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July 5, 2006 Newsletter
FIRST CLUE FOR 2006 FILM GUEST REVEALED
The first clue in the Port Townsend Film Festival's annual "Guess-the-Guest" contest is revealed below as the countdown begins for the sixth annual weekend movie marathon, September 15-17. Hidden within four clues offered over the next four weeks is the identity of festival's featured guest. Previous guests have included such film stars from the fifties and sixties as Tony Curtis, Eva Marie Saint, Patricia Neal, Shirley Knight, Peter Fonda, Jane Powell, Dickie Moore, Debra Winger and Arliss Howard.
The first 2006 clue reads:
Howard Schultz has nothing on our guest.
The second clue will be issued on July 12, the third on the 19th, and final clue will be announced July 26. The identity of the guest will be revealed on Wednesday, August 2.
The winning contestant will be selected at random from among those who correctly identify the name of the guest by Monday, July 31. The winner will be introduced and have his or her photograph taken with the guest at a special reception during the festival.
Entries can be made in one of three ways:
- By email (info@ptfilmfest.com (type "Guest" in the subject line),
- By mail (Port Townsend Film Festival, PO Box 594, Port Townsend, WA 98368),
- By hand-delivery (Port Townsend Film Festival office, Mount Baker Block, 211 Taylor St., Suite 33, third floor, at the corner of Water and Taylor Streets).
In addition to listing the name of the guest, contestants should include their mailing address, email address (if they have one), and a daytime phone number.
The featured guest will be among several filmmakers attending the seventh festival.
"We anticipate as many as last year, perhaps more," according to Peter Simpson, the festival's executive director who also holds the responsibilities of programming. In 2005, nearly thirty filmmakers attended the three-day event, the one coming the farthest being from Rome, Italy.
Panel discussions with filmmakers are planned for the festival in a "talk movies" venue. The featured guest will be interviewed by Robert Osborne, Turner Classic Movies host, on stage Saturday night along with a screening of one of his (or her) films. She (or he) will make other appearances during the festival at events yet to be announced.
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