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August 22, 2007
ContentsThe third and final clue in the three-week Port Townsend Film Festival "Guess the Guest" contest is:
The 2007 Port Townsend Film Festival special guest appeared in several classic Robert Altman films, the first being released in 1970.
The celebration of film has selected another legendary Hollywood star as its honored guest for the eighth annual festival, September 28-30, 2007.
The two clues announced previously were:
1. In the guest's first stage appearance, the ��special guest worked with a classic vaudevillian.
2. The special guest admired a prostitute in his (or her) second stage appearance.
As of Friday, August 17, no one had correctly identified the guest although more than fifty (50) entries had been submitted.
The names of those who do correctly guess the identify of the special guest will be placed in a large popcorn bag from which a winner will be drawn.
The winner will receive:
- Two tickets to the special September 29 screening featuring a major film by the guest
- Invitation for two to the reception for the guest after the screening, and
- An introduction to the honored guest.
All those who correctly identify the guest by the end of the business day (5 pm) Friday, August 24, will receive a copy of the 2007 commemorative Port Townsend Film Festival poster.
To enter the contest, all you have to do is email, snail mail, or hand-deliver your entry.
- To email, send the entry to contest@ptfilmfest.com, subject: Guess the Guest
- To snail mail, send it to PTFF Contest, P.O. Box 594, Port Townsend, WA 98368. Write Guess the Guest on the envelope.
- To hand-deliver, take the entry to 211 Taylor St., Suite 33 (3rd floor, Mount Baker Block) in downtown Port Townsend. If no one is in the office, use the video return box on the floor next to the door.
ENTRIES MUST INCLUDE
- Name of the honored guest
- Your name and daytime telephone
- Entries that are not emailed should be written on an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of paper.
The winner of the contest and the name of the honored guest of the 2007 Port Townsend Film Festival will be announced on Wednesday, August 29, 2007.
Previous festival guests have included:
2000 Tony Curtis
2001 Eva Marie Saint
2002 Patricia Neal
2003 Shirley Knight
2004 Jane Powell and Dickie Moore
2005 Debra Winger and Arliss Howard
2006 Malcolm McDowell
��Javin Reed Completes First Feature Film
Former Port Townsend resident, Javin Reid, son of Kristen and Tony Reid
and grandson of Karen Gates Hildt and the late Michael Hildt, has just
wrapped his first feature film in Hollywood. The 12-year-old actor has
a lead role in the forthcoming, PING PONG PLAYA, Javin plays a nine-year-old
character named Prabakar, a bright and analytical, but poorly coordinated
and a nerd among nerds; he's the only Indian student at a Chinese Community
Center. He can speak five languages, but has no friends. Enrolled to
learn social skills, Prabakar willingly accepts one of the Chinese boys
in his class as his "master," but never really masters the art of ping pong.
By movie's end, he becomes a part of the group, learning to put his extraordinary
brain to help the cause, designing a special pair of tennis shoes for
ping pong use only.
The film is under the direction of Jessica Yu, best known for her documentary work, most particularly a film called BREATHING LESSONS which won a 1996 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. She has directed episodes of "Grey's Anatomy," "ER," and "The West Wing." This is her first narrative feature.
The film is now in post-production; the release date has not been announced.
Javin has been acting professionally since 2003 in various television programs. He and his parents split their time between Seattle and Los Angeles.