the Triffids and Battle of the Bulge. He was able to put his name on 1964's The Thin Red Line and Nicholas Ray's 55 Days at Peking. In the '70s he produced three films by Eugenio Martín, including Horror Express. He died of cancer May 11, in Los Angeles. (Variety)
- Curtis Harrington (1922-2007) - Writer and director of genre pics Night Tide, Games, and Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet, the latter of which he wrote under the alias John Sebastian. He also directed Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? and What's the Matter With Helen?, both starring his close friend Shelley Winters. He was known for being able to mix a career in Hollywood with a career in the avant-garde scene; he worked for big producers Jerry Wald and Philip Yordan but also for artsy filmmaker Kenneth Anger. More recently he made an appropriate cameo appearance in Gods and Monsters. He died May 6, in Hollywood. (Variety)
- Sydney Rose (1939-2007) - Executive producer of the Who concert film The Kids Are Alright and assistant producer of The Adventures of Barry McKenzie. He died of pancreatic cancer April 30, in London. (Variety)
- Nicholas Worth (1938-2007) - Character actor who played the villainous strangler in Don't Answer the Phone! He also appears in Darkman, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! and Swamp Thing. He died of heart failure May 7, in Van Nuys, California. (LA Times)
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